Author Archives for Muhammad Ilyas

About Muhammad Ilyas

Muhammad Ilyas is a humanitarian journalist, development professional, and entrepreneur. He writes on the most appealing human rights issues such as education, the equal citizenry, economic empowerment, gender equality, and pluralism.

Technology, Pros and Cons

September 27, 2018 9:31 pm Published by Comments Off on Technology, Pros and Cons

    21st century has brought us enormous gifts that has made our lives easy as well as complicated. Along...


Where should I go? A homeless person call

September 12, 2018 12:58 am Published by Comments Off on Where should I go? A homeless person call

Hurricane is approaching Washington D.C, one of the most important place of the United States of America. The district government...


Wage gap and its affects- extreme poverty

August 27, 2018 9:20 pm Published by Comments Off on Wage gap and its affects- extreme poverty

Last week, I had an opportunity to attend International Young Leaders Assembly (IYLA) at the World Bank’s office in D.C....


How to deal with people in problems

July 24, 2018 12:17 pm Published by Comments Off on How to deal with people in problems

National Alliance on Mental Illness states that approximately 43.8 million adults in the U.S experience mental illness in a given...


Homelessness, a call to early death

July 18, 2018 11:12 pm Published by Comments Off on Homelessness, a call to early death

This Saturday, I got a very sad and heart wrenching news from a colleague about the death of our vendor...


Skills Based Volunteering: Its impact and resources

June 25, 2018 1:35 pm Published by Comments Off on Skills Based Volunteering: Its impact and resources

Skills based volunteering is an emerging concept both in non-profit and for-profit sector. In skills based volunteering, public and employees in for-profit...


Developing Cross Sector Partnerships

June 24, 2018 2:13 pm Published by Comments Off on Developing Cross Sector Partnerships

Partnership is defined is an agreement or contract between two or more parties that is undergone to perform a set...


Why is homelessness still not news?

June 13, 2018 5:46 pm Published by Comments Off on Why is homelessness still not news?

Earlier this year appeared on Voice of America’s Pashto service in Washington, D.C. The discussion focus was youth engagement in...


Is ‘war’ the only solution?

May 23, 2018 11:20 am Published by Comments Off on Is ‘war’ the only solution?

I still remember the worst days of my life when jets and helicopters were flying over my head. Obviously, they...


Is homelessness a stigma?

May 3, 2018 12:21 pm Published by Comments Off on Is homelessness a stigma?

Is homelessness a stigma? I asked this question in one of our community meetings, where people who are homeless, formally homeless, or...