Letter From The Editor

If the Australian public would like to know what their future would have looked like if former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd succeeded in his mission to create a healthy sovereign wealth fund from the Resources Super Profits Tax proposal in 2010, look no further than the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in 2024 – where all its citizens share in the spoils.

For this week’s newsletter, we are pleased to share an interview from the recent China-Africa Cooperation Summit with the Institute for Strategic and Policy Studies South Sudan Executive Director Melha Rout Biel and the Global Times. Biel unpacks how China and Africa can move forward together to create a shared future, with mutual prosperity.

This week’s newsletter celebrates a remarkable feat of endurance and determination as UAE-based sister Sofya Shamuzova plants her national flag at the summit of Kilimanjaro!

In this week’s Letter from the Editor, we were blessed to speak with Author Ramsey Hanhan, who shares his experiences growing up under the tyranny of occupation, and why the ordinary voices on the street will ultimately free Palestine.

We were blessed to speak with bestselling author Ontario-based Dr Saqib Qureshi on why the release of his new book In Being Muslim Today is needed now, more than ever.

The Paris 2024 Olympics unfolded like a Persian rug, full of colourful triumphs, fails and poignant moments that dominated the headlines. However, there were many fine silk threads that wove a bigger story, the remarkable performances of Muslim athletes who defied odds, shattered records, and left an indelible mark on the world stage, Alhamdulillah!

Shakespeare once bemoaned, “sometimes too hot, the eye of heaven shines”, because he never found shade in the sweet cooly-niceness that is ice-cream.

According to Private Jet Comparisons President Doug Gollan, some reasons users choose private aviation over commercial flights are saving time, being able to use closer airports, and avoiding schlepping among unwashed crowds. Sounds good to me! What's the catch?