Less than a dozen Muslim men and women gathered not long ago in an abandoned playground in Alameda, a coastal town outside Havana to observe Jummah, the weekly Muslim congregational prayer held every Friday. Although the setting was not the
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Three Arab women made it to the Forbes list of the world’s 100 most powerful women for 2017. The business magazine described them as this year’s “icons, game-changers and gate crashers.” For our today’s profile, we are pleased to introduce
The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is awash with high flying billionaires. Cataloging them all would be impossible. However the following three are worthy to keep tabs on-who knows they may one day be household names not only
She was the daughter of a merchant named Mohammed, she was known as ‘the lady of Fez’ and ‘the mother of boys’-Fatima Al Fihri, founder of the very first academic university. It all started some 1215 years ago, Fatima was
Born near the town of Mascara in Algeria which was then part of the Ottoman Empire on the 6th September 1808, was a legend. He was named Abd al-Qadir ibn Muhieddine al-Hasani. His family was very religious ad growing up, he
Perhaps one of the greatest if not the greatest Muslim athlete that has ever graced this earth is Muhammad Ali. As millions of people around the world mourn his death, we should take some time to look back on his
