Thursday, March 28, 2024

Shaheen Abdulla

Shaheen Abdulla, an award-winning journalist, is the Deputy Editor of Maktoob.

He is in jail not for himself but for the nation: Umar Khalid’s mother

Jailed human rights activist Umar Khalid's mother, Dr Sabiha Khanum, recalls the anxious week she spend with her son who was home after getting an interim bail to attend his sister's marriage.

“New life,” says Kashmiri journalist released from jail after 14 months

After nine months in jail, Kashmiri photojournalist Mohd Manan Dar was allowed to stay with his brother, Hilal Ahmad Dar, who was until then lodged in another ward of New Delhi's Tihar jail. The brothers were arrested under terror charges in October 2021 in a militancy-related case probed by National Investigation Agency (NIA).
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Karnataka girl wins prize in Kerala State Festival after switching school due to hijab ban

Afeefa, Muslim girl in Karnataka who was forced to drop out of school after hijab ban in the state bagged A grade in Kannada elocution at the Kerala State School Arts Festival.

Haldwani eviction: How land dispute of 29 acres became 78 acres in HC order?

On Thursday, 05 January, the Supreme Court of India stayed a controversial order given by Uttarakhand High Court last month initiating a demolition drive...
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“I used to write poems about Messi,” Fangirl who learnt Spanish to meet football star

Jushna Shahin has given everything to be able to meet Lionel Messi and interview him. Jushna from Kerala, the southern Indian state, took an...

Tense fan walked out of his “lifetime moment” of watching Argentina play

Argentina was comfortable with a two goal lead against Netherlands in the quarter-finals of FIFA World Cup 2022 until the 83rd minute of the...
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