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The City That Obsessed with Breakfast
It was almost midnight in the southern Thai city of Trang, and I was staring into an oven the size of a tuk-tuk. Flames and smoke were shooting out of the top, and men were carefully lowering two full-grown, slaughtered pigs into the fiery abyss. An hour later, they would...
Bolivia’s Unique Tribal Kingdom
Bolivia’s La Paz is the highest capital in the world. At 3,690m in elevation, its air is cold and thin, leaving many visitors gasping for oxygen and experiencing altitude sickness, known locally as soroche. But if you push past the chaotic traffic and drive 100km north-east, descending into the sub-tropical...
The Woman Who Walked Around The World
“Why?” It’s a simple question, and one that people ask Angela Maxwell frequently. Yet until recently, the American struggled to answer why, exactly, she upended a perfectly fine life in pursuit of a big dream. But for Maxwell, “why” is a question worth answering. After all, she embarked on a...
Does Unconscious Forces Control Our Actions?
Why did you buy your car? When we start to examine the basis of our life choices, whether they are important or fairly simple ones, we might come to the realisation that we don’t have much of a clue. We might even wonder whether we really know our own mind,...
Bangladesh A Legacy of Blood -Nasir Hossain
In the first ten years of independence, Bangladesh experienced some incidents that played a vital role in the economic and political development of the country. A famine broke out in the country that killed thousands of people. Two of the very popular presidents were brutally murdered, and some key figures...
Climate may have sent drift of the North Pole toward Greenland
Earth’s geographic poles aren’t fixed. Instead, they wander in seasonal and near-annual cycles. The weather and ocean currents drive most of this slow drift. But a sudden zag in the direction of that drift started in the 1990s. That sharp change in direction appears due in large part to the melting...
I Finally Have a Purpose in Life
My name is Jamie and I converted to Islam a week and half ago. Before I became a Muslim, I was not a very conservative person, I was not a very good person. I modeled for about five years, and during that time I did a lot of drugs. And...
Motivate Yourself To Study When You’re Busy With Work
How does one maintain their motivation to study when they are too busy with work? Motivation is an interesting topic that psychologists, sociologists, and scientists of all types have studied for decades. Countless books and articles have been written on the subject and continue to pop up each year. But...
Exhibition: The Four Elements
Artist Nagihan Seymour returns to The Lightbox with a new show, ‘The Four Elements’, following her successful solo exhibition in 2017. UK-based artist Nagihan Seymour is specialised in Tezhip, the art of illumination and sacred geometry. ‘The Four Elements’ includes her latest paintings and ceramics incorporating natural pigments and precious metals. Drawing...
Discipline in Islam
The Discipline Policy is based on the principles of Islam derived from the Quran and the teachings of the Prophet Muhammad ?. As Muslims, we are expected to behave with self-discipline and noble conduct in every situation. Discipline differentiates humans from beasts. It is a sign of Allah’s care when...
Tidy Up! Fahmida Mehreen
In the busy schedule of our lives, it is difficult to find time to tidy up or de-clutter our bedrooms or office rooms. However, a quick impromptu cleaning session can be not only fun but also mind-refreshing. Having the wooden and marble surfaces properly dusted, mopping the floors, getting rid...
The Wonder of the Lighthouse of Alexandria -Ahmad Ullah
One cannot but wonder, looking back at the ancient architecture. Thousands of years ago, ancient people created some structures that still amaze people. Egypt, the land of the Nile and the Pyramids, is at the centre of interest for all its wonders. Many ancient architectures, including the Egyptian pyramids and...
Some champions of charity in pandemic period -Abu Muaj and Ifrith Islam
The list of philanthropists is made on the basis of the information provided by the philanthropists or their agents or organisations. But at the corporate level, companies do some philanthropic work which is called corporate social responsibility, better known as CSR. For this CSR the corporates earmark most of the...
Ralph Waldo Emerson -The Snow Storm
Announced by all the trumpets of the sky Arrives the snow, and, driving o’er the fields, Seems nowhere to alight: the whited air Hides hills and woods, the river and the heaven, And veils the farm-house at the garden’s end. The steed and traveller stopped, the courier’s feet Delayed, all...
Jalaluddin Rumi Stay Close, My Heart
Stay close, my heart, to the one who knows your ways; Come into the shade of the tree that allays has fresh flowers. Don’t stroll idly through the bazaar of the perfume-markers: Stay in the shop of the sugar-seller. If you don’t find true balance, anyone can deceive you; Anyone...
Editorial
Dear Readers, Assalamu alaikum wa rahmatullah walaihi. Hope you are all fine by the grace of Allah. During Ramadan, people try their best to do charity. Muslims lavishly offer ifter to fasting people, donate money, entertain people, give away jakat and fitra. Then comes Eid-ul-Fitr at the start of Shawwal....
In the light of the Holy Hadith
MERCY FOR ANIMALS Prophet Muhammad said, “There is a reward for helping any living creature.”( Bukhari, Musaqat, 9)Dear Brothers and Sisters! One day, the Prophet Muhammad (saw) talked about a man who filled his shoe with water from a well and offered it to a thirsty dog, and thus earned...
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