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A group of people in Delhi have come together to organize and march in protest against the growing incidents of sexual violence toward women. The walk is being organized under the banner of “SlutWalk Arthaat Besharmi Morcha.” (Link to Website.) The march is scheduled for Sunday, July 31, 2011; from Jantar Mantar to Parliament street and back. Route for the ...

(The following is an official Jamia Press Release.) After months of toil and labour, the Official Information Portal of Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Jamia Millia Islamia was launched on Friday, 24th June 2011.   The faculty website www.jmifet.ac.in was released as a part of the project JMIFET www.jmifet.org which aims at overall development of the Faculty of Engineering & ...

If you spent your summer vacation doing something interesting and out of the ordinary, and wish to share your story with others, then Jamia Journal would like to give you that opportunity. We would like to interview you and then publish your story here on Jamia Journal. So, if you think you have an interesting story to tell and would ...

In tribute to M.F. Hussain – who recently passed away in exile – the Minority Educational and Welfare Society organized an art exhibit by Mohammad Tabrez Alam. The exhibit was held at the M.F. Hussain Gallery in Jamia on Thursday, July 7, 2011. Alam is a full-time artist from Bihar, who has a studio in Delhi and Mumbai. Though the ...

The Dr. Zakir Hussain Institute of Islamic Studies organized an extension lecture by a Turkish scholar, Dr. Turkkaya Ataov, on the topic: “Contemporary developments in the Arab world and their implication in the region.” The lecture was held at the Dayar-e-Mir Taqi Mir building, on Monday, July 4, 2011. Ataov is reportedly, Professor Emeritus of International Relations, at Ankara University. ...

The Indo-Arab Cultural Center at Jamia organized a book release at the Edward Said Hall on Friday, July 01, 2011. The launch was for an Arabic translation of an English book titled, “Children of Abraham at War: The Clash of Messianic Militarism” by Talmiz Ahmad.   According to news publications online, Ahmad presently also serves as the Indian ambassador to ...

[Note: Following is a Jamia press release.] Keeping in view the increasing number of queries and in order to avoid any inconvenience to candidates seeking admission to Jamia Millia Islamia, the university has made available an Admission Helpline through its website. Through this facility, the candidates seeking admission to various faculties, centres, departments and schools at Jamia can directly contact ...

[Note: Following is a Jamia press release.] Starting this year, Jamia Millia Islamia will be conducting a common entrance test for some of the undergraduate courses on offer in its Faculty of Humanities and Languages, Faculty of Social Sciences, Faculty of Natural Sciences. The Common Entrance Test in Faculty of Social Sciences will be conducted across two clusters. One group/cluster ...

[Following is an official Jamia press release.] In a rare gesture of generosity, Mr. Mustahsan Hamid Khan, a resident of Hattingen, Germany has gifted rare calligraphic sheets and priceless letters to Jamia Millia Islamia. The treasure gifted by Mr. Khan includes a letter written in Urdu by the Father of the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi. Besides, there are 22 other letters ...

Early Sunday morning on April 3, Jamia was bustling with an unusual crowd. Unusual in the sense that the crowd didn’t have books etc, instead were busy with something else — a film shoot. Jamia turned host for a forthcoming Bollywood movie titled “Sadda Adda,” currently being shot in Delhi. The movie is being directed by Muazzam Beg, who is ...