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Interviews are a significant milestone when you're trying to secure a job or gain admission to a university. They provide an opportunity to demonstrate why you're the ideal candidate, but they can...

“I am Yahya the son of a refugee who turned exile into a temporary homeland and turned a dream into an eternal battle. As I write these words I recall every moment of my life, from my childhood in...

Let’s stop pretending. If you think the ceasefire between Hezbollah and Israel means anything more than a brief pause in the bloodshed, you’re living in a fantasy. This truce is no step toward...

Now that I have had the privilege of living in my beloved Oman for a while, I can compare Western democratic governance with that which exists here in Oman. My experience of living in a country led by...

It’s essential to understand a country’s society before assessing the quality of its social security system—there’s no one-size-fits-all approach. That said, Oman’s social security service...

I understand Nicholas Kristof’s concerns about Trump’s age, but let’s ask: what’s the alternative?The US has stood behind Zionist policies for far too long and it’s ugly. Are we looking to...

Not so long ago I was sitting with two people, both about my age, in a UK garage waiting for our cars to be repaired. We began to talk about our various ailments such as cancer, heart failure,...

Israel is now stuck in a mess of its own making, thanks to Prime Minister Netanyahu’s reckless leadership and the hardline policies of his extremist government.Their nonstop attacks on Gaza and now...

The ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict, now tragically expanding into Lebanon, continues to expose the support of Western powers for the immoral Zionist regime, particularly the United States and...

The ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict, now tragically expanding into Lebanon, continues to expose the support of Western powers for the immoral Zionist regime, particularly the United States and...

THE British National Health Service (NHS) was established on July 5, 1948, making Britain the first Western nation to offer free healthcare at the point of use to its entire population.Seventy-nine...

SETTING aside the fact that historically there has been only one legitimate State — the State of Palestine — and that Israel is an occupying force that used violence to seize Palestinian land,...

MANY books and articles attempt to define what it means to be English, but the best I have read is Jeremy Paxman’s “The English: A Portrait of a People.”Even Paxman, however, struggles with the...

Professor Sir Brian Jarman is someone I feel honoured and privileged to call my good friend and mentor. Born in 1933 he began his medical journey during a period of significant change in the UK...

Kamala Harris may well be the US’s next President. Certainly, the money men are backing her.Compared to Trump she appears more intelligent, more caring and above all younger. She knows how to put on...

Have you ever wondered why some people seem to smile more, laugh more, and are generally much happier than you? Why do some people see a glass half filled with water as being half-empty whilst others...

THIS article describes amongst other things correspondence between me and an Israeli Zionist in the two years leading up to October 7, 2023. I will refer to him as Michael although that isn’t his...

I place the blame for the growing divide between the British Asian Muslim community and the rest of British society above all on successive British governments who pander to the small minority of...

Whilst running my schools in Cambridge and supervising my A-level students over a 25 year period I met a wide range of personalities and nationalities. Although most of my British students worked hard...

Whilst it is of course important to prevent the deforestation of the Amazon rain forest and the destruction of any habitat which supports our wildlife and indigenous people, the view that such human...