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| CAPITA | Teresa Lesher A Very 'AWARE' Muslim
“Where Minds Meet” is the slogan of “AWARE Center”, a centre that chose to plunge into a way that is rarely trodden; cultural exchange to generate understanding and awareness. AWARE (Advocates of Western-Arab Relations) was established in 2003 in Kuwait because “it is through culture that we preserve our heritage, that we express our creativity and that we share our individuality with the world” says Teresa Lesher the general manager of AWARE. Lesher, who is a...
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| PHOTO-TIPS | Shoot a GHOST!
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Use Exposure!
Using the features of your camera in a different way could always bring out different photos.
The idea is to shoot the object half the exposure time, and keep the rest of exposure time to shoot the background of the object, the object will be a ghost! See it your self.
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| PINNACLE | Beauty in the Cemetery: Meshary Alaradah's Artistic Mission & Ambition In Focus
“It is a very beautiful video clip; it talks about death,” someone told me. Although the previous statement seems to be contradictory, it eventually lead me to reconsider what I have been taught for years; we know that science quests for truth, while art seeks beauty. How can a video clip (a work of art) be beautiful - as it should be - and talks about a gloomy theme such as death?
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| MACROPHONE | Al’Qura~n: The Ultimate Open-Source Code
I still remember the very first time I read the user’s manual of my first personal computer, which was a gift from my family following a knee surgery that I underwent at King Khaled [’Kaalid] University Hospital in Riyadh [Riyaa’d], Saudi Arabia. That computer was a Commodore AT machine with a math-coprocessor, which was installed therein because I was taking computer-based engineering drafting classes.
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| MACROPHONE | Women Inheritance in Islaam
Inventing a lie and repeating it very often results in those who invented it believing it. And by continuously bolstering the invented lie with more lies, the origin of the story becomes so hazy that it would take a real expert, armed with unwavering integrity, to sift through the rubble of the shattered myths; and only then the truth will reveal itself.
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| MACROPHONE | The Others: Who Hates Who?
“ Only two things are infinite; the universe and human stupidity, and I’m not sure about the former.”
This is one of Albert Einstein’s famous quotes with which I totally agree; as I found it still valid for describing the current situation of humanity despite the fact that it was said since more than fifty years ago.
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| MACROPHONE | The Smelliest Plant on the Planet
The biggest flower in the world is blooming, causing a most incredible stink! Known as a Titan Arum, this extremely rare botanical freak, shown below, has been planted in a giant pot within the lush depths for the Humid Tropics Biome.
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| MACROPHONE | What is Islaam
Islaam is an Arabic word. People residing in Western countries may not know the exact meaning and exact denotation of the word “Islaam”. So I would like to talk about: “What is Islaam?”
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| MACROPHONE | Oh Civilised World!
Oh Civilised World!
I appeal to your conscience in hopes that you may hear me,
In hopes that you may fathom the length of my sadness and my despair.
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| MUSLIMS WITHOUT BORDERS | ’Hijaab Scrutinised. Men’s Hijab: Justice Not Equality (Part 3/4)
In this series, Hayat Alyaqout scrutinises the ’hijaab and touches upon several themes such as the religious authenticity of the ’hijaab, the overlap between the ’hijaab as a religious practice and the ’hijaab as a social practice, how men have their own ’hijaab too, and the philosophy of the ’hijaab in relation to the social notion of beauty. In this part, she talks how men have theor own ’hijaab if things are taken form justice not equality point of vi ...
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| FAIR VIEW | Arabs, Muslims and the Nazi Genocide of the Jews
It is important that we, as Arabs - both Muslims and Christians -, examine our position towards the Nazi genocide of the Jews. As Muslims and Christians, our stance is incontrovertibly clear. Our religions (Islaam, Christianity and Judaism) all contain strong prohibitions against murder. The ’Qur a~n says, “… that whosoever kills a soul unless for a soul or for corruption [done] in the land, it is as if he had slain mankind entirely.” (The Holy ’Qura~n, chapter of ...
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| EYE ON I.T. | Just Blog It!
“Whether it’s world hunger, marketing problems, or marital issues, blogging is the solution”, a faithful blogger expresses. But what exactly is blogging, how many of us have decided to try it out, how successful is it and why are so many companies investing their money on providing this service?
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| INSIGHT | The Lessons from Death
Life slips away second by second. Are you aware that every day brings you closer to death or that death is as close to you as it is to other people?
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