Archive for the ‘News’ Category

Welcome to Bay Area: New York Times and Wall Street Journal

Thursday, November 12, 2009 0:10 1 Comment

As newspapers are shutting down left and right, the popular east coast newspapers are looking to either expand or merge with local newspapers. Both Wall Street Journal and New York Times have decided that it’s high time they look west and acquire new territory.
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In the last month, the New York Times and the Wall [...]

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Islam’s First Ever Female Mosque Designer

Friday, April 24, 2009 11:24 3 Comments

A mosque in the religion of Islam is pretty much similar to a Church in Christianity and Synagogue in Judaism. Most Mosques in Muslim countries have 5-Daily prayers and have a resident Imam (preacher).

There are quite a few thousand mosques in the World and all of the mosques have been built or designed by [...]

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Muslim Woman on Obama’s Advisory Council

Thursday, April 23, 2009 10:42 5 Comments

Dalia Mogahed, an Egyptian American, will advise President Obama on prejudices and problems faced by Muslims. She became the first Muslim veiled woman to be appointed to a position in the White House.
Mogahed heads the Gallup American Center for Muslim Studies, a non-governmental research center providing data-driven analysis on the views of Muslim populations [...]

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Too Fat to Fly?

Wednesday, April 15, 2009 14:03 3 Comments

I have a trip planned for Dubai end of May and I was very close to getting a flight on United Airlines. Emirates made more sense because it flies non-stop from San Francisco to Dubai and United doesn’t. Not that I am obese or anything, I was still surprised when I read few news headlines [...]

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A Sad Day for Oakland

Monday, March 23, 2009 10:15 7 Comments

On Saturday, 21 March 2009, Oakland saw one of the worst days in its history. Four Police officers shot, three dead, one on life support.

All four officers were shot by Lovelle Mixon, 26, of Oakland, a parolee who fled after shooting the first two officers following a routine traffic stop, then shot two more [...]

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