Eid al-Adha, also called the "Festival of Sacrifice", is the second of two Islamic holidays celebrated worldwide each year, and considered the holier of the two. It honours the willingness of Ibrahim to sacrifice his son as an act of obedience. But, before Abraham could sacrifice his son, God provided a lamb to sacrifice instead. Muslims worldwide celebrate every year Eid al-Adha through sacrificing sheep and divide it into three parts: One to the poor and needy, the second is kept for home, and the third to relatives.

Egyptian actress Hana Shiha had a new photo session for "Charisma" magazine. {"preview_thumbnail":"https://cdn.flowplayer.com/6684a05f-6468-4ecd-87d5-a748773282a3/i/v-i-5…","video_id":"5e733f5e-e857-491d-a533-0e03c3afc48e","player_id":"8ca46225-42a2-4245-9c20-7850ae937431","provider":"flowplayer","video":"Top 5 Egyptian Eid Al Adha Films in 2019"} Shiha appeared in a light blue dress designed by Muhannad Kogak. This is the first photo session for Hala Shiha since her separation from actor Ahmed Falawks, and it got the admiration of a large number of her followers, who praised her look and said that she became more beautiful after the divorce. The pair announced their separation last July after tying the knot in October last year, after ...

Syria, cartoonist Amani al-Ali takes her pen to get across what others struggle to say. Idlib, a jihadist-run region of three million people, has come under increasing bombardment by the regime and its Russian ally since late April despite a months-old truce deal. Through her cartoons, Ali has boldly challenged traditions to comment on life in the anti-regime bastion, and to condemn seeming international indifference to civilian deaths. The sketches are etched out in black and white with splashes of red, colours the artist says are inspired by life in ...

Artist Ghada Adel ignited social media with a new photo session by the sea, which caught the attention of many. {"preview_thumbnail":"https://cdn.flowplayer.com/6684a05f-6468-4ecd-87d5-a748773282a3/i/v-i-5…","video_id":"5e733f5e-e857-491d-a533-0e03c3afc48e","player_id":"8ca46225-42a2-4245-9c20-7850ae937431","provider":"flowplayer","video":"Top 5 Egyptian Eid Al Adha Films in 2019"} Ghada Adel had a photo session with photographer Khaled Fada for one of the magazines. The pictures were summery and were taken with the sea in the background. Ghada Adel made sure to appear with a summer look that suits the atmosphere. She wore a pair of shorts with a white blazer and a satin blouse and completed the look with ...

Adventurers will set sail in a boat made of reeds to discover whether the ancient Egyptians could sail as far as the Black Sea, as claimed in historical records. Dozens of researchers and volunteers have gathered from eight different countries to set out in mid-August on a 1,300 kilometres trip in order to test the hypothesis that prehistoric trade routes traversed the high seas. Researchers seek to show that the voyage aboard the 'Abora IV' will prove that the old Egyptians succeeded in similar journeys in reed boats thousands of ...

Actress Rania Youssef made a fuss by posting new pictures wearing shorts and received negative reactions from some of her followers who found that she is deliberately provoking controversy with her new pictures. {"preview_thumbnail":"https://cdn.flowplayer.com/6684a05f-6468-4ecd-87d5-a748773282a3/i/v-i-5…","video_id":"5e733f5e-e857-491d-a533-0e03c3afc48e","player_id":"8ca46225-42a2-4245-9c20-7850ae937431","provider":"flowplayer","video":"Top 5 Egyptian Eid Al Adha Films in 2019"} "I enjoy an evening stroll. It helps me to reflect and eases stress." Rania captioned the pictures in which she was wearing black shorts with a glittering silver blouse that revealed her back. Rania Youssef's followers interacted with her images, and the views varied between complimenting the brown ...

Young Palestinian amputees train in a Gaza City swimming pool under the instructions of Majdi al-Tatar. Tatar, who lost his right leg after a road accident during his childhood, trains Palestinians who lost their limbs during the ongoing conflict with Israel and help them maintain physical activity through the Palestine Children Relief Fund, a non-governmental organization providing physical and psychological services for disabled children in Gaza Strip. Any sport... is a great way to rehabilitate people and get people back into society. More than 6,500 people have been shot by ...

At the end of the 19th century, in the midsize town that Managua was at that time, the discovery surrounded by mysticism of a small catholic statuette of Santo Domingo de Guzmán provoked the start and evolution of a massive traditional festivity that is both colorful and full of fervor and happiness, and which ultimately transformed into the Patron Saint Festivities of the capital city. Thousands of people attend this event which involves dancing, eating, drinking and the marching of musical bands, mainly for traditions that date back to pre-colonial ...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has recently released its 2019 list of countries' GDP per capita. According to the list, these are the Arab countries from richest to poorest. It’s worth mentioning that the list didn’t mention any data related to Syria, Somalia, and Palestine.

Jordanian songstress Diana Karazon had a photoshoot in the dress that was recently the talk of the town following her Jerash Festival concert in Jordan. {"preview_thumbnail":"https://cdn.flowplayer.com/6684a05f-6468-4ecd-87d5-a748773282a3/i/v-i-5…","video_id":"5e733f5e-e857-491d-a533-0e03c3afc48e","player_id":"8ca46225-42a2-4245-9c20-7850ae937431","provider":"flowplayer","video":"Top 5 Egyptian Eid Al Adha Films in 2019"} Karazon who chose a silver and beige dress for her concert in Jerash's southern theater, was heavily crticized since many considered the dress transparent and that it revealed many parts of her body. The controversy reached the Jordanian Parliament as MP Saleh Al-Armouti started a sharp attack on the Jordanian artist, describing her appearance as 'almost ...

Every time young fashion designer Hawa Adan Hassan makes a new gown for a paying customer, she also makes her dreams come true, according to Malay Mail. “My whole life, fashion design was a dream,” says the 23-year-old university student, who last year began running a cottage business out of her family’s home in Hamarweyne, the historic heart of Somalia’s coastal capital Mogadishu. For Hassan, it began with art, when she found herself drawn to sketching clothes rather than the animals and landscapes preferred by her peers. Then she set ...