Azka Adil

On day 8, we made history. 7 days. 23 islands. 43 km of swimming. #Milestone

بدأ الإسلام غريبًا، وسيعود غريبًا كما بدأ، فطوبى للغرباء

"When I write about a Palestinian family, I am actually writing about a human experience. When I depict the misery of the Palestinians, I am in fact presenting the Palestinian as a symbol of misery in the entire world." - Ghassan Kanafani

It’s important to note that the Finnish team located the bodies of the 4 Italian tourists trapped inside the underwater cave on their first attempt. That’s why everyone is asking, why risk the life of our soldiers when they didn’t have the technical knowledge or equipment.

I respect you and your achievements, and I don’t question your capabilities at all. In fact I do believe you are one of the best in the field but I really don’t think using someone’s death is the right moment for media attention or clout chasing @ShafrazNaeem

Also MNDF Coast Guard trains people through an entire system of instructors, teams, and operational experience over many years. So framing this as “the man who trained him” feels unfair to the institution and everyone else who contributed.

You can't go around saying "they ignored limits" & "they shouldn't have gone in" while also proudly talking about doing the same cave 30 times like that somehow proves superiority. If limits were ignored, then dangerous normalization clearly existed long before this tragedy.

I hv nothing but gratitude for the dearly departed in the line of duty. he should remain a hero of this nation. So much talk, too many narratives, too much speculation filling the gaps we do not yet understand. The military does what we task them with .. calculated, measured, disciplined. they knew the risk. they know cost. they are human, yes. but they are also this nation's instrument of duty, bound by obligation we cannot fathom from the outside. We owe them trust now, not judgment. We owe them respect in this moment of grief. Their task is to recover, to honor our nation. Ours is to let them do it without the weight of our blame. that is the compassion we must show. that is the nation we can choose to be.

@nypost @Inaya_ARaheem None of the Maldives governments since 2009 made it a priority to fund the training and equipment of the dive team. They always used those funds to do something else.

MNDF Divers are highly trained, and they know the risks that come with the job, including the possibility of death. Yet they still step forward and do their duty. That takes real bravery. So stop whining cos it won’t change anything.

@addusalman Exactly!!!! I know the MNDF divers personally. I have trained some of them. They are brave and they would give everything to accomplish their mission. Their hinderance are the politicians!!!

He performed numerous rescues and recoveries of deceased people from the depths before. Tragically he passed away while serving his country, doing what he loves most. A true hero of the nation. I am at a loss for words. Will be missed. إِنَّا لِلَّٰهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ

Please speak with compassion about those carrying out these operations. They are not expendable they are human beings risking their lives so others may find closure.

إِنَّا لِلّهِ وَإِنَّـا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعونَ You're one of the bravest team mate I worked with and trained. Gonna miss you buddy.

The moringa tree, known as the “miracle tree”, is one of the most nutrient-dense plants on the planet and is prized for its healing qualities. It also has another huge benefit, according to new research: it’s excellent at removing microplastics from water. cnn.it/4tL6KDG

Welcome to a new era of fast. The #Adizero Adios Pro Evo 3. Now officially the sub-2-shoe.

He knew the accusations were coming and wanted that win to be cleaaaaaaaannnn

Nike spent ten years trying to break the 2-hour marathon. They named a project after it. They built special shoes. They paid the greatest marathoner alive to chase it. Yesterday, a Kenyan runner finally did it in 1:59:30, wearing Adidas. Sabastian Sawe used to be a pacemaker. A pacemaker is the kind of runner you hire to set the speed for the first few miles of a race and then drop out before the finish. In January 2022, Sawe got booked to do exactly that at a half-marathon in Spain. He'd never raced more than three miles in his life. He stayed in for the full 13 and won the whole thing. Adidas signed him not long after. Four years later, he became the first human ever to run an official marathon under 2 hours. Nike, meanwhile, started this whole project in 2016 with a public goal called "Breaking2." They paid for the shoes, the pacemakers, the science labs, and Eliud Kipchoge himself. Kipchoge ran 1:59:40 in Vienna in 2019, but the event was a closed-course exhibition with rotating pacemakers and a pace car projecting a green laser line onto the road. The sport's governing body never recognized it as a real race. It didn't count. Then Nike's running business cratered. Digital sales fell 26% in one quarter. Their share of footwear sold at Dick's Sporting Goods went from 39% to 32% in five months. On Running grew from $330 million to $1.8 billion between 2020 and 2025. Hoka nearly quadrupled. Roger Federer left Nike for On. Nike's board fired the CEO in October 2024. Adidas spent the same period building a better shoe. The new Adizero Adios Pro Evo 3 took three years to develop. It weighs 97 grams, about 3.4 ounces, lighter than a deck of cards. A Wall Street Journal-cited study found that wearing a shoe 3.5 ounces lighter saves a runner around 57 seconds across a marathon. Sawe beat the third-place finisher by 58 seconds. Adidas also did something Nike never did for Kipchoge. They wrote a $50,000 check to the official anti-doping body for track and field, asking it to test Sawe more aggressively than any other runner alive. He got tested 25 times in the two months before last year's Berlin Marathon, and Adidas signed up to fund this for the length of his contract. The logic: the moment Sawe ran a marathon this fast, the world was going to ask if he cheated, especially after his countrywoman Ruth Chepngetich got a 3-year doping ban in 2025. Adidas got out ahead of it. The shoe retails at $500 and is barely available. Adidas's Adizero shoes won half of all major marathon races in 2024. Yesterday in London, four of the top five finishers wore the same Adidas shoe. Yomif Kejelcha crossed the line 11 seconds after Sawe and also broke 2 hours. The top three runners all beat the previous world record. Nike's only response was an Instagram post. Three sentences long: "The clock has been reset. There is no finish line." That was their entire public reaction to losing a 10-year moonshot to their biggest rival.

A heartfelt letter from Ali Larijani to his wife, 98 days before his martyrdom "What can I say? My tongue is unable to express such devotion, wisdom in managing the family, and your sacrifices, patience, and repeated selflessness for the sake of the nation’s interests.

Thank you, @ViktorAxelsen, for redefining greatness. A true champion. A true inspiration. 🫡 #BadmintonIcon