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United Planet is pleased to be one of only 36 organizations recognized by Creative Learning’s AUA (America’s Unofficial Ambassadors) program in their Directory of Recommended Organizations.
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Women all over the world have their own sense of style. It may come from their mother’s, their respective cultures, the latest fashion magazines or their own concoctions of sorts but one thing is for sure, the amount of effort that goes into each outfit is sometimes, well, surprising.
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Recent news according to Almasryalyoum, reports that an Egyptian court has denied Hosni Mubarak from access to his personal bank accounts. Pardon my French but “what the fatwa!?” This begs the question, what does the Mubarak family survive on? Do they have to apply for food stamps? Furthermore, how much does he exactly have in the bank? Regardless of what it is, it doesn’t help his tyrannical image. 
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Muslim Americans are in the middle of a fierce debate for their identities. Among the issues of concern include dietary needs, which Adnan Durrani has recognized.; Serving as the Chief Halal Officer for his new product, Saffron Road, an upscale halal product, Durrani is excited about tapping into the natural food movement in the Muslim American community. elan was excited to talk to Durrani, a successful entrepreneur in the non-alcoholic food and beverage category.
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The State of Kuwait recently launched a fully armed and dangerous female platoon of police officers on the Kuwaiti public. Clad with spiffy uniforms, berets and side arms that would make even CSI Miami’s Horatio Caine smile with pride, the sixty-strong female police squad is taking no prisoners… er unless they have to.
By elan on Business and Finance from www.elanthemag.com
A business with actual heart - in today’s world of corporate scandal and deception, is that an oxymoron? Salwa Ansari-Datoo doesn’t think so. 
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“We don’t have the happiness of Eid. What is the happiness?” said Amana Bibi. “We don’t have homes.”
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Mabe founded Hewar Social Communications, a digital marketing and public relations company. Constantly studying trends in the Middle Eastern and Muslim markets, Lisa is a pro at what makes our community tick. elan got a chance to sit down and pick her brain about what Hewar excels at and what Lisa’s predictions are for our niche market in the near future.Read More 
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In 2009 I went homeless in the first week of March, but it was nothing compared to doing my summer homeless project this year. Even though my homeless experience last year was in the middle of the winter and I slept in the subway stations and trains, my journey this year was much more difficult because I was sleeping outside in the street on a card board box every night. I was fasting during the day with very little energy and I was face to face with homeless people because of course the homeless are much more visible during the summer. It was a more “real” experience this year.
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For the first time in the history of NASA, foreign interns are taking part in a research program to develop new technologies for the benefit of space and mankind. Hailing from the UAE, researchers Shamma al-Qassim, Rajab Hamad and Hazza Bani Malek are all active participants at the renowned Ames Research Center in Northern California.Read More 
