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Posts from ‘December, 2010’

Reducing the noise in your life

Salams and Greetings All,
Wherever you are right now, close your eyes and listen to what you hear. We are always surrounded by the constant humming and whirring of technology around us. Right now at the moment, I hear the tapping of keys, and the scrolling of a mouse control.
What all this noise does to us [...]

New additions to the magazine in the new year

Having achieved so much in 2010, we have a lot to look forward over the forthcoming issues:
Dr Joel Hayward, Dean of the Royal Airforce School joins us as a Comment writer with his reflections on political and social issues.
We are introducing a brand new Sports section, highlight upcoming tournaments and featuring exclusive interviews with high profile sports [...]

It’s not all relative…

By Khadija Gulamhusein
Do you ever feel guilty about spending money on luxuries you don’t need? Do you ever think: ‘Am I justified in splurging on myself when there are people in the world who are dying of hunger or some easily curable disease as I pay for something I can survive [...]

Has advertising gone too far?

By Khadija Gulamhusein
Bernie Ecclestone, the 80 year old F1 boss who was violently beaten up in a mugging for his possessions, has become the new face of an advert for a Swiss watch company, Hublot. The tagline of the new advert reads: “See what people will do for a Hublot.”
My first reaction to this initial [...]

We Want YOUR Stories

Have you got a story to tell?
emel is looking for some stories to feature in our Real Lives section. If you, or anyone you know, would be ideal for the following sections, please get in touch with us:
Marriage – a couple that have had an interesting relationship, perhaps met through strange circumstances and have funny [...]

Win tickets to the screening of ‘Slackistan’

Salams and Greetings All,
Our friends over at Ciné lumière at the French Institute in London are always coming out with a whole range of interesting films across a variety of thought provoking subject areas. The latest film to catch our eye is ‘Slackistan’, directed by Hammad Khan who describes the film as a “very personal [...]