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….
Middle East
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…
Ahmadinejad welcomes his Guyana counterpart
Tehran, Jan 20, IRNA – President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Wednesday officially welcomed his Guyana counterpart President Bharrat Jagdeo at the presidential palace in Tehran. At…
Guyana’s visiting delegation meets Kuwaiti government, business and civic leaders
17th January, 2010, Raymond Chickrie reporting:- The visiting Guyana delegation led by President of Guyana, Bharrat Jagdeo arrived to a red carpet welcome in Kuwait…
Jamaica Muslim Leader Worries About Radical Cleric Return
January 6, 2010: The head of Jamaica’s Muslim community expressed alarm Wednesday over the pending return of a radical cleric who served time in a…
Reflections on my visit to Yemen
When I spoke to Arabs I met in the Gulf (where I currently live) about my plans to visit Yemen half didn’t say much, while…
Two Guyanese Muslim Women to pursue Islamic Studies on Jordanian Scholarship
Georgetown, June 11, 2009:- Zohora Ally of the East Bank Demerara and Bibi Nazeela Bacchus of the West Coast Demerara along with Omar Rahman Mohamed…
Libya donates US$10k for flood relief in Guyana
Georgetown, Guyana (25-Feb-2009): Representative of Libya’s World Islamic Call Society (WICS) for Latin America and the Caribbean, Fuad Elghahuagi met with Guyana’s President Bharrat Jagdeo…
GUYANA’S CIOG RECEIVES .5M USD GRANT FOR MEDICAL CENTRE
by Raymond Chickrie & Shabnam Ali: Guyana’s largest and most dynamic NGO, the Central Islamic Organization of Guyana, (CIOG) secured a grant from the Islamic…