Achieving Goals

DUBAI — Scoring 92 per cent, Libyan contestant Khalid Mohamed Algardouz has bagged the top position and the Dh250,000 prize money in the 15th edition of the Dubai International Holy Quran Award, pushing Qatari Abdulla Hamad Abu-Sharida and Turkish Ahmet Sarikaya to second and third spots, respectively. While Abu-Sharida won Dh200,000, Sarikaya bagged Dh150,000. The other top seven contestants are …

Kumar Sangakkara delivered an exceptional speech in his 2011MCC Spirit of Cricket Cowdrey Lecture, touching on the history, culture and opportunties for Sri Lankan cricket as well a moving recounting of the terrorist attack on their team bus in Pakistan. Holding forth: Kumar Sangakkara's wide ranging talk on the history and culture of cricket contained criticism of the political power …

Balancing worldly ambitions and religious obligations has never been an issue for Isa Hassen, a high school student preparing to embark on his university career next September at the University of Toronto.  At 17, he has already accomplished some extraordinary feats and with an always humble demeanour, he has quietly become a unique talent; with a knowledge and skill set …

"And proclaim the Pilgrimage Among men:they will come To thee on foot and (mounted) On every kind of camel, Lean on account of journeys Through deep and distant mountain highways"    Sura 2: 27 Two young South Africans have pedaled their way to Saudi Arabia to perform this year’s Haj. Nathim Cairncross, 28, and Imtiyaz Ahmad Haron, 25, both from Cape Town, said on arrival at …