The zero latitude line of the Earth’s equator passes almost through the middle of our third largest island, Kalimantan. When viewed on a Mercator projection map, some people might even imagine the equator

Tariq was born in the north east Syrian town of Ar-Raqqa back in 1958. At the time of his birth, the ancient and ethnically diverse town, which is now more commonly known as Raqqa, was the sixth largest