Play to feed the hungry

Play the following game to feed the hungry around the world. www.freerice.com in association with World Food Programme donates 10 grains of rice for every correct answer. The games are for everyone and you also have the option to select a subject of your liking, which includes English, Math, Chemistry, etc.

Have a go, its kind of addictive

Selamat Hari Raya Eid ul-Fitr, Maaf Zahir dan Batin to all Muslims

A happy Eid ul-Fitr to family, friends and the rest of the world and forgive my physical and emotional wrongdoings. May Allah bestow his infinite mercy and blessings on you.

Eid prayer in Badhshahi Mosque in Lahore, Pakistan

While we celebrate and eat delicious food on this day, let us not forget about those who are not so fortunate. Alhamdhulillah for everything I have and everything I am to receive.

A women attending to her malnourished child outside a camp in Somalia (August 28, 2011)

Ramadan Mubarak to everyone

رمضان كريم

May your life be brightened up with the Almighty Allah’s blessings of love, joy and good fortune.

Ramadan Kareem

Two weeks to go, are we ready to face the Copyright Law?

The Maldives Copyright Law (law 23/2010) was published in the gazette on the 21st August 2010. According to the clause 39, the law will be in full effect after 180 days of being gazetted, which would be 19 April 2011.

Cybercrime on the rise in Maldives

Haveeru Online recently reported about a gang led by a 16 year old blackmailing (cyber bullying) senior government officials, MPS and teenage girls online into paying money. According to the report, this has been ongoing for the past five months. The gang from S. Hithadhoo are already under investigation and is believed to be well versed in IT. This comes with no surprise since Internet is widely accessible from anywhere in the country, its just a matter of few clicks to get a hold of the right tools and information required. And with social networking so widespread regardless of age, we often forget that the Internet is public and should think twice before posting personal photos or videos.

This not the first time that we are hearing about cybercrime in Maldives. Recently there was the DDOS attack on Dhiraagu servers and also others in the recent past. Not to mention the many incidents that were not reported. However, this is the first time that a case of cyber bullying has bee reported in the media.

Welcome to The Maldives National University

It is with great pleasure that I welcome to all staff and students to the Maldives National University, and bid farewell to Maldives College of Higher Education.

When I came to work today, I saw the new name board on one of the buildings that said, Maldives National University, Faculty of Management and Computing.

I truly hope that its not just about changing the name board, but the development of everything that goes on in here that, so many people have been hoping and fighting for a very long time. And as a result produce more knowledgeable and productive graduates who will benefit the society and make us all proud.

I pray to Almighty Allah for a bright future for Maldives National University.