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Editors:
Dr. A. Al Sayyari
(Saudi Arabia)
Dr. Shihab Ghanem
(UAE)
Ashraf Girgrah
(Canada)
Design :
Ashraf Girgrah
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أسرة التحرير
الدكتور عبدالله السياري
(السعودية)
الدكتور شهاب غانم
(ألامارات المتحدة)
أشرف جرجره
(كندا)
التصميم
أشرف جرجره
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May 2013 update
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In the News...
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* Alumnus the late Sultan Nagi wrote an article entitled ''Aden Through History'' in Al-Ekleel Journal. His article was reproduced by his daughter Osan and published in the website
www.sultannagi.com . Osan maintains all
publications of her father in a private library in Aden.
Sultan was a Yemeni Historian and Thinker.
To read more about Aden history click here.
* Octopus Books, a Canadian publishing company invited writer Qais Ghanem to read from and discuss his recent books. Qais's writing is diverse, ranging from novels (Final Flight From Sanaa, Two Boys form Aden College), and non- fiction (My Arab Spring, My Canada),
to his recently released book of English and Arabic poetry (From Left to Right). He is an invited regular political columnist for Gulf News in Dubai, and blogs for Huffington Post. With diverse experiences as a radio host, community activist, retired professor of medicine, Ghanem's writing touches on the important social, cultural and political questions of the day.
Book reading and signing takes place at the Ottawa Public Library.
* Heyam Mackawie a Yemeni Canadian and wife of alumnus Taha Qirbi published a book in Canada entitled ''Mothers for Peace''. The book is published by Trafford Publishing and is in 110 pages. The price is $12.
The book has two different messages with seven stages of change in the life of the author. The author believes that her journey started at the age of fourteen. 1960: the journey of
the heart was the first stage of seven years marked as Destiny of Love…. the talk of the soul kept the body and the mind in full blast.. when she
discovered her realty in dreams come true she turned to the creator asking for guidance.
Faith was the answer of the soul.
* Alumnus Dr. Abdulla Ahmed Al Sayyari co- authored with a group of Saudi physicians a recent medical survey of the frequent affliction
of dialysis patients with Tuberclosis. The survey was published in Science Direct website.
The summary is Dialysis patients are more likely than the general population to develop active tuberculosis (TB). In these patients, the availability of a highly sensitive and specific test to diagnose latent TB will ensure earlier treatment and decreased progression to active disease.
To read more about the survey click here.
* Alumnus Dr. Qais Ghanem published an article in the National Yemen website entitled ''President Hadi’s Moves Are Excellent First Steps''.
Read more here.
* National Geographic produced a video documentary entitled ''Alhambra Palace''.  It is 47 minutes long. The palace is situated in Andalusia Spain. The video is 47 minutes long. The palace is considered one of the Seven Wonders of the world. It was built during the Arab muslim rule in Spain and lasted about 15 years to finish.
To view the video click here.
* In his weekly political articles to the daily Gulf News of Dubai, UAE, Dr. Qais Ghanem wrote an article entitled ''A misguided strategy shift ''. In the article he discusses the Canadian politics.
Read the article here.
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June 2013 update
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In the News...
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* Alumnus Abdul Karim Ali Abdo was one of the recipient of a Medal which carried an effigy of the Queen and a certificate to mark Canada's
commemora tion of the silver Jubilee (25th anniversary) of Queen Elizabeth II in 1977 The award of the Medal was an expression of appreciation of worthy and devoted service rendered by Mr. Abdo in healthcare management in Canada. Mr. Abdo devoted all his life time career to healthcare services both in Aden, Qatar and Canada. He is
a graduate of Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario and holds a Rgistered Nurse certificate from the UK.
He underwent training in infection control and management from the Centre of Disease Control (CDC) in the U.S. and Ottawa University,
Canada. His last position prior to retirement was Co-ordinator of Health Services for Northwest Territories, Canada.
* Alumni Farook Aman and Fouad Abdul Aziz Al Sakkaf gave an account of their departure from Aden to London in 1966 and 1967. They detailed their experience s in arrival and stay at 1 Hans Crescent Hostel. Their memorable events can be found in a new web
page entitled ''Memorable days'' on the left pane of this page or click here.
* Alumni Farooq Murshid, Engineer Jamal Abdul Hamid, Mathematician Raza Yousuf, Dr. Abdullah AlSayyari and Farook Aman shared their views about Hans Crescent with alumnus Fouad Al Sakkaf and emphasized that many of Aden College alumni who won government scholarships and proceeded to study in the UK were housed in the famous hostel for short or long periods of time.
Find their comments and views in ''Memorable days'' Memorable 2,3 and 4 or click here.
* Alumnus Farooq Murshid graduated from the Royal Brompton Hospital, in London and Paddington College of Technology at Edgeware road Paddington.
The Royal Brompton Hospital, is located in the center of London and the nearest tube station is Earl's Court, or South Kensington. He used to live in Hans Crescent, next to Harrods, Knightsbridge. Hans Crescent was a hostel run by the British Council. Farooq used to walk to the Hospital.
The Royal Brompton Hospital had a huge pathology department attached to it. He used to process hundred of specimens of sputa received from Singapore, and the Gulf for M.TB.
The sputa would be cultured on Lownstein
Jensen media, and incubated for 6 - 8 weeks at 37C. In between, he used to check for any growth of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis. If
detected he had to differentiate it from the Rapid Growers such as xeenopie, fortiutum etc. Then when he confirmed the organism was Mycobacterium Tuberculosis, he would
perform sensitivity testing. Rifampicin was just being tried during that period. However, streptomycin, ethambutol and INA-H were the common drugs. His rotation in that department was for 6 months before he moved to another
department in the pathology Division.
He wrote that Farooq Aman was his roommate at Hans Crescent.
In response,
Dr.Abdullah Al Sayyari thanked alumnus Farooq Murshid for awakening good memories.
He reiterated that Hans Crescent was the very first place he ever slept in the UK when he arrived to London. ''We slept in its dormitory in an open space area with at least twenty other newcomers from all over the commonwealth before I moved to Sevenoaks School where I did my A levels.''
* Gameel Yafai is a British-Yemeni who wrote to express his admiration of Aden College website. He is in the process of publishing a book called ''Yemen: Proud''. The book aim is orienting the Yemeni Youth in the UK with their rich heritage and ancestry.
The book will take readers on a tour through ancient Yemen upto the arrival of Yemenis in the UK and their achievements thereafter. He is a Managing Director of TED project and Diversity Market Place in the UK. His project is presented in a short video posted at YouTube.
Click here to watch.
* The well known TV reporter Rajeh Omaar 
joined the British ITV channel in January
2013 after working with Al Jazeera English
Channel since 2006. The ex-BBC reporter hosted
and narrated many BBC documentaries such as The Life of Prophet Mohammed (pbuh) in a 3 parts series, and An Islamic History of Europe. He initiated and hosted Witness at Al Jazeera and made documentaries such as Inside Iran, Islam in Ameria in 2 parts, 21st century Slavery, and many more. Since he joined ITV channel he continued to host TV documentaries such as Rageh Omaar Report. The Somalia-born reporter became a household name during the invasion of Iraq, reporting from a hotel rooftop in Baghdad.
He wrote two books entitled ''Revolution Day: the Real Story for the Battle for Iraq, and Half of
Me: Being a Muslim in Britain. Most of his TV documentaries can be seen on YouTube.
* Aden College website came across a book entitled ''The History of Aden 1839-1872'' by
Z.H.Kour. It was first published in 1981 in Great Britain by Frank Cass and company Limited and released again in 2005 by Taylor and Francis
e-Library. To read it click here.
* Dr. Manahel Thabet, an Economist and daughter of alumnus Mahmoud Thabet discussed in the "Musawat" (Equality) TV program women's relationship to the economy and whether Arab women proved their presence in this area
or not yet? In addition to developing talented Arabs in the absence or scarcity of centers and specialists.
Dr Manahel Thabet was honoured by the Minister of Yemeni Immigrants Abroad in Dubai for her selection as the representative of Asia and as the most intelligent person.
Dr. Qais Ghanem recited a poem in Arabic in her honour in Dubai.
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''Past updates'' on the left pane.
To view previous months updates click on the ''Past updates''.
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July 2013 update
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In the News...
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* There is a website called ''Recycling
English'' to teach Arab speakers English for
free.The link to the site is
http://www.recycling-english.com/
The site was created by Prof. Saif Hashim
Al Ansari who graduated from the University of Wales in 1985 with a Ph.D. in Education(Applied Lingusitics).
He also holds a Diploma in Teaching English as a Foreign Language from Bahrain Teachers’ Training College, an Associateship award from London College of Education, a Diploma in Teaching English Overseas from Leeds University and a Masters Degree in TEFL from College of Education, University of Wales.
Prof. Al-Ansari has many years of TEFL experience at different educational levels in Bahrain. In addition to this, he held the post of the Chairman of the English Department at Bahrain University and was the Staff Tutor at the Faculty of Language Studies at the Arab
Open University, Bahrain Branch. During his working years at the two Universities, he undertook a major task of having set up an Extensive English Reading Programmes for their students. He, moreover, did more than twenty academic papers which were published in reputable international, regional and local
journals.
His main academic interests lie in TEFL,
Applied Psycho-linguistics and more recently developing TEFL programmes for an e-learning type of educational system.
Before retirement, he was holding the post
of Director of the English Language Unit
at Arab Open University, (AOU). He is
currently involved in offering academic
community services to both institutions
and individuals.
* Alumnus Raza Yousuf is a frequent
contributor to Aden College website. He
sent us two photos of himself and alumnus Abdulla Qirshi. 
He mentioned that Abdulla Qirshi was one of the loyal Adenis who stayed behind in Aden and contributed to its educational system by teaching Maths. in the University of Aden. One of the pictures was taken with Raza when he went back to Aden in 2007 and one when Abdulla went to the UK to do his PhD in mathematics in the late 70’s or early 80’s and visited Raza. Raza said that the photos will be a tribute to Abdulla Qirshi as he is really a dedicated teacher and mathematician worthy of the same repute as the late teacher Mohamed Nazeer who no doubt inspired every student in Aden College. He believes that Abdulla Qirshi has surely produced many mathematicians in his time.
* An urgent call was made by Adam Ali
Abdi Matar who is looking for information
about his father who studied in Aden College.
He said that his father Ali Abdi Matar was born in Aden and that his grandfather emigrated to Aden from East Africa in 1900s. His father was first educated at the Govt. Intermediate School in Tawahi from September 1956 to July 1957.
Then in September 1957 to July 1962 he went
to Aden College.
His father later went to study in the Arabian Gulf where he did his BA Degree. After finishing his university education, he returned back to Aden but left before the take over by the communist government in 1970s.
His father took a position with the East African government and became a diplomat and he decided to move to London in 1980s. His family has been living in London ever since.
He received his father's GCE records from
the English Examination Body. He was much
surprised that after 50 years the British kept those records.
Adam is urging all Aden College alumni
specially those who studied at the College
from 1957-1962 who may have known his
father and may have photos or information
about college records. He can be contacted at euro255@hotmail.com.
* Dr. Ahmed Saeed Affara was a famous
and well known physician during the 50s
and 60s in Sheikh Othman.  What started to be a missionary by the honourable Ian Keith Falconer
turned to a School for education and later on to a hospital to treat walk-in poor patients. The hosital later came to be known as the Affara Hospital (Mustashfa Affara). A book entitled The Church of Scotland South Arabia 1885-1978 by James McLaren Richi was published to tell the History and Critical Evaluation of the Mission founded by Hon. Ion Keith Falconer in Sheikh Othman. It is on sale by Tent Publications for 19 Pounds Sterling.
The Mission operated from its main base
in Sheikh Othman at the base of the Aden
Peninsula, about 10 miles north of Aden
Harbour, continuously from 1885 until 1967, the year when South Arabia gained its independence as the South Arabian Federation. It started again and operated with increasing difficulty until the year 1972, when its work there ended. From 1972 till 1978 its missionaries went as a team into the Yemen Arab Republic, where they cooperated with the Government in running a hospital in the town of Rada‘, and finally withdrew in 1978 when they felt that they had fulfilled their commission.
* Alumnus Dr. Qais Ghanem was one of the recipients of an award for 2013 from the Arab Canadian University Graduates Association. The celebrations for the award was held in June 2013 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Dr. Ghanem
recited two poems from his recently
published book From Left to Right and
Right to Left. Half of the book contains
Arabic poems and the other half contains
English poems. Click here to watch the
celebration.
* Alumnus Dr. Abdulla Ahmed Al Sayyari
is fascinated by the works and achievements of the late Lawyer Mohamed Ali Luqman. He wrote part I of a series of articles in Arabic and English on Mr. Luqman. Read the first article in English here
* A small booklet in the form of PDF was
published by islam-guide website in Houston, Texas, USA. The booklet is entitled A Brief Illustrated Guide to Understanding Islam. It contains 3 chapters which discuss Evidence for the Truth of Islam; Some benefits of Islam;
and General Information on Islam.
To read the booklet click here.
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تحديث الصفحة الرئيسية يوليو 2013
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August 2013 update
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In the News...
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* In its English website, the BBC of the UK
published in its religions page a lengthy
article about Muslim rule in Spain from
711-1492. It documents the tolerance and co-
existence between the 3 religions, Islam, Christianity and Judism under the Muslim rule. It also documents Islam's contribution of learning and knowledge to Europe and the influence Muslim Civilization to European Renaissance. Public Broadcasting Service in USA produced a documentary entitled
Cities of Light: The Rise and Fall of Islamic
Spain.
It divides the period of Muslim rule in Spain into
4 successions:
The Dependent Emirate (711-756); The Independent Emirate (756-929); The Cliphate (929-1031);The Al Moravid Era (1031-1130);
and the Decline (1130-1492).
Click here to read more.
To view video documentaries made on the Golden Age period in Muslim Spain, click here to see on youtube all documentaries produced on the
period.
* Alumus Ghazi Abdulla Al Trabulsi added a  Libyan tribal surname to his own family name. His tribal name is Zughni. He drove by car from Nashville, Tennessee to visit Canada in July 2013 for an alumni reunion with his classmates in Aden College, Abdul Karim Ali Abdo, Mohamed Abdul Qader Girgrah, Dr. Qais Ghanem and schoolmate Ashraf Girgrah. Dr. Ghanem seized the opportunity to conduct a video interview in English and Arabic.
Click here for the English version.
* A study entitled, ''Islam, medicine and Arab- Muslim refugee health in America after 9/11'', was authored by Marcia Clinhorn and Gamal Serour. According to the study Islam is the world's second largest religion, representing a quarter of the global population. The authors assess how Islam as a religious system shapes
medical practice, and how Muslims view and experience medical care in the United States of America.
To read more click here.
* The BBC, PBS and Kikim Media have produced video documentaries about the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh). The documentaries are entitled, '' The Life of Muhammad'' (BBC), ''Islam:Empire Faith'' (PBS) and ''Muhammad:Legacy of A Prophet''. The BBC
documentary asks the question of who Prophet
Muhammad was and what he achieved during his life time. The three documentaries cover more than a thousand years of Islamic history and culture, with emphasis on the contributions of Islam to the world civilizations.
To view these documentaries BBC, PBS, Kikim Media.
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Sept. 2013 update
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In the News...
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* Alumnus Abdulla Taher Abdulla Ali  wrote
an email to mention that alumnus Dr. Abdulla
Ali Qirshi was the first generation of Aden
Graduates who excellled in his O & A levels
exams. He met with Abdulla Qirshi in London
while studying for his Masters Exams and Phd. thesis in Mathematics. He wrote that Dr. Qirshi is considered as one of the pillars in teaching Mathematics which he promoted and taught to generations of Aden students following the foot steps of the late Mathematics teachers Mohamed Nazir and Abdulla Muheirez.
* Alumnus Dr. Shihab Ghanem sent Aden College website a rare copy of Aden College Journal which was issued in 1960. Shihab was the editor of the Magazine from 1956-1960. Alumnus Dr Abubaker Qirbi, Abdulla Uqba and Abbas Aidrous were editorial board members.
The Magazine was issued in both Arabic and English languages.
In 1960 Shihab was in Form VI Engineering.
He wrote an article in English entitled
''The Sieve''. In it he wrote about his trial to
stitch a button in a Hurry!
Read the article here.
* Alumnus Dr. Abdulla Qirshi  mentioned that he has some old copies of Aden College Journal which he will send to Aden College website. After graduation he returned back to Aden and became a Mathematics teacher in Aden College.
He was appointed as a vice-principal of Aden College in 1965.
He then became the Principal of the Secondary School of Khormaksar in 1966.
In December 1970 He was appointed as a lecturer in the newly-opened Higher College of Education, the nucleus of the University of Aden,
and later became the Vice-Rector of the University for Academic Affairs (1984-1990). He continued as a Professor of Mathematics until the present day, but on short contract terms after his retirement in 2007.
* The British newspaper Mail online published  a news item in which it mentioned the unearthing in Turkey of handwritten gold lettered secret
Bible in which Jesus is believed to predict the coming of the Prophet Muhammad. The Bible is said to be written in Jesus Aramaic language and is said to contain early teachings and predictions of the Prophet's coming.
Read the news item here.
* According to BBC news, qat or Khat which is considered a herbal stimulant is banned in the United Kingdom.
The British Government argued that qat will be treated a class C drug,
like anabolic steroids and ketamine. It said that the risks posed could have been underestimated. Read about the BBC news item here.
The late alumnus Wijdan Luqman co-authored with T.S. Danowski in 1975 a case study in the Annals of Internal Medicine in which he described qat as a stimulant which has an economic, social and health adverse effects.
Read more here.
* Lawyer Osan Sultan Nagi, daughter of the lat e alumnus Sultan Nagi the custodian and organizer of her father’s book library and website
www.sultannagi.com discovered in her father's library an old copy of Aden College List dated 1957. She promised to scan the pages of the list and send PDFs to Aden College website.
Our thanks and appreciation to Osan.
* Physicist Jameel Al-Khalili, A UK Iraqi citizen, took a personal journey into a largely forgotten  era, travelling through Syria, Iran, Tunisia and Spain to tell of the great leap in scientific knowledge that took place in the Islamic world between the 8th and 14th centuries. He presented a video series entitled ''Science and Islam'' which was produced by the BBC. Terms like "algebra," "algorithm" and "alkali" are all Arabic in origin and at the very heart of modern science. There would be no modern mathematics or physics without algebra; no computers without algorithms; no chemistry without alkalis. 
From the great mathematician Al-Khwarizmi to Ibn Sina, whose Canon of Medicine was still in use as recently as the 19th century, Bagdad-born physicist Jameel
Al-Khalili pieces together a remarkable story of the often overlooked achievements of the early medieval Islamic scientists.
The first episode was entitled ''The Language of Science''.
The second video was entitled ''The Empire of Reason''.
A thousand years ago, the astronomer and mathematician Al-Biruni estimated the size of the earth to within a few hundred miles. Medieval Islamic scholars helped turn the magical and occult practice of alchemy into
modern chemistry. And physicist Ibn al-Haytham helped establish the modern science of optics. Jameel Al-Khalili argued that these scholars were among the first to insist that all scientific theories were backed up by careful experimental observation, bringing a rigour to science that didn't exist before.
The third and last episode was entitled ''The Power of Doubt''.
Jameel Al-Khalili traced how the scientific revolution that took place in the 16th and 17th centuries in Europe had its roots in medieval Islam, and examined why science appeard to go into decline after the 16th and 17th centuries in the Islamic world and how today it's once again emerging.
* Alumnus Dr. Shihab Ghanem sent a blood group table which was designed by www.onlineschools.org. It explains blood groups, cells, types, supplies and peoples beliefs!
Did you know that the Japanese believe that blood type determined personality? or that a girl was banned from school for bleeding?
Check out these bloody facts here.
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تحديث الصفحة الرئيسية سبتمبر 2013
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October 2013 update
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Keeping in touch...
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* Aden College website is grateful to lawyer Osan Sultan Nagi for scanning an archive copy of Aden College List 1957 from her late father's library, alumnus Sultan Nagi. The List covers in detail the full names of Aden College Principal, Vice Principal, Teaching Staff and students at the college in 1957. The List demonstrates the diversity and ethnicity of staff and students
from Aden, Western and Eastern
Protectorates and Somaliland.
It also lists the academic qualifications of the Principal, Vice Principal and Teaching Staff as well as their extracurriculum activities outside the classrooms.
From its early inception in 1952, Aden Colllege maintained its reputation in providing high quality and high standard learning and teaching. Many names in the List went to study abroad
and had successful careers in medicine, law, economics, engineering, accounting, media and mass communications, administration, teaching, politics, journalism and ministrial positions.
Aden College website invites any alumnus who owns any magazine or photo related to Aden College to share it with the rest of us.
Click here to view your name and form (class).
* The editors of Aden College website are  grateful to alumnus Dr. Abdulla Qirshi and alumnus Raza Yousuf for providing the site with an important archive copy of Aden College Magazine of June 1958. The college magazine was edited entirely by and for the students of Aden College in the English language. It was printed in the Government of Aden Printing press.
The magazine not only included news about the activities of students in the college but visits to the college, G.C.E. exams results, college notes, Principal's foreward, visits of students to outside the college and articles by the students.
Alumnus Muneir Mohammed Khan (Form VI Science) wrote an aricle in 1957 entitled '' The Modern Friend ''; Alumni Afzal Rahmatullah (Form IVB) and Feeyaz Al Haq (Form IVB) wrote
an article entitled '' A Visit to the Refinery '';
alumnus Shihab Ghanem (Form IV Science) wrote an article entitled '' Polygamy ''; alumnus Newton Periera (Form IVB) wrote an article
entitled ''Reminiscence of a Trip:The Jamboree''.
Click here to view Aden College Magazine 1958.
* Alumnus Dr. Shihab Ghanem was one of the editors of Aden College Magazine from
1956-1960. He sent the website some photos which were published in Aden College Magazine in 1960.
The photos are posted to the right of this page.
* Alumnus Raza Yousuf commenting on the  archive copies of Aden College Magazines 1958 and 1960 said that it would have been interesting to get the 1959 edition as it contains some details about him as well as the group of classmates of 1958 A level students such as Qais Ghanem and Mohd Girgirah.
He said that when he was in form 3, he and alumnus the late Bashir Khan started a magazine for Aden college. It was meant to sell it! Bashir’s father had a stenographic machine at home
and we typed out the articles. The magazine was called The Eagle and we managed to produce two editions of it. It did not sell well of course, but it was an attempt for a business enterprise.
* A website called www.radfanhuners.co.uk demonstrates An historical perspective of Aden during the British rule (1839-1967).
The website collects views, opinions, photos and even poems about Aden by British service men who were posted for military service in Aden during the colonial rule.
* Alumnus Mohamed Omer Balgoon  found out in searching the web a site called www.tuckdb.org. The site publishes old post card Photos of
Aden. The photos are posted by Mike Edwards of RAF Steamer Point, Colony of Aden.
The photographs are printed in England and published for VACKO GENERAL STORES, ADEN.
* Alumnus Dr. Qais Ghanem wrote a note to Aden College alumni saying, '' Everyone tells me: when you finish writing a book (4 in my case) your real work really begins - the work of interesting people in reading
it. I have now read numerous
articles on this. Did you know that a new title is released every 4 minutes? And that the biggest booksellers in the USA, Barnes and Noble have determined that the most effective way of selling books is “word of mouth” among friends and acquaintances?
Of those I have many hundreds. Perhaps I will lose a few if I bombard them with stuff about my books. That’s why I’ll do this no more than once a month on average. Blocking me is easy to
do for those so inclined. So below is a table with full data and links about my 4 books, one of which has been translated into Arabic by popular demand, since the story takes place,
primarily, in the fascinatingly backward Yemen. Please explore them and ask me any questions including about special discounts, but PLEASE forward the document with your opinion
to your own circle of friends. Let’s see if Barnes
& Noble are right. And please let me know how I can reciprocate. Thank you.'' Dr. Ghanem's email address is ghanems@ogers.com .
To read the table click here.
* ''Jihadist doesn't equal psychopath'' is a column about Emir Abd el-Kader, who fought for Islamic values, and is honored from Lyon, France, to Elkader, Iowa, USA.
The column was written by John P. Kiser and published by USA Today on Sept.
11th, 2013.
He wrote that ''Now, Delorme and Chergui, a Catholic and a Muslim, are holding up el-Kader's example to motivate Muslims and non-Muslims in France to reach across racial, religious and historical divides. Chergui has joined with other socially conscious organizations in France to promote an annual Emir Abd el-Kader celebration day. In this, they have received the support of President Francois Hollande and the U.S. Consulate in Lyon.
Back in Iowa, El-Kader continues to inspire many. Since 2008, high school and college students have been learning a different narrative of Islam thanks to the Abdelkader Global
Leadership essay contest.
El-Kader was elected to lead resistance against French occupiers of what is now Algeria.
He lived the Quranic teaching that there should be no compulsion in matters of faith.
Elkader, Iowa was named in honor of the emir by a local lawyer in 1846.''
Read more here.
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تحديث الصفحة الرئيسية أكتوبر 2013
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November 2013 update
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* Dr. Qais Ghanem sent us an email from the UK saying that he, and many other friends from Aden College, have been looking for one of Aden College's most brilliant, athletic, artistic and popular alumnus for many years. Finally, he  managed to track him down to Plymouth, UK, where his daughter Marshoosh (probably Al Fadhli mother’s name), kindly took him to see our dear friend Abdul- Qader Saleh
Al-Fadhli. He also met his other daughter Jasmine, and his grandchildren. A third daughter lived farther away, thus he did not meet her. He learnt that his Italian wife Anna had sadly passed away 10 years ago. It was a rewarding end to my long quest. Dr. Qais Ghanem attached a photo, with permission of the family.
* Almunus Ghazi Abdulla Al Trabusli proposed in an email to Aden College website to draw a list of Aden College alumni names and possibly their telephone numbers or email addresses for easy communication. He likes to get in touch with his classmates and Collegemates. The website requests all Aden College alumni to forward their email address or telephone numbers for safe keeping, update and quick contact.
* Dr. Shihab Ghanem wrote a poem in English entitled ''Illumination in a valley without vegetation''. It was published by Yilmaz Alimoglu website.
Read the poem here.
* Almunus Raza Yousuf scanned and sent to the website the second English PDF file of Aden College magazine,1960. 
Aden College magazines 1958 and 1960 were the property of almunus Dr. Abdulla Ali Qirshi. We express our gratitude and appreciation to both alumni and alumnus Abdulla Taher Ali Abdulla who was instrumental in persuading Dr. Qirshi to send the two magazines.
The 1960 issue contained news about the students and teaching staff as well as interhouse sports competitons, GCE ordinary and high level examination results, drama society news, and report of the managing committee.
The 1960 issue published articles by students entitled; Street Scene in Sheikh Othman by Adil Aulaqi(Form V Med.); Mankind and disease by Moosa Abdul Karim; Extremities of Nomadism by Mohammed Abdillahi; A Lesson in Leadership by Mnaoj K. Pathak (Form IVA); The Port of Mukalla by Omer Ba-Basit (Form IB); The Sieve by Shihab M.A. Ghanem (Form VI Engineering); Islam Jizya or the Sword by Afzal M. Rahmutullah (Form V Arts); The Advantages of Learning Foreign Languages by Hussein Saeed Omer (Form IIA); The Beduin and his Ten cents; I recall from my childhood (A Real Tragedy) by Nadeem Hussein Ali (VI Engineering); A Witty Reply by Jayant Patel (Form IV A); How to Stop WAsting Time and Utilise it properly by Maher M. Luqman (Form IV A); Our Obstacle by The Editors; College magazines and their Uses by I. H. Mansoor (Form IVA); In the Bus by Chandrakant M. Kothari (Form IV A).
Read here the 1960 magazine in English.
* An official letter from the archive library of the late alumnus Sultan Nagi showed the appointment of Aden College alumnus as a member of the Sheikh Othman/Al Mansoura and Imad Registration Committee. The appointment was issued by the Chief Minister's Office in Aden in 1965. The committee was appointed to oversee the census and registration of residents in the areas mentioned.
* In a health report by the UK Independent newspaper which was issued on October 9th, 2013, it was mentioned that exercise is just as good as medical drugs for treating heart failure and strokes. A study claimed that a blind spot exists about the true benefits of being more active.
Read the study report here.
The impotance of exercise and benefits of healthy balanced diets go hand in hand. A list of the 40 best foods appear in following file.
* Muhammed Ibn 'Ali Ibn 'Arabi was born in  Murcia in southern Spain in 1165 AD (560AH), at the time of the flowering of the Hispano-Arab culture. Since the invasion of the Iberian peninsula by the Moors in 711 AD, the southern half of Spain had been 'arabised' under Islamic rule, and Arabic became the common language of all educated people. In 'al-Andalus' the three major traditions of Judaism, Christianity and Islam flourished side by side in some measure of harmony, and there were many who regarded them as different roads to the same end. It was an immensely rich and talented world, as we can still see today in buildings like the Alhambra in Granada, or the Great Mosque in Cordoba; a world where the great classics of Greek literature, especially Aristotle and Plato, were translated (first into Arabic and then into Latin) and studied alongside the spiritual teachings of the three Abrahamic religions.
Ibn 'Arabi grew up in an atmosphere steeped in the most important ideas - scientific, religious and philosophical - of his day. At a time when mass communication was non-existent, this was an essential ingredient in the formation of one of the most brilliant minds in the Western world. Ibn 'Arabi was not content with simply knowing about things, nor with following a particular way. Although many writers have characterised him as a great Sufi teacher firmly rooted in the Islamic world, it would be wrong to limit his appeal to a muslim audience or to see him simply as a great medieval thinker. His sole and overriding aim was to know reality as it is, in whatever way it is depicted. Naturally he expressed himself within the cultural context he knew, but he took for granted that his readers will have the same unflinching, one-pointed attitude of passion for the truth, and his writings have a very contemporary ring. "All that is left to us by tradition", he writes, "is mere words. It is up to us to find out what they mean".
Today Ibn Arabi is seen as a great Muslim thinker and philosopher and there are websites which were established to discuss his thoughts and books. There is The Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi Society www.ibnarabisociety.org.
* Alumnus Dr. Shihab Ghanem was honoured at  the Onum festival, which was held on Oct. 4th, 2013 at the American University of Sharjah,
along with the world famous Indian singer K. J. Yesudas, who sang 50,000 songs which are considered a large number of Indian and non-Indian songs (including Arabic). This must be the highest record in history. He performed in all the important capitals of the world. He won numerous awards and prizes including the UNESCO award for "Outstanding Achievements in Music and Peace" at the "Music for Peace" event in Paris. The concert was held to mark the dawn of the new millennium and whose attendees included artistes such as Lionel Richie, Ray Charles, Montserrat Caballé, and Zubin Mehta.
Yesudas has won the National Award for the Best Male Playback Singer seven times (the most by any Indian singer) and the State Award for the Best Playback Singer 43 times, which consists of awards by the state governments of Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, and West Bengal. He was awarded Padma Shri in 1975 and Padma Bhushan in 2002 by the Government of India for his contributions to the arts.
He is the only singer who has been accorded the title Asthana Gayakan (official singer) of Kerala State. He recorded 16 film songs in 4 languages on the same day!
* A new book was released by Malala Yousafzai  entitled ''I am Malala''. She is a Pakistani girl from a Bashtun tribe who wanted to study and promote learning in school in Pakistan. That was her uncalculated mistake which almost cost her life. She was shot in the head by extremists who are against girls education in the Taliban region of Pakistan.
According to BBC Europe news website, the Pakistani school girl and campaigner has won the EU's Sakharov human rights prize. The Sakharov Prize for free speech is awarded by the European Parliament annually in memory of Soviet
physicist and dissident Andrei Sakharov.
She joins a distinguished list of winners of the Sakharov Prize which includes South Africa's Nelson Mandela and Aung San Suu Kyi in Burma, also known as Myanmar. The award will be
officially presented at a ceremony in Strasbourg in November.
The BBC Europe news website mentioned that Malala received a standing ovation in July this year for an address to the United Nations General Assembly, in which she vowed she would never
be silenced.
Malala rose to prominence in 2009 after writing a blog anonymously for the BBC Urdu service about her life under Taliban rule and the lack of education for girls.
During the month of October 2013, Malala was awarded the honorary citizen of Canada. With this award, Malala became one of the famous leaders in the world who received this award. 
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الأزهر يمنح الدكتوراه بتقدير امتياز لرسالة الحجاب عادة وليس فريضة
نشر في موقع مبتدا قبل الخبر في الصفحة الرئيسية أن الحجاب عادة وليس فريضة- عنوان رسالة دكتوراة نالها الشيخ مصطفى
محمد بتقدير امتياز
وأشار الشيخ في رسالته إلى أن "تفسير الآيات بمعزل عن ظروفها التاريخية وأسباب نزولها" أدى إلى الالتباس وشيوع مفهوم
خاطئ حول "حجاب" المرأة في الإسلام "المقصود به غطاء الرأس الذي لم يُذكره لفظه في القرآن الكريم على الإطلاق". واعتبر
الشيخ راشد أن بعض المفسرين رفضوا إعمال العقل واقتبسوا النصوص الدينية في غير موقعها، وأن كل واحد من هؤلاء فسرها إما
على هواه بعيدا من مغزاها الحقيقي، وإما لنقص في "القدرات التحليلية لديهم ناتج عن آفة نفسية"، والسبب في ذلك يعود إلى
تعطيل الاجتهاد رغم أن المجتهد ينال حسنة من الله حتى وإن أخطأ
ويرى أصحاب هذا الرأي أن السبب في ذلك يكمن في قاعدة "النقل قبل العقل" المعتمدة في البحث الإسلامي. وينطلق معارضو
فرضية "الحجاب" في الإسلام من تفسير غير صحيح من وجهة نظرهم للآية (53) من سورة "الأحزاب"، التي جاء فيها {وإذا
سألتموهن متاعًا فاسألوهن من وراء حجاب ذلكم أطهر لقلوبكم وقلوبهن وما كان لكم أن تؤذوا رسول الله ولا أن تنكحوا أزواجه من بعده أبدا إن ذلكم كان عند الله عظيما}، إذ يرى هؤلاء أنها تخص أمهات المؤمنين فقط، وضرورة وضع حاجز بينهن وبين
صحابة الرسول
وجاء أيضا في الآية (59) من السورة ذاتها: {يا أيها النبي قل لأزواجك وبناتك ونساء المؤمنين يُدنين عليهنّ من جلابيبهن ذلك أدنى أن يعرفن فلا يؤذين وكان الله غفورا رحيما}، والتي نزلت بحسب قولهم لتحض الحرائر على وضع ما يستر
وجوههن كي لا يكن عرضة لرجال يسترقون النظر إليهن كما يفعلون مع الجواري
كما يؤكد من يتبنى هذا الفكر أن الآية رقم (31) من سورة النور: {وقل للمؤمنات يغضضن من أبصارهن ويحفظن فروجهن ولا
يبدين زينتهن إلا ما ظهر منها وليضربن بخمرهن على جيوبهن ولا يبدين زينتهن إلا لبعولهن أو آبائهن أو آباء بعولتهن أو
أبنائهن أو أبناء بعولتهن أو إخوانهن أو بني إخوانهن أو بني أخواتهن أو نسائهن أو ما ملكت أيمانهن أو التابعين غير
أولي الإربة من الرجال أو الطفل الذين لم يظهروا على عورات النساء ولا يضربن بأرجلهن ليعلم ما يخفين من زينتهن
وتوبوا إلى الله جميعا أيها المؤمنون لعلكم تفلحون}، نزلت للإشارة بستر النحر، أي أعلى الصدر والعنق، بسبب انتشار
حالة سادت عند نساء العرب لا يسمح بها الإسلام
ويرى مهتمون أن الأزهر قطع الشك باليقين، وأنهى النقاش الدائر حول الحجاب وما إذا كان "عادة أم عبادة" ليصرح وبشكل
قاطع أن الدين الإسلامي لم يفرضه
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December 2013 update
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Keeping in touch...
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* Dr. Qais Ghanem sent a message to remind bologgers of his FaceBook/Twitter page
and all Yemenis living overseas of his decision to write a book about Yemenis living abroad.
Dr. Adel Aulaqi will co-author the book. Dr. Ghanem explains that the idea is to
document Yemenis worldwide distribution;
Feature their contributions to their adopted
countries; Explore why they left, and if and
under what circumstances they might return;
What links do they still have with Yemen; Find out what the future holds for them; and
Link them together through the book, which he hopes will be a part of everyone’s library. He reiterated that the information submitted will be highly confidential and the purpose will be highly scientific. Therefore, in order to have a true scientific analysis of information there should be at least a sample of 200 contributions.
To fill the form provided click here.
To get in touch with Dr. Qais Ghanem please submit your info to the following email
address ghanems@rogers.com or click here to blog in FaceBook.
* The Times of India published in its October 29th, 2013 issue a news item about the Poets Meet organized by Chennai World Poetry
Society Intercontinental (WPSI) in which Dr. Shihab Ghanem and classical Indian singer Yesudes received their awards for culture and humanizism. Dr. Shihab Ghanem was awarded the Tagore Peace Prize by the Asiatic Society in May 2013. He said "Apart from the old spice routes from India to the Gulf and Aden, we need to build a new spice route based on song and poetry.
Read more here.
* The famous British singer and composer Sarah Warrick made an attempt in composing verses from the book of The Prophet by  Gibran Khalil Gibran. The book is considered a masterpiece worldwide and has been translated into 30 languages and is read by millions of readers all over the world. But in Britain, the contents of the book has been transformed to songs.
Listen to the songs here.
* Dr. Mohamed Ali Al Bar drew our attention to
a breathtaking video show entitled
''Miracle of Human Creation and Development''. The video is 14 minutes long.
It explains to children where babies come from!
About the video: The human body is the most complicated machine in the world. We see with
it, hear with it, breathe with it, walk and run
with it, and sense pleasure with it. Its bones, muscles, arteries, veins and internal organs are organized with marvellous design, and when we examine this design in detail we find even more
amazing facts. Every part of the body, though each may seem to be so different from
another, is made up of the same material: cells.
Watch the video here.
* While in Chennai, India, Dr. Shihab Ghanem was a guest of honour in the 10th graduation ceremony which was celebrated by the Soka Ikeda College of Arts and Science for Women. In his convocation address, Dr. Ghanem spoke about women's empowerment and the need to improve the conditions of women education. He distributed the certificates to the graduates.
* The True History of Quran in America is an article written by Ted Widmer, nine years
after the Sept. 11 attack. He reiterated that
''As usual, the Founders were way ahead of
us. They thought hard about how to build a country of many different faiths. And to
advance that vision to the fullest, they read
the Koran, and studied Islam with a calm
intelligence that today’s over-hyped Americans can only begin to imagine. They knew
something that we do not. To a remarkable degree, the Koran is not alien to American
history — but inside it.''
Read the article here.
* Dr. Mohamed Ali Al Bar sent us a slide show about the sayings of the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) The slides lists a variety of categories e.g. Adultery, Beauty, Christians and Jews, Control of self,
Death, Divorce, Gentleness, Hospitality, The Quran, Abstinence, Aged Persons, Alms-giving, Animals, Begging, Benefits, Charity, Chastity, Cleanliness, Compassion, Conscience, Contentment, Courtesy, Crimes, Cultivation of Land, Debt, Delibration, Disputation, Duty of Believers, Envy, Experience, Forgiveness, Heart, God's kindness, Heaven and Hell, Humanity, Learning, Labour, Man's Growth, Islam, and Jihad.
View the slide presentation here.
* Adam Ali Abdi Matar is pleased to have seen his father's name in the sports section of Aden College Magazine of 1960. He expressed his thanks to Raza Yousuf, Abdulla Taher Ali Abdulla and Dr. Abdulla Qirshi and said that he is
grateful to Aden College website for all the
help that was provided to find his father.
* Mohamed Omer Balgoon commented on the piece of news about Abdul Qader Saleh Al Fadhli by saying that his brother Ahmed Saleh Al Fadhli was his classmate in Aden College. He went to study in Bath, England and graduated as a chartered accountant. He may be living in Saudi Arabia.
* Dr. Mohamed Ali AlBar prepared a
presentation in English and Arabic entitled
''The Heart: Allegoric, Metaphoric, Figurative and physical''. He explains the heart relationship to human emotions, its formation and death.
To review the presentation click here
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أثروا الفن وماتوا فقراء
كتب محمد جبر حتى لاننساهم محمد جمعه خان الفنان
الاكثر شعبية وشمولية ليس في حضرموت فقط بل إمتدّتْ
الى منطقة الخليج والسعوديه اغنيته ياحضرموت افرحي
تغنى بها عندما بدأت بوادر الحلم الحضرمي باستخراج
النفط عبر شركة ارامكو والذي لم يستكمل استخراجه لاسباب
سياسيه بحته.توفي محمد جمعه قبل تحقيق الحلم ومات وهو
معدماً لم يجد حتى قيمة الدواء الذي يحتاجه لعلاج مرضه. ثم
بعد ذلك تحقق الحلم واسْتِخرجَ النفط ولكنّ الاحلام في
كلمات الاغنيه تبخرت . وبقي الحضارم على وضعهم
سيئاً بل ازداد سؤاً بسبب جشع حكامه من الثوريين
والوحدويين اصحاب الشعارات العاطفيه الكاذبه
رحم الله الشاعر البار والفنان محمد جمعه خان
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فنان ولد قبل زمانه
كتب محمد جبر من وندسور
أرسلت لنا المحامية 
أكبر سرقة في تاريخ كوكب الأرض
الامثال الشعبيه العدنيه
الحركة النسائية في عدن
أغاني زمن عدن الجميل
نشرت الصحفية لبنى الخطيب 
أأرسل لنا زميل
االإدريسي عنوانه 
والحاضر
يتناول فضيلة العلامة د.محمد علي البارفي هذه الدراسة 
اللغة العربية وهي أخر طائرة من صنعاء
نسخة قديمة من مجلة كلية
ذكر في موقع ويكيبيدا الموسوعة الحرة أن 
ومن أشهر من تأثر بأفكار إبن عربي هو
رحمه الله-، إبَّان خروجه ببعض القراءات المغايرة 
من خريجي كلية عدن ، كانت تبحث 
وعقب أشرف جرجره على خبر 
شارك مع عازف على القيثارة 
وغنى الإثنان الاغاني 
الإسلام في الاسر
كانت رجاء باسودان وصباح منصر 
أرسل لنا حسام سلطان برسالة ذكر فيها 
أعد د. محمد علي البار عضو وزميل 
اللقاءات محمد إبراهيم
نشط خريج كلية عدن محمد جبر في كتابة 
أرسل لنا محمد جبر عدة صور لفرق كرة القدم في أواخر الخمسينيات وخلال 
العربية مما
اواريك بتلحين فقرات من كتاب -النبي -