Life has certainly become a lot better for Ahmed Mohamed than the day last month the 14-year-old was arrested by police, which mistook his home-made clock he took to his Texas high school for a bomb. As we report today, he and his family of Sudanese migrants are moving to Qatar, where he has been offered a full scholarship through to undergraduate level.
This caps a dramatic reversal of fortune since the photograph of him in handcuffs went viral. Ahmed has since been invited to the White House by Barack Obama and received messages of support from the chief executives of Facebook and Google.
But amid this good news, one has to ask if anything has changed in the US to prevent the next Ahmed from being treated similarly because their inventiveness and enterprise are misinterpreted by the authorities because of religion and ethnicity? While life is a lot better for Ahmed, failure to address the root cause of prejudice will ensure history unfortunately repeats for others like him.
So what is Spicy Chickenjoy?
Just as McDonald’s has the Big Mac, Jollibee has Spicy Chickenjoy – a piece of fried chicken that’s crispy and spicy on the outside and comes with a side of spaghetti, all covered in tomato sauce and topped with sausage slices and ground beef. It sounds like a recipe that a child would come up with, but perhaps that’s the point – a flavourbomb combination of cheap comfort foods. Chickenjoy is Jollibee’s best-selling product in every country in which it has a presence.
From Zero
Artist: Linkin Park
Label: Warner Records
Number of tracks: 11
Rating: 4/5
Dust and sand storms compared
Sand storm
- Particle size: Larger, heavier sand grains
- Visibility: Often dramatic with thick "walls" of sand
- Duration: Short-lived, typically localised
- Travel distance: Limited
- Source: Open desert areas with strong winds
Dust storm
- Particle size: Much finer, lightweight particles
- Visibility: Hazy skies but less intense
- Duration: Can linger for days
- Travel distance: Long-range, up to thousands of kilometres
- Source: Can be carried from distant regions
UAE currency: the story behind the money in your pockets
Tips for avoiding trouble online
- Do not post incorrect information and beware of fake news
- Do not publish or repost racist or hate speech, yours or anyone else’s
- Do not incite violence and be careful how to phrase what you want to say
- Do not defame anyone. Have a difference of opinion with someone? Don’t attack them on social media
- Do not forget your children and monitor their online activities
Janet Yellen's Firsts
- In 2014, she became the first woman to lead the US Federal Reserve
- In 1999, she became the first female chair of the White House Council of Economic Advisers
