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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 an American with a Kuwaiti nationality, holds a Ph.D. in library and information science, she embraced Islaam 25 years ago. Lesher just like the centre she runs, is a very “AWARE” Muslim.

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eJilbab: The Electronic Future for Islaamic Clothing

eJilbab was established on August 2004 with the simple idea of conservativeness and modesty for the Muslim woman. eJilbab’s mission is to fulfill Muslim women in the west with Islaamic clothes at affordable prices. Their main manufacturing products are jilbabs (jilbaabs), abayas (‘abaa-ahs), dishdashs (dishdaashs) and traditional thoubs (thawbs).

Hayat Alyaqout interviews the entrepreneurs of the project and discovers more about eJilbab and how it came into being.

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The Rise of Productive Youth:

Yasmine El-Safy, a 13 year old American-Egyptian Muslim girl decided to do something productive with her skills and talents. In the following article Marwah El-Azhary interviews Yasmine El-Safy to discover more about mg magazine and how what started as an idea, came to reality.

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Walid Batrawi: That’s why There will be no Internet media in many Arab countries!

Since the year 1991, Walid Batrawi has been working as a Palestinian journalist for various media establishments, including Palestinian and International media organisations.

In a major interview, Hasan Hamarsha sets to discover more about the views of the Journalist Walid Batraw.

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Media Quotes to Ponder

“Writing to a magazine that had published his obituary: I've just read that I am dead. Don't forget to delete me from your list of subscribers.”
Rudyard Kipling