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UN Urges Women Footballers To Be Allowed To Wear Head Scarves

March 09, 2012   anya   No comments

UN Urges Women Footballers To Be Allowed To Wear Head Scarves
UN Urges Women Footballers To Be Allowed To Wear Head ScarvesUN Urges Women Footballers To Be Allowed To Wear Head Scarves

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United Nations has asked FIFA to permit Muslim women to wear headscarf while playing. World football s governing body, FIFA, has been urged by the United Nations to permit Islamic women to wear a specially-designed hijab headscarf while playing the sport.

On Saturday, the International Football Association Board (IFAB) at its general meeting in the United Kingdom will review the laws of the game regarding the use of headscarves by female players.

The initiative was initially taken by the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) Vice-President Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein on behalf of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC).

Wilfried Lemke (pictured), a special adviser on sport to UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon, has written to FIFA President Sepp Blatter, expressing his support for the initiative, being driven by Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein of Jordan who will recommend a revision of the laws of the game.

Lemke’s letter said the time has come to allow players to have “the right to wear a safe, Velcro-opening headscarf in FIFA-regulated matches and competitions”.

Last year, Iran’s national women’s team was prevented from playing an Olympic Games qualifying match against Jordan because they refused to remove their head scarves.

UN Urges Women Footballers To Be Allowed To Wear Head Scarves
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Activists Honoured for Charity Work

March 01, 2012   anya   No comments
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Activists Honoured for Charity Work

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The five women honoured to represent the campaign in support of International Women’s Day on March 8, 2012.  for their achievements were Aisha Kelaif, Lama Bazzari, Ebtisam Abdul Aziz, Saher Shaikh and Katrina Thornely. The ceremony was held yesterday at the Mall of the Emirates, the organiser of the campaign.

Abdul Aziz, an Emirati artist who was also honoured, actively supports Start, a non-profit organisation established by Art Dubai and Al Mahad Foundation that uses art to heal and educate poor children across the Middle East.

Shaikh said, “Platforms like this help bring the need for charitable contribution into people’s consciousness. So, it is a huge help in that way. This recognition isn’t the first for me. Neither is it a way of asking for help… we get huge amounts of it. What this recognition means is people should be inspired to look in their own backyard so to speak. They should reach out to their maid, gardener or the security guy who waves at them every morning — that’s really the principle behind Adopt-a-Camp.”

Activists Honoured for Charity Work
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Fashion Business is Family Business in Beirut

February 27, 2012   anya   No comments
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Fashion Business is Family Business in Beirut
Fashion Business is Family Business in Beirut

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Azar Bachmouna is very famous in his home country Lebanon.In the Lebanon, he is very talented fashion desinger beloved by the celebrities and the people. He is very hard working Labenese dude whom work could be seen in his crafts.

One of the cool factors about the fashion designer is that his business is not just about him. As his mother and his sister are involved with the business too.

One of the beautiful celebrity that has work with and now she she appeared in his fashion show is Vivian Mrad, a songstress known throughout the Arab world. The most interesting part about the fashion designer is that his business not just just about him, but his mother and sister are also involved with the business too

As for his styles, they vary, but the themes of the debut fashion show was youth and casual, the two things that attract most women.

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International Prize for Arab Fiction Announced

February 21, 2012   anya   No comments

International Prize for Arab Fiction Announced
International Prize for Arab Fiction Announced

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The International Prize for Arab Fiction (IPAF) is going to hold its sixth edition in Abu Dhabi next March.The annual literary prize was launched in 2007 to enlarge the limited international availability of high quality Arab fiction. It is run with the support of the Booker Prize Foundation in London and funded by the Emirates Foundation in Abu Dhabi.

Since the first prize was awarded five years ago, the award has become a leading cultural event and is respected for its commitment to Arabic independence, integrity and freedom of speech. As an English translation of the winning novel is guaranteed for the winner, the prize also aims to bring contemporary Arab voices to an international audience, which is especially important during these times of immense change in the Arab world.

In the prize’s first year, over 130 titles from 18 different countries were submitted for judicial review, a number which has continued to grow ever since. Each shortlisted author receives US $10,000, with the winner receiving a further $50,000.

The winner of the International Prize for Arabic Fiction 2012 will be announced at an awards ceremony that will be held in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday, March 27, 2012, on the eve of the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair.

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