Health

Depression link to processed food

Depression link to processed food »

Brian Godfrey: “I gradually got rid of foods that were causing the problem”Eating a diet high in processed food increases the risk of depression, research suggests. What is more, people who ate plenty of vegetables, fruit...

November 2 2009 / 1 comment / Read More »
Egg screening ‘ups IVF success’

Egg screening ‘ups IVF success’ »

  A screening technique can double the chance of IVF success, giving hope to tens of thousands of women struggling to have children, say experts. Doctors at an annual US fertility meeting heard for the second year...

October 18 2009 / No comment / Read More »

Education

Rising from the ashes of war »

Rising from the ashes of war

Rising from the ashes of Somalia’s devastating civil war is an image so powerful, it could help provide a solution to the never ending...

Oct 26 2009 / No comment / Read More »

Local Educators Study Promising Japanese Teaching Method »

Local Educators Study Promising Japanese Teaching Method

  By Emma Brown Washington Post Staff Writer  Friday, October 9, 2009; 3:47 PM At Reed, math scores on the District’s Comprehensive Assessment System (DC-CAS) standardized test have risen...

Oct 16 2009 / No comment / Read More »

Michigan: School cuts »

Michigan: School cuts

Mark Hornbeck AND Marisa Schultz / The Detroit News Lansing – Michigan lawmakers at long last have passed a school aid budget that slashes per pupil...

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I was Inspired by my grandfather, says 8 A-level boy »

I was Inspired by my grandfather, says 8 A-level boy

An 18-year old Muslim boy from north-east England has passed no less than eight A-levels, including six A grades in Mathematics, Further Mathematics, Physics,...

Oct 2 2009 / No comment / Read More »

Is Graduate School Useless? »

Is Graduate School Useless?

In 1981, Eriko Amino received her Ph.D. from Columbia University in comparative literature, writing a dissertation on medieval French literature. When all goes well,...

Sep 25 2009 / No comment / Read More »

Technology

Nasa shoots the moon in search of water »

Nasa shoots the moon in search of water

  By SETH BORENSTEIN, AP Science Writer – 45 mins agoWASHINGTON – Take that, moon! NASA bulldozed two spacecraft into the lunar south pole Friday morning in a search for hidden ice. Instruments confirm that a large empty rocket hull barreled into the moon at 7:31 a.m., followed four minutes later by a probe...

Oct 9 2009 / No comment / Read More »

New Africa broadband ‘ready’ »

New Africa broadband ‘ready’

Rory Cellan-Jones meets the man in Mombasa who oversees the Seacom cable bringing fast internet from Asia to Africa.By Adam Blenford BBC News, NairobiA new high-speed undersea cable connecting East Africa with the rest of the world is...

Sep 17 2009 / No comment / Read More »

Yahoo buys Maktoob »

Yahoo buys Maktoob

Yahoo, the US internet company, says it has signed a deal to buy Maktoob, the largest web portal in the Middle East. The purchase will expand Yahoo’s reach to millions of consumers across the Arab world. The acquisition on Tuesday marks the first major buy by a US portal company...

Aug 25 2009 / No comment / Read More »

Iranian tries to crack games market »

Iranian tries to crack games market

Video game developers from Iran have been exhibiting at a Western game convention for the very first time. Representatives from the trade body, the Iran National Foundation of Computer Games, were on hand at a dedicated stand at Gamescom in Cologne. They were there to showcase the...

Aug 20 2009 / No comment / Read More »

Sony’s FeliCa Launcher lets you use smartcards and phones on your PC to launch websites »

Sony’s FeliCa Launcher lets you use smartcards and phones on your PC to launch websites

Even though virtually unknown in the US or Europe, Sony’s Felica technology, mainly materialized in the form of a contactless RFID smart card or a chip built into cell phones), is used for electronic payment by millions of people on a daily basis. Now users...

Aug 18 2009 / No comment / Read More »

Entertainment & Sports

Three-time Olympian, Abdi Abdirahman, wins USA 10 mile title »

Three-time Olympian, Abdi Abdirahman, wins USA 10 mile titleBy Charlie Mahler, Running USA wire 
Sunday, October 4, 2009MINNEAPOLIS ,  Minn. – In a pulsating battle for the 2009 USA 10 Mile Championship hosted...

Oct 5 2009 / No comment / Read More »

Rio Wins to Host 2016 Olympics »

Rio Wins to Host 2016 OlympicsCOPENHAGEN – Like sweet, sultry samba music, Rio hit all the right notes. Chicago had Barack Obama. Tokyo had $4 billion in the bank. Madrid had powerful friends. But none...

Oct 2 2009 / No comment / Read More »

Del Potro wins US Open »

Del Potro wins US OpenSixth seed Juan Martin Del Potro, in his first Grand Slam final, stunned defending champion and top seed Roger Federer to take the men’s singles...

Sep 14 2009 / No comment / Read More »
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Careers

7 Reasons to Work Your Way Through College

7 Reasons to Work Your Way Through College

Many students say they don’t want to take part-time jobs when they start college because they’ll need all their time to study (or party). But new research confirms what parents and counselors have been...

Oct 15, 2009 / More » Gulf labour laws fail to halt abuse

Gulf labour laws fail to halt abuse

By Charles StratfordEvery year thousands of women arrive in the Gulf to...

Oct 7, 2009 / More »

Life, Living & Science

Poll: Muslim Americans Still Struggle for Acceptance in America

Poll: Muslim Americans Still Struggle for Acceptance in America

  Eight years after the terrorist attacks on 9/11, Muslim Americans — particularly Muslim-American women — continue to face battles in their struggle for acceptance and the right to wear religious garb in public...

Oct 13, 2009 / More » Does Islam Frown?

Does Islam Frown?

Does Islam frown on nose jobs? Chemical peels? How about breast implants? One of the clerics with the answers is Sheik Mohammed al-Nujaimi, and Saudi women flock to him for guidance about going under...

Sep 25, 2009 / More »

Food & Recreation

Germany: Waking up to Growing Market for Muslim Food in Germany

Germany: Waking up to Growing Market for Muslim Food in Germany

  Germany has four million Muslim inhabitants but the market for halal food — produced according to Islamic law — is still in its infancy, partly because firms fear the wrath of animal rights...

Oct 11, 2009 / More » UAE: Dubai McDonald’s has halal food

UAE: Dubai McDonald’s has halal food

This week I reached out for a McArabia grilled chicken sandwich at McDonald’s in the food court at the Mall of the Emirates in Dubai, where you can go snow skiing — indoors...

Sep 25, 2009 / More »

Travel & Tourism

The Contrasts of Casablanca

The Contrasts of Casablanca

Casablanca’s mild Mediterranean climate and beautiful architecture make it one of the most desirable locales in the world. This Moroccan city is as surprising as it is beautiful. While it doesn’t conform to...

Sep 25, 2009 / More »

Style & Fashion

Arab World: No covering up Egypt’s niqab row

Arab World: No covering up Egypt’s niqab row

There have been demonstrations by women students in Cairo after a leading cleric backed moves to ban the wearing of full women’s veils, known as the niqab, in classrooms or dormitories. Christian Fraser...

Oct 11, 2009 / More »

Relationships & Marriage

Un-Islamic Marriage – A Rising Threat for the Muslim Community

Un-Islamic Marriage – A Rising Threat for the Muslim Community

Un-Islamic Marriage – A Rising Threat for the Muslim Community by Maulana Khalid Saifullah Rahmani Translated from Urdu by Raihan Nezami The religious uniformity is of great significance in the solemnisation of the marriages in Islam...

Sep 17, 2009 / More »

Family & Parenting

Most noble baby names!

Most noble baby names!

You need not to be Pat Condell to know that Islamic cultural values are becoming increasingly well recognised throughout the world (take, for example, the existence of Islam merchandise shops, like the one...

Sep 17, 2009 / More »
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