November, 2017

• 25 November

  ‘Rags to riches’: Dubai-based British woman converts old sheets into new clothes for needy children

  

  DUBAI: A Dubai-based British woman has found a passion in supplying clothes and other stitched items to thousands of destitute people worldwide. Under the banner “Rags to Riches,” Barbara Evans, 69, converts old sheets and pillow cases into new clothes for children, then donates them to the needy. “It started three years back, when I read a story about a …

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• 25 November

  5,000 Saudi women build careers in mobile phones maintenance

  

  MAKKAH: A Saudi woman trainer in mobile phones maintenance says that more than 5,000 women trainees have graduated and entered the labor market in the past three years. Fadwa Al-Atwi has also created a team of trainers in all regions of Saudi Arabia to unite academic efforts and training platforms. The Saudi trainer, who runs several courses in America, Jordan …

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• 25 November

  Health benefits of fruits and vegetables

  

  APPLES – •Protects your heart. •Prevent constipation. •Prevents diarrhoea. •Improves lung capacity. •Cushions joints. ALOE VERA •Protects cancer tumours. •Control blood circulation. •Heals physical and radiation burns. •Ends constipation. ARTICHOKES •Aids digestion. •Lowers cholesterol. •Protects your heart. •Controls diabetes. •Protects against liver damage. AVOCADOS •Battle diabetes. •Lower cholesterol. •Helps stop strokes. •Control blood pressure. •Smoothen skin. APRICOTS •Combats cancer. •Controls blood pressure. •Saves your eyesight. •Shields against Alzheimer’s. •Slows aging process. BANANAS •Protect your heart. •Strengthen bones. •Control blood pressure •Block diarrhoea. BEANS •Prevent constipation. •Help haemorrhoids. •Lower cholesterol. •Combats cancer. •Stabilize blood …

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• 25 November

  Saudi Arabia ‘has one of world’s lowest bank fraud rates’

  

  RIYADH: Bank fraud is low in the Kingdom compared to rising rates in other countries, Saudi Banks, the nation’s association of bankers, said on Thursday. While money transfer fraud, ATM and online banking fraud have become a worldwide threat, prudent banking measures meant the country had one of the world’s least-registered rates of financial fraud, a Saudi Banks spokesman said. …

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• 24 November

  The noble month of Rabi al Awwal

  

  The month of Rabi’-Ul-Awwal is considered to be amongst the most special and significant months, because mankind was blessed with the birth of our beloved Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ). Regarding this special event Allah Most High has stated in the Holy Quran “We have sent him (Muhammad saw) as a source of mercy for the A’alimeen (humans, jinns and all else …

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• 13 November

  UN: Yemen on the brink of ‘starvation and death’

  

  SANAA, Yemen: The United Nations and more than 20 aid groups said Thursday that the Arab coalition’s tightening of a blockade on war-torn Yemen could bring millions of people closer to “starvation and death.” The announcement comes a day after the U.N.’s humanitarian chief warned that unless the coalition lifts its blockade the nation will face “the largest famine the …

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• 13 November

  Another uncertain winter for Syria’s refugees

  

  As winter looms, Syrians who have fled their homes have much to worry about. October brought the defeat of ISIS in Raqqa, and the military campaign to retake that city displaced many thousands of people from their homes. Many have fled to camps in other parts of Syria, camps that were already overflowing after years of civil war and fighting in …

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