A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
Ms Mariyam Visam is a dedicated young leader and advocator for development of women and small businesses in the Maldivian society. She acquired her Master’s Degree in Business Economics from University of Queensland, Australia and Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing Management from the University of Northumbria, UK. In January 2014, she was appointed to the post […]
Mr. Fazlulla Ibrahim is the Managing Director of ASK Holdings Pvt Ltd, a leading provider of hardware and sanitary ware solutions in Maldives and a successful family run business highly reputed in the market. He joined the company in 2009 and today he is leading the company and managing a team of young dedicated professionals under him. […]
The Assistant Governor of Maldives Monetary Authority (MMA), Idham Hussain has been appointed as a board member to the seven-member board of the authority by the President of Maldives, Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayyoom on Thursday. Idham has been serving as the Assistant Governor of Monetary Policy, Research and Statistics from June 2016 onwards. She was […]
by Azra Naseem In the early hours of the morning on 8 August 2014, journalist and blogger Ahmed Rilwan (28), was captured on CCTV boarding a ferry from Male’ to Hulhumale’. It is the last known and verifiable movements of Rilwan who, it has been widely reported, was abducted later that morning from his apartment in […]
Hey, you there? Very sad to say this but they’ve stabbed Yamin to death. The Twitter DM arrived in my inbox at 3:48 in the morning on Sunday the 23rd of April. I was in Europe, five hours behind Male’ time. It was another three hours before I switched my phone on and looked at […]
by Anonymous The use of torture as a tool of citizen oppression is a hallmark of dictatorships. The past and recent histories of the Maldives have been defined by authoritarian rule with a flimsy façade of overt calmness and order. This belied the covert systemic use of torture in the country’s prisons, which has been […]
by Azra Naseem 4.Saved by the bullshit? Saudi King Salman has postponed his trip to the Maldives indefinitely. Three resorts cancelled their bookings to accommodate the King and his entourage; the Republic Square in Male’ was whitewashed and made ready for the King’s landing in a helicopter; the jetty was spruced up; his special yacht […]
by Azra Naseem 3. Muizzing Maldives Yesterday, from The Guardian, Dhivehin finally learned what the government has in store for the Maldives. The publication ended weeks of speculation as to what Dear Leader Yameen has been planning for us ever since he got up close and personal with the unscrupulous and filthy rich Saudi royal […]
by Azra Naseem 2. Of myths and monsters This is a very interesting story. Today’s Crown Prince and Defence Minister of Saudi Arabia Prince Mohamed was not always a very popular member of the aristocratic Saudi royal family. Those days, Mohamed used to spend a lot of time in the Maldives. He stayed on an island […]