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RTA signs partnership agreement with Amazon Web Services

The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) in Dubai signed an agreement with Amazon Web Services (AWS), a subsidiary company of Amazon that specialises in providing cloud computing platforms and application programming interfaces. The main goal of this partnership is to support the RTA's transition to cloud computing and exchange

Crouching Fire – A Poem from Lebanon

Princess Dr. Narzine Bani Hashem, a Lebanon-born poetess, shares her poem depicting the death and destruction caused by war in Middle East Princess Dr. Narzine Bani Hashem, born in Lebanon, graduated in Political Science, and has a doctorate as well in Economics. Besides being an entrepreneur and owner of certain trade companies,

A Beggar – A Short Story from Uzbekistan

The beggar was humiliated and trampled by the crowd. He gave up all hope of getting alms and fell to the ground at the edge of the street The bazaar was busier today than ever. The cacophony of merchants’ voices, echoing for miles, grated on the ears. A man dressed in rags emerged from the crowd. He looked frail and pale, with grief

Twilight in Delhi, a novel of 1940

The novel ‘Twilight in Delhi’ portrays themes of colonialism, love, peace, unity, dispersion, alienation, nostalgia, and the passage of time. “Twilight in Delhi” is Ahmed Ali‘s first novel, originally published in English by Hogarth Press in Britain in 1940. Later, four other editions were published, the last

Visiting the Rabari in India’s Kutch: nomads on an ancient land

India’s nomadic pastoralists migrate for eight months a year, covering huge distances The animals are returning on a biblical scale, flooding into this green expanse, like grains of sand rushing into an hourglass. Water buffalo, camel caravans, herds of cows and goats swarm over the horizon towards me on these vast, stark plains