Who are the Memons? In Sri Lanka this community numbers just over 10,000. However, they are a vibrant group, keeping alive traditions they carried over as Indian immigrants, priding themselves not ...

and culture Weekly update on developments in India and its neighbors A curated selection of our very best long reads Nawaf Obaid is a commissioner of the Commission for International Justice and ...

Judging Amy Sitting before me, in a black kurta and speaking her mind is Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, winner of two Academy Awards and – I’m downplaying this – several other prestigious awards.

Memon community members take a tour of the Heritage Village in Dubai to get a glimpse of the local culture of the UAE. Dubai - The initiative was aimed at encouraging the Memon community to ...

The body of Yakub Memon, the Mumbai serial bomb blasts convict who was hanged in Nagpur on Thursday, has been handed over to his family, the authorities said. Initially, the jail authorities were ...

Recently, Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy spoke up about constructing more ‘Violence against Women Centres’ across the country for homeless women and providing them shelter and all necessary amenities ...

Also called Memoni biryani, this is an extremely spicy variety developed by the Memons of Gujarat-Sindh region in India and Pakistan. It is made with lamb meat, yogurt, fried onions, potatoes ...

Rasha Obaid directs the Economic Development and Post-War Recovery Programme at the Peace Track Initiative, a Yemeni NGO founded and staffed by a network of Yemeni women. Rasha has over a decade’s ...

M umbai: Former Rajya Sabha member and senior advocate Majeed Memon said on Friday that he had left the TMC and joined Sharad ...

Mrs. Mouza Al Nasri is the Acting CEO of Khalifa Fund for Enterprise Development (KFED), Abu Dhabi, a government entity established in 2007 to foster entrepreneurship and develop thriving and ...

Al Jaber Group was established in 1970 with a main focus on the construction industry. Today, the group employs a workforce of 50,000, has a total asset base exceeding $2.7bn and offers a range of ...

Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy may be best known for winning an Oscar — Pakistan’s first — for her 2012 documentary Saving Face, a gripping look at the survivors of acid violence. But the journalist and ...