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Obituary of Kerala Muslim chronicler and renowned historian KK Muhammad Abdul Kareem; written in 2005. Historians become histories very rarely; Keedakkattu Kavungalakkandiyil Mohammed Abdul Kareem – Kareem master, as he was lovingly called by his disciples and friends – but was that. Writing history was not a profession for him, it was a mission: to painstakingly search the roots of
Layla M | Film Review by MUHAMMED NOUSHAD. To have a radicalized young Muslim girl as the protagonist in an international cinema, without being judgmental, is not easy. Being sympathetic to her journeys, and humanizing her fate is extremely challenging. That is what Layla M almost successfully does. Dutch filmmaker Milke de Jong’s Layla M tries to subtly humanize the
Obituary With the demise of Dr. Sheikh Basheer Ahammed Muhyidin Al-Azhari, the Islamic world has lost a great Quran scholar, translator and preacher. It’s nearly impossible to introduce Dr. Basheer Ahammed Muhidin in one word: one of the great scholars of Islam of our times, an enthusiastically hard-working translator and interpreter of Quran into three foreign languages other than English.
Obituary Veteran political leader Ebrahim Sulaiman Sait died on April 27, 2005, aged 83. MUHAMMED NOUSHAD met Sait saheb in Kochi and Bangalore several times for a detailed biographical interview, which was published by Thejas fortnightly in three issues. This was an obituary written for The Milli Gazzette. Superlatives are acceptable when they’re attributed to real people. The legendary political
Book Review Nabeel CKM’s Malayalam book on the stone quarries and the mining mafia in the Western Ghats of Kerala exposes the socio-political pathologies of our times. MUHAMMED NOUSHAD When Keraleeyam, an exemplary magazine that has set its standards in reporting environmental issues and human rights, comes up with a full length book, it does offer something original and unique.