Chubby sheep and goats grazing highway pastures are a sure sign that Eid al-Adha - the Feast of the Sacrifice - is just around the corner . E xpected this year during the first week of October, i t’s an important Islamic holiday celebrated by Muslims worldwide to honor the willingness of the prophet Ibrahim to heed God’s command and sacrifice his first-born son. (You know how that went down - God jumped in with a last-minute substitution - a hapless ram took the hit for young Ishmael, who enjoyed ...

Rarely do women make headlines in the Middle East for a good reason. All that is about to change! For the very first time ever, this year’s Forbes Middle East ranking includes accomplished women who occupy the most senior positions in the corporate world. This coveted (and surprising!) list includes women from all walks of life - from family business and government, to top C-level executives in the corporate sphere. The move to include women in Saudi Arabia’s Shura Council (we said surprising!) also allowed strong Saudi government representation. In ...

Juventus & Fiorentina eye Januzaj

Eid is around the corner, Hajj is right on its heels and the iPhone has just been released - it’s time to get your high-tech Islam on! For non-believers, it’s a prime opportunity to learn more about this ancient faith. Easy to do in Islamic countries, but what if you wish to delve into the Middle East’s minority religions - Orthodox Christianity, Catholicism, or Judaism? Now you can find your faith in the app store. A batch of new apps are looking to put God in your pocket - a ...

Man City interested in Paco Alcacer

It should go without saying that we shouldn’t paint all Muslims (or any group!) with the same brush. Yet if you follow world news networks, it seems like all Muslims are terrorists. Try to argue against that, and get smacked with the adage, “Well, not all Muslims are terrorists, but nearly all terrorists are Muslims .” Worse still, the world’s 1.6 billion followers of Islam have also been stereotyped as backwards extremists. Stereotyping is a lazy-brained way to view the world. In a fast-paced world, lurching rapidly from one Middle ...

As they say, an apple a day keeps the blackberry away (right?). It seems the case as last week, Apple CEO Tim Cook took to the stage at the Flint Center in Cupertino, California and announced the highly anticipated iPhone 6 alongside it’s super-sized sibling, the iPhone 6 Plus. (Thirty years earlier, Steve Jobs launched the original Macintosh computer from that same stage!). Already this phone is selling out ( just like Blackberry supporters !) and Apple is adamant that the sexy new phones expand the Apple product line rather ...