I Am Not a Non-Muslim: Denying Minority Identity in Pakistan
One month ago this week, on September 22, two suicide bombers from Taliban-linked terrorist outfit Jundul Hafsa attacked All Saints Church in Peshawar, Pakistan, killing … Read more
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Hot News Mix: Fran Drescher’s Dating the Inventor of Email, America’s Booming Sari Rental Market + More
• Fran Drescher, star of The Nanny and a dozen other things you’ve likely watched but don’t remember, is now an e-mail female: She’s dating Shiva Ayyadurai, … Read more
Lahori Christians: Living under the Radar, a Photo Essay by Nushmia Khan
Recently a church bombing in Peshawar at All Saints Church resulted in one of the deadliest attacks on Pakistan’s Christian minority in years. After Hindus, Christians … Read more
Watch the Condom Ad That Was Deemed Too Racy for Pakistani Television
A condom commercial starring a popular model was pulled from the Pakistani airwaves late last month after it was deemed indecent by government authorities. The … Read more
Needed: More Clones of Malala’s Dad
On July 12, Malala Yousafzai, the teenage Pakistani girl whom a Taliban militant shot in the head last October while she was riding home from … Read more
Turning the Lens Backwards on the War On Terror: A Q and A with Director Cary McClelland
In his documentary Without Shepherds, director Cary McClelland follows the lives of six Pakistanis — among them a journalist, a truck driver, and the cricket … Read more
Happy Birthday, Malala! Twitter Celebrates #MalalaDay
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5X70VyjU0g Nine months after she was shot in the head by the Taliban on her way to school, Pakistani high schooler Malala Yousafzai celebrated her … Read more
President Obama Sends Ramadan Greetings, Twitter Responds By Reminding Him About Drones and Guantanamo
Yesterday President Barack Obama extended his best wishes to Muslims around the world as they prepared for the start of the holy month of Ramadan. He stated … Read more
Through Her Eyes: Sanaa Hamid Reinterprets the Self Portrait
Photographer Sanaa Hamid’s series entitled “Through Her Eyes” shows her attempts to conform to culturally inherited expectations and ideologies that are sometimes imposed on her. … Read more
How to Become a Successful Pakistani Novelist in Three Not-So-Easy Steps
Mohsin Hamid’s career as a writer has been remarkable and rather unique — he has a surprisingly slender portfolio of three rather short novels published … Read more
