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As the old year has ended, we may become quite pensive and reflective, realising that certain things we have done cannot be changed or undone, and...
As 2024 draws to an end, let us highlight some main events, remembering that there are opportunities too in the New Year 2025. True, in the old...
As Christmas is nearing, many people, Christians, Muslims, and others, are busy attending parties and planning for a few days of holiday. It is...
In my article last week, I discussed some aspects regarding “Small Places, Large Issues”, with reference to Professor Thomas Hylland Eriksen’s book...
The title of one of the Norwegian Professor Thomas Hylland Eriksen’s many books read worldwide is “Small Places, Large Issues, An Introduction to...
It is not only populists like Trump and ultraconservatives in the West that will change the international world we live in, but they will indeed...
We live in a new Trump-era for the use of words in politics and public debate. It is not just blunt words, exaggerations, fake news, and more of...
Donald Trump (78) will be the next American president from the 20th of January 2025, taking over from Joe Biden (82), who came into office in 2021....
The elections in America are over for this time – and Donald Trump seems clearly to have won. Sad that the USA still hasn’t had a woman at the top....
Justice and equality are fundamental concepts in Islam, Christianity, other religions, and various philosophical systems. In Islam, justice means...
When the autumn comes, or fall as the Americans say, it is time to give thanks for the harvest we have received, for rain and sun, for the fertile...
Next year, 2025, will mark 80 years since the horrific and criminal use of atomic bombs by the USA on Hiroshima, on 6 August, and on Nagasaki, on 9...
Hillary Rodham Clinton released her book, “It takes a Village: And Other Lessons Children Teach Us”, in 1996, about how to make a good environment...
We live in a time which is less optimistic than just three or four decades ago. That time, there were disarmament plans and agreements for the...
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg’s time of service is over next week, on Tuesday 1 October 2024, after ten years at the helm. Many are glad,...
When I in the early 1970s began my studies in education at the regional university college in Lillehammer, Norway, it was a brand new...
We are living in a time of significant changes in thinking, behaviour, and approaches across many sectors, particularly education and health....
We want our education systems to be integral parts of a country’s foundations, philosophy, and communities, including geographical and economic...
Last week, I concluded my article by calling for a redefinition of the Western education model—the urban, middle-class model that has dominated...
For many thousands of children worldwide, the first school day took place this week. Young children, feeling as though they are coming of age,...
First, congratulations on Pakistan Independence Day, 14 August 2024. Many achievements have been made in Pakistan over the last 77 years, despite...
Those of us who have had the opportunity to attend school—not just primary and secondary school, but also higher education—are privileged and...
We are still enjoying the school summer holidays, whether we are pupils, teachers, parents, other relatives, or community members. Some may even...
For democracy to be dynamic and relevant, it has to change and renew itself constantly, depending on country, time, current issues, international...
The Islamic New Year, according to the Hijri Calendar, has just begun with the month of Muharram. It is a sombre time, especially the first ten...