Clinton Unveils Initiatives to Help Muslim Entrepreneurs...
April 28, 2010 Meredith Buel | Washington U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has announced a series of initiatives designed to boost America’s relations with entrepreneurs in countries with large Muslim populations. Clinton’s remarks came at the end of a two-day summit on entrepreneurship. Secretary Clinton announced the new programs she says are designed to help entrepreneurs in mostly-Muslim countries and eventually expand worldwide. “I am pleased to announce the launch of the Global Entrepreneurship Programs’ first pilot program, in Egypt, coordinated by a team of entrepreneurs in residence from USAID. We will soon launch our second program in Indonesia and we plan to expand to a dozen countries within the next two years,” she said. The new...
Bush Praises Muslim Americans
September 18, 2008 Washington, DC U.S. President George Bush hosted a White House dinner breaking the fast of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns has the story. This was the president’s eighth Iftaar dinner in eight years at the White House. Mr. Bush gave thanks for the many ways that Muslim Americans enrich the lives of all Americans. “One of the great strengths of our nation is its religious diversity. Americans practice many different faiths. We all share a belief in the right to worship freely. We reject bigotry in all its forms. And over the past eight years, my administration has been proud to work closely with Muslim Americans to promote...
Muslim Girl Starts Magazine Geared Toward Muslim Girls...
In the United States there are magazines that cater to many different topics of interest and segments of the population. Now there is a magazine that targets Muslim Girls. It is called MG Magazine and not only is it FOR Muslim girls; it is written and published BY Muslim girls. Today Yasmine El-Safy is getting ready to send the latest issue of MG Magazine out to its’ subscribers. Yasmine admits, “I can’t work up against deadlines. I get crazy”. Yasmine El-Safy is MG magazine’s founder, publisher and editor-in-chief. She is thirteen and a half-years-old. She says she started this magazine for Muslim girls because she couldn’t relate to anything in the mainstream media. She also states, “They were fluffy and they just...
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