By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS For Muslims, there is no more sacred time of year than the holy month of Ramadan. This ninth month of the Islamic calendar (the exact date it starts varies from year to year since there is a discrepancy between the Islamic and Gregorian calendars) is believed to be the time when all holy scriptures (from the scrolls
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Five former envoys outline how Biden can achieve sustainable peace and security
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By EARL ANTHONY WAYNE, senior advisor with the CSIS’ Project on Prosperity and Development
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS With the exception of a tour of the Nabataean stone city of Petra and a trek through the red sand dunes of Wadi Rum’s red desert landscape, Huda Tal, wife of Jordanian Ambassador to Mexico Mohammad Mustafa Cyel Mustafa Wahbi Tal, managed to transform the garden of her Lomas de Chapultepec home into a whirlwind magic carpet
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Until the Rakhine crisis – which began in 2016 after the Myanmar Army and police launched a massive military crackdown on the predominately Muslim Rohingya following attacks on Burmese border posts by Rohingya insurgents – the majority of the million-or-so Rohingyas lived in Rakhine, along Myanmar’s western coast
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