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Zwingli’s Zurich

Banjaara    Jul 15, 2004   interacts: 36

Looking eastward between the cobbled lanes across the Limmat river up into the mountains, I found my self gazing at

Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World

Ras Siddiqui   Feb 2, 2006   interacts: 11

A concerned Brooks confides in his wife that he did once visit an Al Qaeda website for just 5 minutes

Urban India -- The NRI Viewpoint

Rakesh Mani   Jan 3, 2006   interacts: 23

Perhaps this wave of westernization and erosion of culture and values is limited to a few, a solitary

The Allahabad I Knew

Jawahara Saidullah   Oct 27, 2004   interacts: 58

A customer was looking for Jacques Derrida’s works. He and the owner lamented Derrida’s death before launching into a passionate

Is Another World Possible?

Henna Arshad   Apr 3, 2006   interacts: 8

The best part of the World Social Forum held in Karachi recently was that a woman from a

Seventy Days in Karachi

Sameena Iqbal   Mar 31, 2005   interacts: 33

I never really realized how quickly time would run out like sand in an hourglass...

My Teenage Years in Lahore

Asim Shore   Nov 18, 2007   interacts: 18

As I sit here on my desk at work, sipping my persimmon white tea in a delicate persian tea cup,

Outside Looking In

Amanullah Kariapper   May 16, 2004   interacts: 4

She asks about the way – robbers, road conditions, ETA. The drivers and local staff inform her that there have

The Body Collectors

Anil Kala   Mar 11, 2006   interacts: 9

The hall was littered with corpses on the floor in most disorderly way. Suddenly a corpse rises says, 'baRi THhaNd

Dude, Where’s My Money?

Quartulain Siddiqui   May 2, 2006   interacts: 4

I am frustrated. I am angry. I even have the impulse to kill a few someones. I have not been

The New Beginning

Mohammad Gill   Nov 1, 2004   interacts: 37

My story is the story of many thousands of other people on both sides of the line. I regard myself

Lahore in a Moment

Jibran Saithi   Feb 14, 2006   interacts: 5

I flag a rickshaw driver. During the short ride, he nonchalantly peppers his discourse with risqué advice as we turn

My Mother, Myself

Samina Rizwan   Feb 8, 2005   interacts: 9

As an Air Force wife who saw her combat pilot husband through two wars and a highly charged flying career,

Taj a Mirage

Zahid Hussain   Apr 20, 2006   interacts: 22

I saw a group of young artisans. They looked timid and frightened, their head bent down trying to concentrate on

I Thought I Heard You Laughing

Kiran Farooque   Feb 4, 2008   interacts: 10

Unlike most people I know, I don't believe in love at first sight. But the world being as mad as

The Travelogue of an Astronomer

Salman Hameed   May 12, 2004   interacts: 4

An astronomer’s journey to the volcanic island of La Palma, located off the coast of Morocco.

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