To those who read the Bahraini newspapers from afar, the reports in most cases seem confusing, at best boring. No matter what the subject matter is about, it is very difficult to understand why everything that is happening in Bahrain, be it in the parliament, at the university, at the trade unions or...
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WITH political and cultural chasms widening between Muslim communities in the UK and mainstream British society, there is increasing unease on both sides of the divide. Until about 18 months ago, few heads would have turned when Andleen Razzaq, a London secondary school teacher and member of the Muslim charitable organisation City Circle, walked...
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About 45 years after the bloodshed began in Cyprus and 34 years since a Turkish military operation toppled a pro-Greece coup and took over the northern third of the island, the past is still very much alive. The past defines where people live today. Turkish Cypriots to the north of the Green Line and...
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Qatari authorities said that they have found more than 60 fake medical certificates submitted by people working in private clinics. The bogus documents were discovered during a scrutiny programme launched in April, to assess the authenticity of all medical documents, following a surge of more than 100 per cent in the number of...
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Qatar has one of the lowest crime rates in the world, according to figures released by the general secretariat of the state cabinet. Murder rate in Qatar is barely 0.5 per 100,000 people, compared to a world average of four, the figures published in the local media reveal. The rate of burglaries is 25 per 100,000...
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Indonesia is likely to lift a ban it slapped last September on sending workers to Kuwait, following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that would help improve migrant workers’ conditions. “The initial reason for the MoU was to request that the Kuwaiti government provide more protection for our workers in Kuwait. The...
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Qatar’s divorce rate is escalating at an alarming rate, official statistics indicate. A total of 982 couples ended their marriage in the first 11 months of this year, and the figure by the end of the December is expected to cross the 1,000 mark, according to the figures released by the Qatar Statistics Authority...
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