American scholar visited the region on fact finding tour.
“Wherever sugar went, slavery followed it like a parasite.” Dr. Umar Faruq Abd’Allah, scholar-in-residence at the Nawawi Foundation,Chicago, U.S.A. Between March 26 and April 7,…
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Guyana receives first Kuwaiti Ambassador
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (GINA) — Following the visit of President Bharrat Jagdeo to Kuwait early this year, the relationship between Guyana and Kuwait strengthened to the…
Indo-Guyanese Muslims loss of their Mother Tongue – Urdu
After 172 years, since their arrival from India to Guyana in 1838, the Hindustani Muslims have lost their mother tongue, Urdu. The majority of Hindustani…
Guyana partners with Muslim Organization to train single moms
In 2009, Guyana’s Board of Industrial Training, Ministry of Labour, Human Services and Social Security trained some 375 single parents in a variety of skills. …
Guyana should expand Turkish Ties
While Turkey is a founding member of the United Nations, NATO and the Organization for Economic Cooperation for Development (OECD) its role in the developed…
The Jagdeo Middle East Initiative
Economic Diplomacy and Guyana Which country today is not looking to attract foreign direct investment (FDI)? The issue of economic development has led to major…
Regional Muslims gathered in Guyana to honour the Prophet Muhammad (s)
Muslims from Suriname, Trinidad and Guyana gathered at the Anna Catherina Islamic Complex in observance of Milad-un-Nabi 2010 (Youmam Nabi) in honor of the birth…
Caribbean Muslims continue to send hope to Haiti
Caroni, Trinidad: On Feb 4th Muslims of Trinidad and Tobago handed a cheque in the sum of two hundred and fifty two thousand one hundred…
Beirut: Paris of the Middle East – NOT
During the recent Eid-ul-Adha holiday, I went to Lebanon and visited the following places: Beirut, Tripoli (Trablous), Sidon (Saida), Tyre (Sour) and the Bekka Valley….
Why this hysteria about Guyana nurturing its interest in the Middle East, particularly with Iran?
Since the visit of President Jagdeo to Tehran, all sorts of unfounded accusations, baseless speculations and superfluous insinuations, most expressing anti-Iran hysteria, have appeared in…