No matter how cold it is, below freezing or not, love sees no boundaries and when two such in love people decide to become one, Antarctica can look like a perfect place on earth to get married. Two British polar guides made history on being the first couple to officially […]
Author: Maham Shah
Holly Maniatty: The Legend!
Since Congress passed the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, which requires concert venues to provide interpreters for deaf attendees, having a music interpreter at a concert has been a necessity. One such music interpreter is Holly Maniatty who is known as one of the coolest music interpreters in the […]
Dubai introduces pink ambulance for women
The color pink has been used to represent woman for centuries. Anything with the color pink was automatically thought to have something to do with women. Apparently, authorities in Dubai have taken this unwritten rule very seriously. After starting a pink taxi service ten years ago, a service that only […]
First Muslim Gay Marriage: Choice or Rebellion?
Two men in UK made history by becoming the first gay Muslim couple of the country. Jahed Chaudhry, 24, married Sean Rogan, 19, in a closed event in West Midlands. The two met while Jahed was out in a park trying to kill himself because of the criticism and bullying […]
Appointment of female Qazi in India and how it hurts patriarchal ego
Qazi, also known as a judge or magistrate, is an important role in Islam. They are appointed to judge all disputes on the basis of justice in a timely manner without prejudice, to maintain the smooth functioning of a society. Not only that, a Qazi acts as a judge in […]
The aftermath Mosul liberation and confirmation of al-Baghdadi’s death
Since the day Daesh [Arabic acronym for ISIS] captured Mosul in June 2014, the group has defended the city by putting civilians as human shield and hiding in places like hospitals, schools and busy neighborhoods. Thousands of the Iraq’s displaced from Mosul have lost their loved ones or were injured […]
Arundhati Roy and her latest novel after 20 years
Two decades after her debut book which won her the Booker Prize, the talented Indian author Arundhati Roy has yet again given us a novel “The Ministry of Utmost Happiness” to mesmerize ourselves in the divine aura of her creativity this week. Like her debut novel “The Gods of Small […]
Ronaldinho and Friends: rise of football in Pakistan, the land of hospitality
Pakistan was one of the top teams of Asian football until the early 1970s, however a lack of government support and resultant poor infrastructure pushed the country to 200th in the FIFA football rankings. It is almost the lowest ranking to achieve. However, 40 years later, football in Pakistan has […]