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~CGNews Community Corner~ To Boston with Love; Meet the Egyptians learning Hebrew 23 Apr 2013 | 09:00 am
“To Boston from Kabul with Love.” Principled Pictures , an organisation that strives to shed light on the human side of political and social issues, shares messages of love and sympathy for Boston in ...
The Internet in Egypt, first revolution now jobs? 23 Apr 2013 | 09:00 am
Cairo – Today, well over two years into the Egyptian revolution, increased numbers of Egyptian youth are still struggling to find jobs. With political instability looming large, the economy receives o...
America’s response to tragedy 23 Apr 2013 | 09:00 am
Boston, Massachusetts – It’s been a hard week for Boston. A native New Yorker, I’ve lived in this town for close to forty years. My wife and I raised three boys who hawked Coke and peanuts in the gran...
~CGNews Community Corner~ 16 Apr 2013 | 09:00 am
Tweets from Muslim communities worldwide poured in to express sympathy for victims after yesterday’s explosions at the Boston Marathon, reports the Washington Post. This rejection of a link between I...
The Tripoli I know 16 Apr 2013 | 09:00 am
Beirut – Lebanon’s second largest city Tripoli has a violent reputation due to ongoing conflict in the neighborhoods of Bab al Tabbaneh and Jabal Mohsen. Previously one neighbourhood, these two commun...
Lessons in tolerance from Indonesian Muslim leaders 16 Apr 2013 | 09:00 am
Jakarta – When Christians celebrated Good Friday on March 29 in the Cathedral church, Central Jakarta, the Istiqlal mosque next door happily provided its parking space for the church’s congregation me...
Americans help heal Syria's wounded 16 Apr 2013 | 09:00 am
Chicago - Frustrated by the news of the Syrian humanitarian crisis, Liza Hoover, a paediatric nurse from Seabrook Island, South Carolina, wanted to use her medical training to make a difference. After...
~Looking Back~ Muslim Culture, British Identity 9 Apr 2013 | 09:00 am
London - On 30 November the Chairman of the Conservative Muslim Forum, Lord Altaf Sheikh, urged the British Muslim community to join the armed forces and police in order to promote tolerance and mutua...
~CGNews Community Corner~ 9 Apr 2013 | 09:00 am
“The tiny Jewish community of Bradford [has] for many years been in despair…until the local Muslim community stepped in to help.” In an interview with the Huffington Post UK the secretary of the Bradf...
Workshop changes victim-oppressor paradigm 9 Apr 2013 | 09:00 am
Meona, Israel – One evening, in the dining room of the Esalen Institute in Big Sur, California, I sat down to eat with a friend of mine from the group of Israeli women I travelled there with to partic...
