Muslims mark Eid al-Adha holiday overshadowed by COVID
Eid al-Adha comes as many countries impose new COVID-19 restrictions or issue appeals for people…
Month: August 2021
Indefinite Hosting of Rohingya Refugees a Growing Concern for Bangladesh
On June 23, 2021, during the ninth Moscow Conference on International Security, Bangladesh’s Prime Minister…
Islamic New Year: What you need to know
The upcoming Hijri new year marking the start of the Muslim lunar calendar will fall…
Room for 10,000: Inside China’s largest detention center
People stand in a guard tower on the perimeter wall of the Urumqi No. 3…
‘Still going through hell’: the search for Yazidi women seven years on
For seven years, their families waited and hoped for news. In July, they finally received…
In Pictures: Hajj in Mecca during the COVID pandemic
Tens of thousands of vaccinated Muslim pilgrims circled Islam’s holiest site in Mecca on Sunday…
Danish Siddiqui captured the people behind the story
Danish Siddiqui, the Reuters journalist killed in crossfire last Friday when he was covering the…
I have no idea what my husband told his wives when he married me
Nura [not her real name] is a 42-year-old Kenyan woman. She lives in Senegal with…
Niger’s Bazoum: We need technological assistance
Mohamed Bazoum was sworn in as president in April in Niger’s first democratic transfer of…
The Threat of a Dam Disaster in Luang Prabang
The dam near Luang Prabang – both a World Heritage site and an seismically active…