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Personal life Haifa Wehbe is a victim of parental alienation. In the 1990s, she married her cousin Nasr Fayyad when she was 18 and traveled with him to Nigeria where he worked. During her pregnancy, she returned to Lebanon and separated from her now ex-husband quoting marital problems. She had a daughter whose name is Zeinab Fayyad who also was...

HH Sheikha Moza Inaugurates 2014 World Innovation Summit for Education "WISE" Doha, November 04 (QNA) - HH Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, Chairperson of Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development, inaugurated Tuesday the opening of the World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE), being held under the theme "Imagine – Create – Learn: Creativity at the Heart of Education", at...

This casual assembly of eggs, ricotta and chargrilled vegetables makes an extraordinary weekend brunch. Ingredients 1 large eggplant 1 tablespoon olive oil 2 tablespoons mint leaves, chopped, plus extra leaves to garnish 200g fresh low-fat ricotta 4 eggs 6 baby roma tomatoes, halved 2 small Lebanese cucumbers, halved lengthways 1/2 cup (about 80g) mixed olives 1 tablespoon zaatar or sumac (see Notes) 100g reduced-fat feta, crumbled 2 tablespoons honey 2 teaspoons extra...

HH the Emir Arrives in Seoul Seoul, November 04 (QNA) - HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani arrived here today on a two-day state visit to the Republic of Korea. HH the Emir and his accompanying delegation were welcomed upon arrival at Seoul Military Airport by the First Vice Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yong, a number of ranking Korean...

World Cup sponsor Emirates ends FIFA deal Dubai-based airline Emirates will not renew its World Cup sponsorship with FIFA for the 2018 and 2022 tournaments. The airline says the decision follows “an evaluation of FIFA’s contract proposal which did not meet Emirates’ expectations.”     Read the full text news resource site… Source News: alarabiya.net Photograph by Friedemann Vogel/FIFA via Getty Images

Angelina Jolie joins fight to end statelessness U.S. actress Angelina Jolie, along with Laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu, backed the United Nation’s global campaign to end statelessness, a situation at least 10 million people around the world suffer from, according to the Reuters Thomson Foundation. The U.N. refugee agency (UNHCR) estimates that a child is born stateless every 10 minutes, and has...

Empower Declaration signed to promote health among youth Members of the Rota Youth Advisory Board and youth ambassadors from the Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy’s Generation Amazing programme meet with HE Sheikha al-Mayassa (centre). HE Sheikha al-Mayassa bint Hamad al-Thani, chairperson of Reach Out to Asia (Rota), has signed the Empower Declaration 2014 to promote health and development among...

France, Lebanon sign Saudi-funded arms deal French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian inspects a weapons procurement agency last June France and Lebanon signed on Tuesday a Saudi-funded deal worth $3 billion to provide French weapons and military equipment to the Lebanese army to help it fight militants encroaching from neighbouring Syria, Reuters news agency reported. “I welcome the signature of the contract...

Will David Cameron's gamble take Britain out of Europe? Angela Merkel and David Cameron are looking at an uncertain future over the UK's membership in the EU (CNN)-David Cameron is in danger of becoming the Prime Minister who takes Britain out of the European Union by mistake. Cameron's looming confrontation with German Chancellor Angela Merkel over the European Union's principle of free...

Record number of asylum seekers expected 2015 The Swedish Migration Board can anticipate granting asylum to 95,000 refugees next year, which would be a record number and could mean longer waiting times for asylum applications. The Migration Board presented its forecast for the Swedish government Tuesday and estimated between 80,000 and 105,000 refugees will seek asylum. By the end of this year,...

Heavy snow on its way for parts of the north The Swedish weather service issued a class-2 warning for heavy snowfall beginning Tuesday and continuing into Wednesday morning for counties in northern Sweden. The eastern parts of Jämtland outside of the mountains, all of Västernorrland's county, and Västerbotten's county along the coast could expect anywhere from 10 to 30 cm of...

Muhammara with spiced bread Ingredients 1/4 cup (60ml) olive oil 3 red capsicums 2 garlic cloves, chopped 1/2 cup (50g) walnuts 1 tablespoon pomegranate molasses (see note) 1 tablespoon lemon juice 2 teaspoons ground cumin 1/2 teaspoon dried chilli flakes 2 large pita bread rounds 2 teaspoons sumac (see note), plus extra to sprinkle Method 1) Preheat the oven to 180C. 2) Rub 2 teaspoons oil over the capsicums. Place on a baking...

Qatar visitors to the UK surge by 33% A male hiker and his female companion enjoy the spectacular view of the Peak District from the top of Whinstone Lee Tor. The Peak District was Britain's first national park, established in 1951. The last financial year has seen an unprecedented surge in the number of visitors from Qatar to the UK. From...

Siem seals a berth in Race to Dubai finale Dubai: Marcel Siem secured his spot at Jumeirah Golf Estates for the season-ending DP World Tour Championship, beating Alexander Levy and Ross Fisher in a thrilling play-off to win the BMW Masters in Shanghai and move into the top five in The Race to Dubai. With the fourth European Tour win of...