It happened suddenly and without warning. Where there should have been the emerging first shoots of potato seedlings behind the orchard in Nikola Borojevic’s spacious garden, there was now huge hole. Measuring 30m (98ft) wide and 15m (49ft) deep, it quickly filled with water. And it wasn’t the only one....
Quiet, clean and green are not words you would typically use to describe a construction site. But the site at Olav Vs gate, one of the busiest streets in the heart of Norway’s capital city, Oslo, was special. In a first of its kind in the world, all the machinery...
The recent exhibition “Signs of Bosnia” by famous Bosnian artists Sead Emric and Halida Emric was on view in the historical building Hanikah in Sarajevo. Sead Emric and Halida Emric have already had the opportunity to exhibit in the Bosnian capital several times. Each time, they would attract a lot...
The cosmos keeps outdoing itself. Extremely energetic light from space is an unexplained wonder. Scientists don’t know where that light comes from, exactly. And now astronomers have spotted this light, called gamma rays, at higher energies than ever before. You can’t see gamma rays with your eyes. They are much...
It stands outside the gates of the Exhibition of Achievements of National Economy, the giant trade-show-meets-amusement-park intended to show off the might of Soviet industry and science. It was built at a time when the USSR was leading the space race. A time when, to quote the submarine captain in...
The manufacturing industry is in an almost constant state of evolution. The way we make things — from cars to shoes to dental floss — has changed dramatically over the past 100 years, and the next 100 will surely be just as dramatic. So what big changes are on the...
Asslamualikum Hi, My name is Dominica (Nikki), I am a 40 year old female widow, that lives in the USA, Ohio. As a kid my Mom raised us to believe in One God, but we were not Muslim. We did not eat pork, but we were not Jews. My mother...
And he said, “Indeed, I will go to [where I am ordered by] my Lord; He will guide me. My Lord, grant me [a child] from among the righteous.” So We gave him the good news of a forbearing boy. And when he reached [the age of] serious work with...
The story of the partition of India is an epic saga itself which is scarred with ambition, religious violence, intolerance, hatred, starvation and haste. Before the partition phase, the British had ruled India for more than 200 years. Before the British arrived, India being a multicultural nation with many religions...
In November 2020 I wrote a feature about us becoming more forgetful during the Covid-19 pandemic. My starting point was anecdotal reports from people telling me that their memories seemed to be letting them down more often during the lockdowns. In the feature I spoke to a memory researcher, Catherine...
Bukhara is one of the few cities in Central Asia that survives with fond memories. The magnificent architectures are silent witnesses to the city’s rich history. Ibn Battuta, the great traveller of history, visited this city in 1330 AD. He then called the city “the most beautiful city in the...
Despite having so many rivers and canals, Dhaka with dirt and poor drainage here and there, is one of least liveable cities in the world. The loss and disappearance of canals to the land grabbers in Bangladesh may be followed by huge media cry or environmentalists staging demonstrations. Nobody can...
To think of time—of all that retrospection! To think of to-day, and the ages continued henceforward! Have you guess’d you yourself would not continue? Have you dreaded these earth-beetles? Have you fear’d the future would be nothing to you? Is to-day nothing? Is the beginningless past nothing? If the future...
Hafiz Ghazal 22 When you hear the lovers’ words, think them not a mistake You don’t recognize these words, the error must be your take. The here and hereafter cannot tame my spirit and soul Praise God for all the intrigue in my mind that is at stake. I know...
Dear Friends and Subscribers Assalamu alaikum wa rahmatullah. Hope the issue will find you well at a time when coronavirus onslaught rages on. Doctors prescribe particularly the conventional wisdom suggests to drink lots of fluid to ward off Covid-19. In 1945 the US Food and Nutrition Board of the National...
Youth: Our Greatest Asset and Richness Prophet Muhammad (saw) said, “Take advantage of five before five: your youth before your old age, your health before your sickness, your wealth before your poverty, your free time before your busyness, and your life before your death.” (Hakim, Mustadrak, IV, 341.) Dear Young Brothers...
How Mind Worships: Tafakkur (Contemplation) “They always remember Allah while standing or sitting or [lying] on their sides. They give thought to the creation of the heavens and the earth, saying, ‘Our Lord! You did not create this aimlessly; exalted are You above such a thing! Protect us from the...
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