One of the most challenging changes the Arab and Muslim worlds are facing now more than ever is the modernisation and moderation of their curricula in order to raise responsible and world-aware people for the next generation. For too long our education system has been based on reading, remembering and regurgitating information without any attempt …
Don’t know what’s happening to Bahrain. Arms of any kind are banned. No one has a gun – or shouldn’t, but we hear from the local press this morning that yet another armed robbery attempt at a bank in Riffa happened yesterday when a Bahraini guy dressed in a women’s Abaya and Burqa pulled a …
MuslimYouth.net is Britain’s first guidance and support channel for Muslim youth. The site is designed and managed entirely by young people who reflect the diversity of Muslim communities in the UK. The project is supported by Muslim Youth Helpline (MYH), a confidential telephone and e-mail counselling service for young people. Many of the issues profiled …
I hear a lot of sirens in Manama today.. any idea what’s going on?
It’s been many months that bonzaimark has been reading and contributing to this blog, so it was a real pleasure meeting the guy in the flesh for the first time! He just arrived in Bahrain last night to participate in a charity golf tournement and visit family, and took the trouble to visit me in …