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2019 Ramadhan Iftaar Update: Updates On Halwana Sadat And Kodinar Schools – India: Trustees Abbas Jaffer and Ali Yusufali were on the ground at the CAI donor-funded work in progress schools at Kodinar, Gujarat and Halwana Sadat, UP India. These 2 impoverished areas, whose children lack education facilities, especially for girls, will soon insha’Allah have […]
Lucky Sohail and I are in the land of the Imams (a) once more, but this time, during the blessed birthdays of Shaban 3 and 4. Oh, what a soopa treat! Emirates Airline’s stepsister, flydubai, with matching step-sisterly service and attitude, flies us down to Najaf, where we arrive 30 minutes late, with my ears […]
Ramadhan 2019 – Appeal For Iftaar Feeding 2 Deep Water-wells In Basra, Iraq Commissioned CAI Trustees Sohail Abdullah and Ali Yusufali were in Basra, Iraq for the commissioning of the remaining 2 deep water-wells that CAI donors sponsored for the struggling community there. These water-wells now provide enough potable water for the needs of about […]
I’m on my way to Kabul, Afghanistan. Again. My 38th time to this traumatized country in the past 12 years or so CAI has been active here. The diverse challenges the Trustees of CAI face in managing the various humanitarian projects in this badbakht country is unrelenting and never cease. Most disconcerting is the safety […]
India – Home Away From Home? India is my second home; I spend a lot of time here. I’ve been visiting this mahaan country, off and on, since 1980. I even lived here for 3 years, from 2008 through 2011. I have a love/hate relationship with her. I guess it’s like being with a spouse […]
Ramadhan 2019 – Appeal For Iftaar Feeding The holy month of Ramadhan, when we try and share our bounties with those who don’t have enough to eat, is about 2 months away, but CAI must start preparing the logistics of purchase and distribution of food grains now. Alhamd’Allah, this will be CAI’s 23rd year of […]
A Startling Call To Prayer Murtaza Bhimani and I are driving to Kolda, Senegal to inspect a CAI school that was constructed here for the poor community a couple of years ago. Also, CAI is contemplating another small school in another village 4 hours along the way for the children deprived the opportunity of a […]
The holy month of Ramadhan, where we try and share our bounties with those who don’t have enough to eat, is about 2 months away, but CAI must start preparing the logistics of purchase and distribution of foodgrains now. Alhamd’Allah, this will be CAI’s 23rd year of Iftaar distribution to people in the most remote […]
Basra Water Well 2/3 Mobilizing Alhamd’Allah, CAI is mobilizing the drilling of deep water wells 2 and 3 in water-starved areas of Basra, Iraq. These wells will greatly alleviate the sufferings of about 30,000 hapless people who have to do with contaminated water now. Sharing a few photos of the mobilization. Rohingya Orphans And Water […]
Reminding Me Of Zainab: I am bleary eyed and woozy headed, seated on an Emirates Airline flight waiting to be flown to Mumbai after completing the seemingly non-ending 15 hours flight from Orlando to Dubai, with an added 3 hours transit wait. So, you will appreciate I am not in the best of moods. Especially […]
