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Searching for humanity among algorithms

Political unrest, grave human injustice and the non-responsive attitude of governments to the demands of the people have always produced innovative ways of punishment. Masses take to the streets...

Unbendable faith

The middle-aged gentleman, targeted by some chicken-hearted people, is not bending his head because he has ceaseless faith in his faith, which is unbendable. It burst out from the...

Making food a political issue throttles Gaza lives

In a world where 757 million people face chronic hunger, and 45 million children suffer from wasting due to acute malnutrition, Gaza stands out as unique. War, drought, earthquakes,...

Off the page

For Hollywood, books can be one the best places to find inspiration for a new film. However, the written word does not always get translated onto the big screen...

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Fatima Almheiri

Fatima has always been passionate about mental health. She has a Bachelors in International Studies with a minor in Psychology. She joined the With Hope UAE volunteer group in 2019 and she is currently head of communications.

Saibal Chatterjee

Indian national award-winning film critic

Meena Janardhan

Writer/Editor/Consultant. She has over 25 years of experience in the fields of environmental journalism and publishing.

Editorial

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Trump seeks investments from Arab countries

A special feature of United States President Donald Trump’s visit to Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates this week has been that of seeking foreign investment for...

14 May 2025

59 Afrikaners from South Africa get refugee status in US

13 May 2025

America, China trade ties key to global economy’s health

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Letters To The Editor

Inflation cool?

We do not know whether to laugh or cry over this statement that the “inflation cools to 6-year low of 3.16%,” as the cost of vegetables, fruits, pulses, oils...

A real setback

It is really shocking that after the Hitman Rohit Sharma, King Kohli too has decided to retire from Test cricket. No doubt, this...

15 May 2025

Relieved now

I have been living in Dubai for 20 years. I did not know much about India or Pakistan before coming to the UAE,...

14 May 2025

Nation’s heroes

It is sad that two of India’s most competent cricketers, Rohit Shama and Virat Kohli, will retire from the cricket Test match formats in the future. Rohit Sharma, Virat...

Top knocks

While we are elated with the victory of Chennai Super Kings over KKR, we could only have pity for KKR, who just missed a golden chance to live for...

Real challenge

The New Zealand Government is looking to ban social media access for under-16s by 2026. This will come as a great surprise for the U16s as they probably don’t...

Measured response

Hats off to our Prime Minister, Narendra Modi and the Armed Forces for their retaliation for the Pahalgam attack on our tourists. The Prime Minister has aptly christened this...

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