Kholood Eid

1 month ago | latinamericareports.com | Sarah Morley |Helene Dotsch |Kholood Eid

Medellín, Colombia — On February 21, Colombia’s Army and Attorney General’s Office destroyed illegal mining equipment near the Empresas Públicas de Medellín (EPM) Porce III Hydroelectric Plant, about three hours’ drive north of Medellín. The operation was launched in response to severe impacts on the Porce III Plant, reportedly resulting from illegal gold mining activity.

Nov 12, 2024 | latinamericareports.com | Elizabeth Bratton |Patrick Edwards |Kholood Eid

Uruguay’s President Luis Lacalle Pou signed a bill in October to regulate cryptocurrency in the country. The new law, which was initially proposed over two years ago, recognizes cryptocurrency as virtual assets and gives the Uruguayan Central Bank the power to regulate the currency.

Mar 14, 2024 | huffpost.com | Kholood Eid

ORLAND PARK, Ill. — Kifah Mustapha, the imam at Orland Park Prayer Center, wasn’t surprised when a petition protesting the idea of a Muslim cemetery in the area began circulating. Mustapha and leaders from other mosques in the suburbs of Chicago had anticipated resistance. They had seen the xenophobic and racist reactions that other mosques had gotten when trying to build cemeteries where Muslims could be buried according to Islamic tradition.

Dec 12, 2023 | buffalonews.com | Kholood Eid

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Save Greyson, an autistic child who is waiting for an opening in a preschool special education class, at his home in New York, Dec. 9, 2023. Mayor Eric Adams said all children who required preschool special education seats would have them, but more than 1,000 such students lacked a placement last school year.

Dec 10, 2023 | huffpost.com | Kholood Eid

PATERSON, N.J. — More than a dozen women watch closely as Ida Khalil measures the length of the mannequin lying on the white table in front of her, stretching the palm of her hand and moving up from the figure’s toes to its head. She then measures and cuts the white shroud, the garment in which Muslims are wrapped when they are buried — three pieces of cloth for men and five for women.