Unpacking Indian Arrival Day as the Descendant of Muslim Indentured Labourers
Critically Unpacking Indian Arrival Day: Why Celebrating Indian Arrival Day is Problematic? Today is always a difficult day for me, it is Indian Arrival Day. …
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Breaking The Ramadan Fast In The Caribbean Region
The sunset meal to break the Ramadan fast is called iftar. Muslims break their fast at the time of the call to prayer for the…
Muslims In Guyana 1963- in a Plural Society
It is the last ten days of Ramadan 2020, and Guyana is facing two crises, an inconclusive election, and the COVID-19 pandemic, which will require…
Orientalism and “Coolie Miseries” in British Guiana 1919
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – On May 5, Guyana celebrated “Arrival Day,” which is an appropriate time to reflect on ”Coolie indentureship.” It was a turbulent period…
108 Years Later Jacklow Masjid Rebuilt
The Jacklow, Pomeroon Isameal Khan Masjid was established by indentured labourer, Mohamed Sarafraz in 1912. The Masjid in Jacklow, Pomeroon, Region Two, which is said…
The Trauma of Indentureship, Colonization and Resistance:
This spoken word composition is based on my personal lived experiences, my intersectional social locations, inter-generational memories and based on my relationality to the many facets of my identity such as being Muslim, South Asian, Indian, Caribbean, Indo-Caribbean, Trinidadian, Guyanese, being the descendant of indentured labourers
Muslims: Orient Compass On A Path Of Peace
Georgetown, Guyana April 5, 2019. Staff Writer Guyana’s political woes did little to hamper a large turnout for the opening session of an international peace…
Guyana features Its DPP On International Women’s Day
Mrs. Shalimar Ali-Hack LLB (Hons) (U.W.I). Attorney-at-Law. Director of Public Prosecutions was featured by Guyana’s Department of Public Information on International Women’s Day commemoration on March…
Guyana Government Falls On No-confidence Vote
Guyanese citizens will head to the polls in a general election within the next three months after Friday’s controversial vote in which an MP in…
Guyana’s Jobless Sugar Estate Workers Children Continue To Suffer Hunger
The continuous onslaught on the sugar workers in Guyana on finding meaningful employment after the cruel closure of the sugar estates has forced many to…