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Eid al-Adha is celebrated on the third day of Hajj. Here’s how to say ‘Eid Mubarak’ in different languages. Eid al-Adha is celebrated on the third day of Hajj.
The ninth day of Dhul Hijjah, Yawm al-Arafah, happens on Thursday, June 5 in 2025. The Quran says that Yawm al-Arafah signifies the day God perfected Islam and approved it as a way of life.
Al-Sharaa led the rebel offensive that toppled the Assad regime in 2024. He's a former al-Qaeda insurgent who fought against U.S. forces in Iraq and served time in the infamous Abu Ghraib prison ...
‘Black Swan’ author Nassim Nicholas Taleb has said that the Treasury Secretary, Scott Bessent, has the worst job in the world today because he understands the relevancy and implications of ...
Nassim Taleb, author of *The Black Swan*, has issued a stark warning to investors riding the AI wave: Monday’s $589 billion wipeout of Nvidia’s market value could be just the start. Speaking ...
Bashar al-Assad releases first statement since he fled Syria. Remarks attributed to al-Assad, released by the Syrian presidency’s Telegram channel, say state fell into ‘hands of terrorism’.
At the core of “NASSIM,” Soleimanpour celebrates his family and the upbringing his parents gave him in Iran. Though the play hits on aching for family members who are far away and yearning for home, ...
Anyone who’s done theater has probably had some version of the actor’s nightmare: You find yourself alone onstage, you don’t know what the show is and you don’t know any of your lines. While this may ...
"The Black Swan" author Nassim Taleb says he's focused on hedging against a market collapse. He said the market is flashing parallels to prior crashes, noting that it is the most fragile in 20 years.
But Iranian-German dramatist Nassim Soleimanpour has chosen to fuse both ends of the dramatic equation in his autobiographical “Nassim,” currently at The Huntington.
Writer Nassim Soleimanpour’s play “Nassim” (showing through Oct. 27 at The Huntington’s Calderwood theater) offers an exercise in anticipation that swells with emotion and harnesses the ...
The freehold property — 40 Nassim Road — owned by Hong Fok Corporation's joint CEO Cheong Pin Chuan and his wife, was first put up for sale for $175 million back in 2019.