Tag: change
A moment of change: Esraa Haidar at TEDxBeirut
You Are Stealing Our Future: Greta Thunberg, 15, Condemns the World’s Inaction on Climate Change
Sailing Team to Fly 2 Crew to US to Bring Thunberg Boat Back…MORE: NYTIMES
Ramadan, the Habit Change Opportunity: Taqwa
By Mirza Yawar Baig THEY say, ‘Habits make a person.’ Psychologists tell us that habit change takes 21 days. If someone does something continuously for 21 days it will become a habit. We are about to come to the Annual Habit…
Don’t Hold Your Breath for Democratic Change in the Middle East
…With so much international media focused on the demonstrations in Hong Kong, one might be excused for forgetting that people in Sudan, Algeria, and Morocco were out in the streets months before Hong Kongers began venting their anger at Chief Executive Carrie Lam and Beijing. There were also protests in Egypt, though they were quite small, and larger demonstrations that are ongoing in Iraq and Lebanon….more: Foreignpolicy
You cannot Magically Change Your Sex, You cannot Magically Change Your Age
How to change bad habit!
It was narrated by Huthaifah that: ” the Prophet if he was disturbed by a certain matter would resort to prayers”. This hadith was narrated by Abu Daud
The RAISE Act: Dramatic Change to Family Immigration, Less So for the Employment-Based System
…Slightly more than 1 million immigrants are granted lawful permanent residence (informally known as getting a green card) annually; just over half are already in the United States and adjusting from temporary status. Family-based immigration comprises about two-thirds of the annual total.
The RAISE Act seeks to halve this 1 million by eliminating many current categories for family-sponsored immigration. Currently, U.S. citizens can sponsor spouses, minor children, and parents without numerical limitations. Under capped categories, U.S. citizens can also sponsor adult children and siblings; and legal permanent resident…more: migrationpolicy.org
New UN report: World hunger again on the rise, driven by conflict and climate change
The Wisdom of a Third Grade Dropout Will Change Your Life
Why Women Drivers is Only the Start of Serious Saudi Change
…the 32-year-old who effectively runs the country in his father’s name, just placed a big bet on his millennial peers. By ending the world’s only ban on women driving cars, the crown prince has upset plenty of people in this Islamic kingdom, founded on a pact between clerics and the royal family.
He may be calculating that an even larger number of Saudis are ready to go along for the ride.
Will it work? It’s hard to gauge the mood of a country with little freedom of expression or opinion polling,..more: nypost.com
