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Dissent, fame and vlogs: Qatar’s migrant workers find their voices on TikTok

INTERNATIONAL "There's nothing wrong being khadama," writes TikTok user jofaaw in a video caption, using the Arabic word for maid. "We are human like you, we are workers, not a slave." The Qatar-based worker was commenting on another video in which a woman was complaining about domestic workers' excessive use of TikTok on the Kuwaiti channel aloula.24. "Ya Allah madam!!! You think khadama don't have right using social media, because you are […]

today5 September 2022

Opinions

Dr Sulayman Nordien: A jewel among pebbles

This is an obituary for Islamic calligrapher Dr Sulayman Nordien, who passed away on the 5 September 2020.  My first personal encounter with Dr Nordien was in my early twenties when my father set up a meeting with him to introduce me to Arabic calligraphy. We met at Masjid ul Quds where this eloquent, excited, and eccentric man walked in with his writing tools, ink and paper. I could tell […]

today16 September 2020

Features

Oman unveils world’s 1st interactive calligraphic Quran

The Sultanate of Oman this week unveiled the world’s first interactive calligraphic electronic Quran – developed by experts from Germany, Holland, Poland and Lebanon. The Electronic Mushaf Muscat Calligraphy Project was developed by specialists from Germany, the Netherlands, Poland and Lebanon and is available for desktops, laptops, tablets and mobile phones. It works on all operating systems, including Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS and Android. No applications are needed, but a […]

today16 June 2017

International News

Adam Saleh removed from plane ‘for speaking Arabic’

Delta Airlines has removed a Muslim American social media star from a New York-bound plane in London together with a friend after speaking Arabic on the aircraft. In a statement after Delta Flight 1 landed in New York, Delta said the man, Adam Saleh, and the other passenger were removed because they "sought to disrupt the cabin with provocative behaviour, including shouting". The airline said its information was based on […]

today22 December 2016

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