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Philanthropy really matters

23 Jan 2020

ON SHARING Some people, especially the morally coarse, are happy to hitch their destinies to materially galloping values, in return for a life of ceaseless luxury. But...

Gucci's Alessandro Michele marks 5 years of revolutionizing menswear

15 Jan 2020

If any one designer can take credit for revolutionizing menswear, it is Gucci’s Alessandro Michele, who made his runway debut as creative director five years ago with a menswear collection...

UN urges ‘reboot’ of refugee response as millions uprooted

17 Dec 2019

The United Nations (UN) urged governments, businesses and others on Tuesday to “reboot” the world’s response to refugees as the number of people fleeing their homes rises along with hostility...

Refugee Advocacy award deadline extended to Dec.31

16 Dec 2019

The nomination deadline for the fourth edition of the Sharjah International Award for Refugee Advocacy and Support has been extended to December 31st, 2019. Granted to local institutions across...

Global meet seeking ways to help refugees next week

16 Dec 2019

As the number of people forcibly displaced from their homes continues to climb worldwide, a global summit in Geneva next week will aim to drum up fresh and concrete support...

Sharjah refugee award accepting nominations

05 Nov 2019

The Big Heart Foundation (TBHF), a Sharjah-based global humanitarian charity dedicated to helping refugees and people in need worldwide, has started receiving nominations for the fourth edition of the Sharjah...

Energy companies turn to animal poo for clean power

29 Oct 2019

In the search for clean electricity, power companies in Finland are going green by way of brown, and have set their sights on a previously untapped energy source: animal dung....

KF donates 2,000 books to refugee kids

04 Oct 2019

Continuing the literary spirit of Sharjah as the World Book Capital 2019, and in keeping with its mission to empower refugee children through books, the Kalimat Foundation for Children’s Empowerment,...

Fear reigns

02 Oct 2019

The dust over the National Register of Citizens fiasco in Assam is yet to settle. In fact it might take months before it does, if ever, but the home minister...

Erdogan threatens Europe with refugees if no support on Syria

05 Sep 2019

Turkey plans to resettle 1 million refugees in northern Syria and may reopen the route for migrants into Europe if it does not receive adequate international support for the plan,...

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