Dr Sohail Ansari

There are two blessings which many people waste: health and free time. Sahih Bukhari, 6049 There are two gifts of Allah that a lot of people have been duped about. A lot of people are deceived about. What are those two? Health and your time. Your free time. Many people you know you’re healthy and you end up doing all the wrong things, not realising one day your health will go. It has to go! May Allah protect us and make it easy for us on that day. And when we are free we just waste the time. A ‘lede’ is the punchy opening There are two words that every writer needs to know: lede and kicker A ‘lede’ is the punchy opening sentence of an article. A  ‘kicker’ is the last . If you can get them right, you can lift your writing to a whole new level. Having an immediate impact; forceful. "His style is journalistic, with short punchy sentences" The opening sentence or paragraph of a news article, summarizing the most important aspects of the story. "The lede has...

 Islamic history has countless examples from the way the Quraysh would label the Prophet Muhammad (s) a madman, liar, poet, plagiarist, soothsayer, mischief-maker, corrupter of their faith and so on (we seek refuge in Allah from these), all mentioned in the Qur’an. Why so? Why not just call him (s) only a plagiarist , for example? Because the more they could propagate, the more it established as the narrative and the more people it could delude. It meant the more varied accusations the Quraysh could levy, the more that people might come to accept one if not all of them . As we know many thousands were beguiled to the extent that they warred with the Prophet (s) based on this propaganda to destroy the Prophetic message. 16 story angles News angle  is an important factor in reporting process. A news may have so many angles. News angle  implies the particular element, interest or value determining factor that should be given importance in a news...

Imam Ja’far as-Sadiq (a) is narrated to have said,  “There are three kinds of seekers of knowledge. They can be recognized by their characteristics. The first are those who seeks knowledge for the sake of ignorance and quarreling. The second are those who seek knowledge to dominate and cheat people. The third are those seek for proper understanding.” Inverted pyramid The  inverted pyramid  is a  metaphor  used by  journalists and other writers to illustrate how information should be prioritized and structured in a text (e.g., a news report). It is a common method for writing  news stories   (and has adaptability to other kinds of texts, e.g., blogs and editorial columns). This is a way to communicate the basics about a news report in the initial sentences. The inverted or upside-down pyramid can be thought of as a triangle with one side horizontally at the top and the body pointing down. The widest part at the top represents the most ...