Ghanim Al Muftah, a young disability activist, who has over three million followers on social media, was one of the hosts on Sunday night at the opening ceremony of the Fifa World Cup 2022 in Doha, which was watched by millions around the world. But who is Ghanim Al Muftah? Ghanim’s story Prior to Ghanim’s and his […]
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Fetuses in the womb frowned after their mothers ate kale but smiled after they ate carrots, according to a new study of around 100 pregnant women and their fetuses in England. The study offers a rare look at how fetuses respond to flavors in real time. The researchers gave the participating women capsules containing powdered versions of
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The head of Qatar security officer, Major General Abdulaziz Abdullah, has coughed a strong warning to the LGBT association against showing off rainbow flags during the World Cup at the end of the year. Abdullah says that the flags could be confiscated – not a punishment but as protection, he insisted. “If he (a fan)
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Leaders of the world’s Group of 20 (G20) wealthiest nations concluded a two-day summit on the Indonesian island of Bali on Wednesday deploring Russia’s aggression in Ukraine “in the strongest terms”, among other highlights. Here are key takeaways from the meeting: CONDEMNING RUSSIAN AGGRESSION Meetings of G20 ministers earlier this year ended without joint declarations
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A little 7-year-old Syrian girl, who survived a deadly missile attack when she was an infant, won the Arab Reading Challenge in Dubai, UAE on Thursday, November 10, 2022, taking home Dh 500,000. Sham Al Bakour, was only six months old when her family’s car was struck during violence in Aleppo in December, 2015. Her
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Achieving the maximum IQ for under-18s, he is in the top one percentile of the population.
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Together, the two generals conquered approximately two-thirds of the Iberian Peninsula as Saragossa, Barcelona, and Portugal were quickly taken. The Muslim army even made its way to France and conquered Lyons. It was the beginning of Muslim rule in Spain until 1492. Hispania fared well as a conquered state by all accounts. The Muslims apparently
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It was an ordinary Friday gathering at a small mosque, located in the vicinity of Hamad International Airport in Qatar, until the muadhin realized that the Imam was running late and the gathering couldn’t wait any longer. He asked if there was someone who could preach the sermon (Khutbah). A young Ugandan man stepped up
Abdul Aziz Al-Balbisi, a 19-year-old Palestinian university student, has launched an initiative called “Gaza Tales” to encourage young people in the Gaza Strip to learn more about the history of their city. Once a week, between 30 and 50 young men and women gather in old Gaza for a 2 kilometer walk, during which they
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President Joko Widodo of Indonesia received the Imam Al Hasan bin Ali Award for Peace from the Abu Dhabi Forum for Peace (ADFP) in recognition of his contributions to global peace efforts. Vice President Ma’ruf Amin accepted the award on his behalf during a meeting with ADFP president Sheikh Abdullah bin Bayyah in Abu Dhabi.
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