Nuclear Explosion Wonderland Entertainment City launches at Sheikh Zayed Festival 2025-2026 Egyptologists find 225 'exceptional' figurines in pharaoh's tomb China debuts new AI model for high-standard farmland protection Breakthrough Alzheimer’s drug ‘could slow disease by 8 years’ 20th Sheikh Zayed Book Award announces longlists for Translation, Literary, Art Criticism UAE flag, portrait of Zayed and Rashid unfurled atop Alps as part of Eid Al Etihad celebrations ACTVET wins 11 medals at WorldSkills Asia Taipei 2025
Business Middle East - Mebusiness

Opera

Jhelum’s Historic Padhri Village Retains Signs of a Religiously Diverse Past

The choubaras of Hindu community were particularly noted for their intricate stone and woodwork, a testament to the village’s rich cultural heritage Padhri is a historical village in the Jhelum district. It is located about 45 km from Sohawa town in the Jhelum district of Punjab province of Pakistan. I visited this village with Mirza

Like a drop of water – Poetry from Dominican Republic

You are like a drop of water In every dawn of My morning. Enrique Antonio Sánchez Liranzo, an eminent poet from Dominican Republic, shares his poetry Enrique Antonio Sánchez Liranzo was born on July 15, 1958, in the city of Santo Domingo, Capital of the Dominican Republic. He is a lawyer, poet, essayist, narrator

They march – A Poem from Kolkata

They march They learn to face their fear They learn to protest They protest against a murder They want justice They learn to unite and march. Suhina Biswasmajumdar, an eminent poet from Kolkata, West Bengal, shares a poem she wrote for a promising doctor recently gang-raped and murdered in Kolkata A writer from

Afghanistan: 20 years of steady education progress ‘almost wiped out’

Girls and women across Afghanistan lack access to secondary education since the Taliban takeover - UN Women/Sayed Habib Bidell Afghanistan is currently the only country in the world where secondary and higher education is strictly forbidden to women and girls over age 12. New York The de facto authorities in Afghanistan “have

5 books on Partition highlight hope amidst conflict and the human cost of Independence

These five works of fiction by women authors are set against the backdrop of the Independence and Partition of India, and inspire us with their strong, resilient characters who survive turbulent times. By Chanda Bisht The month of August always brings up mixed memories for those in the Subcontinent. While India celebrates its 78th