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Iran is a common foe for Israelis, Gulf monarchs; hence normalisation of ties: Prof. Bernard Haykel

May 9, 2023 mnoushad Interview

Prof. Bernard Haykel, professor of Near Eastern Studies at Princeton University, is a historian and political analyst. He has extensively studied the social and political history of West Asia, both countries and movements, particularly Saudi Arabia, Yemen and the ISIS. He co-edited Saudi Arabia in Transition: Insights of Social, Political and Religious Change in 2015. He also serves as director

Suffering in ‘The Whale’: Oscillating Between Physical and Emotional

May 8, 2023 mnoushad Cinema

The Whale has stereotypical scenes of fat bodies, though its makers claim to establish the humanity of obese souls. However, the lead actor Brendan Fraser does a remarkable job, opines MUHAMMED NOUSHAD. “Do you ever get the feeling that people are incapable of not caring?” asks a dying Charlie, an excessively obese man, in The Whale, to his only friend

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Songs for Iftar: 30 Tracks From Around the Muslim World

May 5, 2023 mnoushad Music

‘Songs for Iftar’ was an online series of songs from across the Muslim world, curated by MUHAMMED NOUSHAD, in the month of Ramadan in 2023, for Kagrart and Sideratul Muntaha. This is an attempt to capture the musical tradition of various Muslim communities in a representative manner – in terms of ethnicity, genre and styles. 01. Kashmir | Faheem Abdullah

The Living Legacy of Kayalpattinam: Sufis, Sultans, Scholars, Traders and Invaders

April 28, 2022 mnoushad History, Kayalpattinam, Travel

Kayalpattinam has invited all sorts of people and civilizations to its erstwhile bustling seaport. MUHAMMED NOUSHAD visits the historic town and meets its people to narrate its fascinating tale of the past and the present. ‘It’s a small town with an excessive baggage of history’, a few well-meaning friends had warned me, before I set off my journey to Kayalpattinam. The

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‘More Indian Literature Should be Translated into Arabic’

July 3, 2021 mnoushad Interview

NAJWAN DARWISH, well-acclaimed Arabic poet from Palestine, talked to Muhammed Noushad in 2019 on his poetry and politics. Photographs by Shafeeq Thamarassey. Najwan Darwish has published eight poetry books and has been translated into over 20 languages including English and Spanish. He is also the cultural editor of Arabic daily Al Arabi Al Jadeed. He has been traveling across the

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