Guyana should join ISESCO
Guyana should join the Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO), an arm of the Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC). Both Guyana and Suriname are…
Middle East
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…
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 Million’s Poet: Niqab – wearing death as a dress
Every Wednesday night, Hissa Hilal steps on to the stage of the popular Abu Dhabi television show The Million’s Poet. As is required of Saudi…
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…
Islamic Scholar Issues Anti-Terrorism Fatwa
Suicide bombers have been described as the “heroes of hellfire” by a leading Muslim scholar in a fatwa condemning terrorists as the enemies of Islam. …
IDB grants five million USD for schools reconstruction in Haiti
Jeddah, March 1st 2010; The President of the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) Group, H.E. Dr. Ahmad Mohamed Ali, announced that the Bank approved a grant…
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…
Controversial Jamaican Muslim deported from Kenya
First published in Jamaica Observer JAMAICAN-BORN Muslim, Sheikh Abdullah al-Faisal, was quizzed by Special Branch investigators for nearly an hour when he returned to the…