After all these years tangoing with the future, I get to see it under a totally different light. And this also means that I get another chance to start anew, to begin a new journey.

Do not trust anyone who speaks of culture without first defining it. Pronouncements on culture seldom if ever survive the test of this golden rule.

The early pioneers of the modern Islamic banking industry had noble ideals in mind but the industry can’t see beyond its conventional mindset. Now we have an opportunity to retake the initiative.

‘Are you doing ok, do you need anything?’ I asked the lady whose hand was glued to the entrance of the Department of Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy. ‘I’m doing fine,’ she replied with a smile. Someone below her, locked on to another person and lying on the ground to block the revolving door entrance,… Read more »

Growing up, I was taught that Islam was a faith that championed the rights of women and that the Prophet Mohammed was kind and benevolent to my gender.