Capturing Ramadan moments with Nokia N86 8MP lens
MENAFN
(MENAFN Press) Amman, November 2009 - On the 10th of November, Nokia showcased the exceptional work of six photographers in Blue Fig, who were given the latest N86 8MP device to capture the precious moments of Ramadan in Jordan. Dozens of p...
Lawyers: Ex-detainee's trip was innocent
UPI
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Nov. 23 (UPI) -- A former Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, detainee was not going to any terrorism centers when he was arrested in Pakistan last summer, his Swedish lawyers say.
MIDEAST: U.S. Pushing Beyond Settlement Freeze
Inter Press Service
Haniyeh was speaking Sunday at the onset of the Eid ul-Fitr holiday marking the end of the Holy Muslim month of Ramadan. The Hamas leader's barbs were directed against the President of the Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas and his decisio...
'Innocent men' jailed for rape
Gulf Daily News
Lawyers Ebrahim Ramadan, who is representing two Bahrainis, and Ali Samer the other, had argued in an earlier hearing the charges against their clients were baseless. However, the Bahrainis were convicted along with the Bangladeshis by the ...
Inside the mind of a female suicide bomber
The Guardian
It was a half-hour before dawn during Ramadan. The Americans were with them." She added with a touch of pride: "My brothers were mujahideen. They made IEDs." Mujahideen means holy fighters, and in the context of Iraq, they are fighters agai...
Manama take down Isa Town
Gulf Daily News
Coached by Jaffer Ahmed, Isa Town team also consisted of a group of young players like Saad Faraj (10 points), captain Jehad Ahmed (9), Mohammed Qahiri (5), Hussain Ramadan, Aziz Qahiri (4 each) and Mohammed Asghar (1). Manama ruled the gam...
Lawyers: Ex-Detainee's Trip Was Innocent
OfficialWire
... resident Mehdi Ghezali, wrote in the Dagens Nyheter newspaper Ghezali's Aug. 28 arrest and Oct. 11 release without serious charges came while he was merely on a trip to celebrate Ramadan in Miranshah, the main city in the lawless region...
Manama take down Isa Town
Gulf Daily News
MANAMA picked up a comfortable 104-71 victory over an improving Isa Town last night in the Zain Bahrain Basketball League match played at Zain Arena in Um Al Hassam.
Giving Ramadan a drumroll at 4am – in Brooklyn
The Malaysian Insider
SEPT 13 – A few hours before dawn, when most New Yorkers are fast asleep, a middle-aged man rolls out of bed in Brooklyn, dons a billowy red outfit and matching turban, climbs into his Lincoln Town Car, drives 15 minutes, pulls out a big dr...
New Brunswick Islamic Center feeds many
MyCentralJersey.com
Served with the food were sleek pamphlets explaining the pillars of Islam and topics such as life after death, Ramadan, human rights, women and family. The people who stopped by the table Sunday morning to grab a food container were mostly ...
Egypt's Nile Delta: Fertile land, but not for jobs
Los Angeles Times
During the holy month of Ramadan I didn't work for 40 days," said Ali, a balding man whose fingers are cracked and nearly stuck together with paint and glue. "Libyans have changed toward Egyptian workers. They used to appreciate us more.