Writing a bio of the greatest man in history • Civ Synthesis • Faculty, Georgetown + Columbia University • Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations (CFR).
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Are books and reading returning again?
In America, Harvard’s popular classes now involve real books. Bookshops seem busier too.
In Arabia, here is the largest reading competition in the world with 40 million students participating:
شهدت اليوم فعاليات تحدي القراءة العربي في موسمه العاشر .. أكبر مسابقة في العالم للقراءة .. شارك بها أكثر من 40 مليون طالب من 138 ألف مدرسة في ستين دولة حول العالم.
ألف مبروك للطالبة ميار عثمان من جمهورية مصر العربية فوزها بالمركز الأول في الموسم العاشر .. والطالبة غزل رشاد من فلسطين في المركز الثاني والطالب ريان الزكري من المملكة العربية السعودية في المركز الثالث .
وتهانينا لجميع الطلاب المشاركين وجميع المشرفين وعددهم أكثر من 161 ألف مشرف .. ساهموا معنا في نشر ثقافة القراءة في الأجيال العربية الجديدة .. جيل يبشر بالخير .. وجيل ويبعث على التفاؤل .. ويجدد الأمل باستئناف الحضارة .
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The BBC seems to think the norm for Islam is violence and terrorism. Why else would they label an award-winning Muslim cleric famed for his outspoken opposition to violent extremism and advocacy of Muslim–Christian coexistence, as ‘controversial’?
This also explains why they refused to label the terrorist group Hamas as ‘terrorists’. They think terror is the natural state of affairs for Muslims and indulge it so as to avoid causing offence.
There are plenty of Muslim thinkers, activists and organisations who would disagree. Perhaps the BBC could tiptoe outside of its bubble and meet a few.
Controversial Islamic cleric shot dead in northern Nigeria bbc.in/4sto6Fj
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
Sheikh Yahaya Ibrahim Masussuka was a prominent moderate Sufi preacher in Nigeria known for advocating interfaith dialogue and opposing violent extremism. Ansaru claimed responsibility, citing his peace efforts as the motive.
bbc.com/news/articles/…
pmnewsnigeria.com/2026/10/27/pop…
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It’s an ungodly amount of reading and no easy A. So why are freshmen lining up to get into Humanities 10? on.wsj.com/4iIxhOF
More Americans (welcome!) in the UAE will help inject greater optimism and sincerity — tilt the balance away from expat British gloom and cynicism:
Ras Al Khaimah is emerging as a destination of choice for US companies expanding into the UAE. More than 700 American businesses now call @myrakez home, gaining a direct gateway to Middle East and North Africa markets through world-class industrial facilities and connectivity to Saqr Port. bit.ly/rakez-x #UAEPreferred
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أن نحارب الإرهاب دون محاربة التطرف كمن يسقي البحر ماءاً عذباً في انتظار تحول البحر إلى نهرٍ عذب
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“These books help show us where we’ve come from, where we are now, and just possibly where we might be going,” says CFR expert Gideon Rose, who chairs the jury for our Arthur Ross Book Award.
The award recognizes books from the previous year that have made major contributions to American foreign policy and the study of international affairs. Rose explains what distinguishes each of this year’s finalists.
For more foreign policy reads, explore the latest books by CFR experts: cfr.org/books
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I am absolutely disgusted by those who say letting Christians live in the Middle East is a form of “tolerance”. You tolerate undesirable things. Christians ARE the Middle East. They are Jordan, Palestine, Egypt, Syria, Iraq and Lebanon and everywhere else. Christians are us.
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السيرة النبوية بالواقع الافتراضي تجربة تجذب زوار #المدينة_المنورة
عبر :
@alfuraidi
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🚨 A senior Hamas official resorts to blatant evasion, showing no willingness to condemn the Houthi terrorist attacks on civilian airports in Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦, recasting these attacks on civilians as a dispute to be resolved through dialogue.
— The Houthis, Hamas, Hizballah and other groups, regardless of their ideological differences, share terrorist methods, glorifying violence and treating civilian lives as expendable, with Iran’s 🇮🇷 full support.
Jordanian tribesmen, the noble Bedouins, wear their headscarves in reverse vowing justice and vengeance against the killers of Christians this week in Karak:
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معالي الأمين العام لمجلس التعاون @jasemalbudaiwi، دول المجلس تؤيد بالإجماع ترشيح دولة الإمارات العربية المتحدة لمعالي لانا زكي نسيبة لمنصب الأمين العام للأمم المتحدة.
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#مجلس_التعاون
#دولة_الإمارات_العربية_المتحدة
#الأمم_المتحدة
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UAE's Lana Nusseibeh enters race to be next UN secretary general thenationalnews.com/news/uae…
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ما الذي يجعل مدينة ما وجهة تستحق الزيارة قبل أن تصبح وجهة سياحية شهيرة؟ من أحياء تتغير ملامحها إلى مشاهد ثقافية تنبض بالحياة، تعرّف على خمس مدن حول العالم تلفت الأنظار، ولماذا يرى سكانها أن الوقت حان لاكتشافها.
bbc.in/4i2bRfe
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عنجهية محسن رضائي الامين العام لمجلس الأمن القومي الإيراني خلال لقاءه مع الفريق عاصم منير قائد الجيش الباكستاني
شوف طريقة السلام وعدم التحرك من مكانه
هذا غرور مصطنع لأن رضائي (خيخه)
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While some in England complain that Mohamed is too popular a name for newborn children, here is the King citing the Prophet in Arabic.
Secret to squash extremism is to reclaim the center — learn from your monarch:
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It was great to meet with Indian External Affairs Minister @DrSJaishankar and UAE Foreign Minister @ABZayed to discuss regional energy security and advance our shared economic priorities.
