• A walking antidote to political cynicism

    Burhan Azeem ’19 had never been to a city council meeting before he showed up to give a public comment on an affordable-­housing bill his senior year. Walking around Cambridge, he saw a “young, dynamic, racially diverse city,” but when he stepped inside City Hall, most of the others who had arrived to present comments…

  • Foreign Policy Splits the Parties

    In 2024, foreign policy doesn’t pit Republicans against Democrats so much as it pits Republicans against Republicans and Democrats against Democrats. For Joe Biden’s party, Israel is the fault line, with Democrats split between supporters of the Jewish State and those of Palestinian sympathies. For the party of Donald Trump, the internal conflict is over Ukraine, and the bitterness of the battle risks costing Mike Johnson his speakership. These crises in the Middle East and on NATO’s frontier...

  • Foreign Policy Splits the Parties

    In 2024, foreign policy doesn’t pit Republicans against Democrats so much as it pits Republicans against Republicans and Democrats against Democrats. For Joe Biden’s party, Israel is the fault line, with Democrats split between supporters of the Jewish State and those of Palestinian sympathies. For the party of Donald Trump, the internal conflict is over Ukraine, and the bitterness of the battle risks costing Mike Johnson his speakership. These crises in the Middle East and on NATO’s frontier...

  • Political life of Imam Hassan (AS)

    Shafaqna English- Hassan (AS), the first child of Imam Ali (AS) and Lady Fatimah (SA), was born on March 4, 625 AD in Medina. His birth happened in the fasting Month of Ramadhan. The name Hassan was chosen by the Prophet (PBUH). This name was not famous among Arabs of

  • Judge the Mayoral candidates on their transport policies

    Take it from a company that drives on London’s roads every day – lack of EV charging infrastructure and Low Traffic Neighbourhoods are standing in the way of cleaner transport, says Addison Lee CEO Liam Griffin Operating in the capital for 50 years, we’ve seen many a Mayor come and go. Each of them has []

  • The week in politics (May 1, 2024)

    On Wednesday's show: We discuss the latest developments in politics in our weekly roundup. And, in this month's edition of The Full Menu, food writers discuss their favorite underrated restaurants and hidden gems around the city.

  • Social and political life of Imam Jawad (AS)

    Shafaqna English- Imam Muhammad Taqi (AS), better known as Al-Jawad (AS) (‘The Generous’), was born in Medina in 811 AD. He was killed by the Abbasid Caliph in Baghdad in 835 AD. He was the Imam for 17 years. (Irshad) He was born at a time Ma’mun and his half-brother,

  • Politics Now: April 27, 2024

    Politics Now: April 27, 2024

  • Understanding YouTube's reused content policy

    A recent update to these policies on April 2024 clarifies the meaning of "repetitious and reused content," impacting how creators approach content creation and marketing strategies on YouTube.

  • Political Correctness: How The Few Try To Rule Over The Many

    The recent history of the term 'political correctness' and its association with the contemporary left and the tedious culture wars obscures its true character and ubiquity. Political correctness is real, significant, and arguably the dominant mode of politics since before humans could even talk. It is the few trying to rule over the many by persuading the many that they are in the minority.The goal of this form of politics is the manufacturing and maintaining of 'pluralistic ignorance' where...

  • The scientific and political life of Imam Sadiq (AS)

    Shafaqna English- Imam Al-Sadiq (AS), the sixth Shia Imam, was born in 702 AD in Medina. He passed away in 765 AD there and is buried in Baqi Cemetry. His mother was Umm Farwa bint Al-Qāsim b. Muḥammad b. Abu Bakr. Al-Sadiq’s (AS) Imamate lasted 34 years. (Irshad) His Imamate

  • A turning point for American foreign policy?

    Was the passage by the House last Saturday and the Senate on Tuesday of the foreign aid package with money for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan a turning point in American foreign policy? It certainly was a turnabout in rhetoric and in partisan behavior. Speaker Mike Johnson led the narrowly Republican House to pass by resounding […]