19-year-old Amalian – youngest to win JCI World Public Speaking Championship.

“Never throughout history has a man who lived a life of ease left a name worth remembering” – Theodore Roosevelt. It is not so with nineteen year old Umar Azwer – an Amalian and an active member of Junior Chamber International...

IPS Wins Gold for Climate Change Reporting

IPS UN Bureau Chief Thalif Deen receiving the gold medal from Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. Photo credit: Rousbeh Legatis. UNITED NATIONS — At the annual UN Correspondents Association (UNCA) award ceremony/black tie dinner in New York on...

20 Exam Tips for Students for Muslim Students

  Praise be to Allaah and peace and blessings be upon the Messenger and upon his family and companions.   The Muslim student puts his trust in Allaah when facing the tests of this world, and he seeks His help whilst following the prescribed...

Rifti Muhammed Rizwan – Sri Lankan wins intl. Quran Contest for first time

Sri Lanka’s Rifti Muhammed Rizwan, who came first in the international Holy Quran recital contest, held at Mecca in Saudi Arabia recently, returned to the country on Wednesday. Eighty six countries participated in the event.   This is the...

Mo Farah’s double gold – S.H.Moulana – Riyadh

Mohamed Farah’s double gold should bring much needed positive image for the Somali people who has undergone hardship for decades with the prevailing anarchy in that most unfortunate country on earth now. We confidently hope that Farah’s win...

‘Work is worship’: The work ethic success of the Sri Lankan Tamils 17 June 2012, 10:24 pm ‘Black July ’83′: pic Courtesy of the Sahajeevana Centre – via pact.lk by Hemantha Warnakulasuriya

  I have often wondered why we, as a nation, cannot progress as rapidly as our neighbour – India. Any political analyst would of course heap the blame on the politicians and the political authority. I have pondered whether in fact this...

Amal International School – Year 5 Scholarship 2012

Sri Lankan Abdul Cader Asmi wins the 4th Place. Libyan wins Quran award

DUBAI — Scoring 92 per cent, Libyan contestant Khalid Mohamed Algardouz has bagged the top position and the Dh250,000 prize money in the 15th edition of the Dubai International Holy Quran Award, pushing Qatari Abdulla Hamad Abu-Sharida and Turkish...

Kumar Sangakkara’s 2011 MCC Spirit of Cricket Cowdrey Lecture in full

Kumar Sangakkara delivered an exceptional speech in his 2011MCC Spirit of Cricket Cowdrey Lecture, touching on the history, culture and opportunties for Sri Lankan cricket as well a moving recounting of the terrorist attack on their team bus in Pakistan. Holding...

Young Muslim Wins Big at the High School Digital Media Awards By Imthiyaz Hameed

Balancing worldly ambitions and religious obligations has never been an issue for Isa Hassen, a high school student preparing to embark on his university career next September at the University of Toronto.  At 17, he has already accomplished some...