Sakina Fatima

Sakina Fatima, a digital journalist with Siasat.com, has a master's degree in business administration and is a graduate in mass communication and journalism. Sakina covers topics from the Middle East, with a leaning towards human interest issues.

Videos

Video: 1st Muslim player to win Stanley Cup takes trophy to mosque

A 31-year-old National Hockey League (NHL) player Nazem Kadri became the first Muslim to win the Stanley Cup. To mark his achievement, the player took the trophy to London Muslim Mosque in…
Middle East

Iraq: Muqtada al-Sadr announces hunger strike until violence stops

Baghdad: The leader of the Sadrist movement, Muqtada al-Sadr, decided on Monday to go on a hunger strike in a move to protest the violence witnessed in the Green Zone in Baghdad,…

World

YouTuber travels 4K mi from England to Qatar in search of his AirPods

A 31-year-old Manchester YouTuber travelled 4,000 miles from Britain to Qatar; to find his lost AirPod headphones. YouTuber Lewis Ellis posted a video on his YouTube channel, in which he tells his story…
Middle East

Women own 45% of startups in Saudi Arabia: Report

Riyadh: The official Saudi statistics on Sunday revealed that the establishments owned by women amounted to 45 percent of the total owners of start-up companies in the Kingdom. According to a report…
Middle East

Expo City Dubai opening date announced; ticket costs, timings & more

Abu Dhabi: Ahead of the official opening of the Expo City Dubai on Saturday, October 1, visitors are invited to experience two of its most popular pavilions from Thuraday, September 1, the…
Middle East

Bahrain: Daughter takes father to court for refusing to pay fees

Manama: A young girl in Bahrain took her estranged father to court because he refused to pay her college fees and other expenses, local media reported. In the unusual case, the man stopped…
Middle East

Pictures of Palestinian prisoner Awawda on hunger strike surface

The Palestinian Prisoners Information Office on Sunday published painful pictures of Khalil Awawda who has been on a hunger strike in the Israeli occupation prisons. The pictures circulated on social media showed…

Middle East

Photos: India vs Pakistan, Asia Cup 2022 match highlights

Abu Dhabi: The much-anticipated India vs Pakistan Asia Cup 2022 takes place on Sunday, August 28 at the Dubai International Stadium. India won the match by 5 wickets with Hardik Pandaya finishing…
Middle East

In a first, Qatar opens an all-ladies cafe in its capital Doha

Doha: The first cafe dedicated to women in the Gulf state has opened on the Pearl Island in the Qatari capital, Doha. According to the Pearl Island account on the Instagram platform,…
Middle East

Watch: Rare scene of water flowing in Saudi’s Empty Quarter

Riyadh: In a rare incident in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), rain water covered the Rub’ al-Khali desert, also known as the Empty Quarter, during the past few days, local media…
Middle East

For first time in 4 decades, Iranian women attend football match

Tehran: Iranian authorities allowed women to attend a local professional football match, for the first time since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, Iranian Students News Agency (ISNA) reported. On Thursday, first time in…
Middle East

Kerala: UAE’s Aster Homes builds 255 houses for 2018 flood-hit families

Abu Dhabi: United Arab Emirates (UAE) based-Indian hospital group Aster DM Healthcare provided 255 Aster homes to the victims of the 2018 Kerala floods, who lost everything to the devastating calamity. In…
World

Meet Laila Ikram, Arizona’s first hijab-clad judge

Phoenix: For the first time in the history of Arizona, a Muslim female judge was appointed at the Downtown Justice Center in Phoenix, local media reported. On Monday, June 27, 2022, Laila…
Middle East

Saudi Arabia: Expats’ children’s visit visas can be transferred to Iqamas

Riyadh: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) announced the possibility of transferring the expatriates’ children visit visa, who is under 18 years of age, into a resident ID iqama or residency permits,…
Middle East

Gulf expresses solidarity with Pakistan after massive floods kill nearly 1,000

Gulf countries have expressed their solidarity with Pakistan after hundreds of people were killed and thousands were injured and missing, as a result of floods and torrential rains that hit the country.…