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Long Marginalised, the ‘Right of Return’ is Once More a Palestinian Priority

The Nakba is back on the Palestinian agenda. For nearly three decades, Palestinians were told that the Nakba - or Catastrophe - is a thing...

World Environment Day: #Only One Earth

Everybody can voice for this global campaign via social media by using the hashtag #Only One Earth World Environment Day is one of the most...

World Environment Day: Be an Eco-Friendly Muslim

It is important to care for the environment we live in, not only for our health but for our survival, too. This special day...

My reading of the Tafheem-ul-Quran

It has been about seventeen months since I embarked on the journey of reading Maulana Maududi’s commentary on the Qur’an, ‘Tafheem-ul-Qur’an’. I’m thankful to...

Teacher of a few days, who left a lasting impression

It was not too long ago that Miss Bisma Jan, from Kuchmullah Tral, B Tech in Computer Science and Engineering from Kashmir University, made...

What Muslims Need: Consistency

Consistency is one of the blessings of the creator, bestowed to all human beings. Being faithful, Muslims are more consistent in belief in the...

The Ottoman Collapse

Since then, the Ummah is shackled in a seemingly unending confusion After the Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815), Europe relatively didn’t get bogged down into a war...

They never taught me how to love myself

The world is full of scientists, doctors, engineers, etc. In future, I know this world will be full of robots, too. So, we don’t...

Chattabal: A lesser known picnic spot

The valley is replete with natural vegetation and flowers of wild nature. The vast green plains look like natural tapestries, as if spread by...

How Palestinians Became a Factor in Israeli Politics

Israel’s coalition government of right-wing Prime Minister Naftali Bennett is on the verge of collapse, which is unsurprising. Israeli politics, after all, is among...

Agriculture 4.0 and beyond

Agriculture 4.0 will no longer depend on applying water, fertilisers, and pesticides uniformly across entire fields. Instead, farmers will use the minimum quantities required...

The Importance of Modern Education in Madrasas

Muslim parents are aware that a purely religious education will not help their children earn a decent living, because of outdated methods and concepts...

Mahr (Marital Price): Burden or Responsibility, Sunnah or Trade?

Mahr is an obligatory bridal gift paid by the groom to the bride in an Islamic marriage. While the mahr is often money, it...

Fall in Love with Biodiversity

We must protect this planet like we do our own eyes, and cherish nature the way we cherish our life   Biodiversity is the most complex...

Mohammed Bin Salman’s ‘Vision 2030’

Saudi Arabia is the most prominent Muslim country in the world. Since the time of Ibrahim’s first visit to Hejaz, it has global fame....

Wellesian: The Frog in The Well

R.K. Narayan, the renowned author of ‘Malgudi Tales’, defines Wellesian as a small little frog that has lived in a well for a long...

Border Tourism and the Valley of Gurez

The areas situated close to the Line of Control (LoC), like Keran, Gurez, Tangdhar, Machil, and Bangus, have now been thrown open to the...

Amarnath Yatra: A blend of spiritual and cultural ethos

Kashmir is probably one of the most enigmatic places in the world, especially in terms of its rich culture and diversity of faiths. Over...

Ending ‘West’s Neocolonial Oppression’: On the New Language and Superstructures

The Russia-Ukraine war has quickly turned into a global conflict. One of the likely outcomes of this war is the very redefinition of the...

Our Duties and Responsibilities

The creation of human beings is not accidental; rather, human beings have been sent to planet earth for a specific purpose. Accordingly, they have...

The many charms of Doodhpathri

The tourism sector is the backbone of Kashmir’s economy. There are lakhs of people, of all age groups, who are earning their livelihoods from...

Recounting My Travel Experience from BGSBU to Poonch

Dr Sartaj Ahmad Sofi To come out of the routine academic activities within the campus, a band of faculty members & research scholars of the...

To Protect Life, Respect Biodiversity

Diversity is an essential attribute of a system. A system, be it physical, biological, mechanical or an abstract one, is a function of the...

Spiritual but not Religious

The laws and regulations called “religion” have sustained humanity for centuries and have created a conducive atmosphere for peaceful co-existence. Change of times, though,...

Only way to Progress is to Read

“Readers are thought leaders.” Back in school, we all had this sentence pasted on our soft boards. We were told as children that reading...

In Praise of the Prophet: Part II

Praise of the Prophet (PBUH) is a pious and sweet expression of love and affection of the faithful towards the messenger of God. They...

In Praise of the Prophet: Part I

Once when I met a tourist couple at the front gate of Dargah Hazratbal in Srinagar, I found them looking at the Persian couplet...

The Limits of Israeli Intelligence: Does Israel Have a Yahya Sinwar Problem?

Like typical analyses offered by western intelligences when trying to assess risks or understand major political phenomena in the Middle East, Israeli intelligence is...

Nurses: The Heart of Healthcare

Sayima Wani "You don't build a house without its foundation. You don't build a hospital without its nurses." Nursing is both among the oldest and the...

Za’l Dabb: Readings of Milestones in Kashmiri Literature

Professor Faruq Fayaz is a veteran historian who served at the Department of History, University of Kashmir, for more than three decades. His areas...

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