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Muslim Ghettoisation

Iftikhar Ahmad

The perception among Muslims is that they are unwelcome in Britain is undermining efforts to help them integrate into wider society.

Jul 4, 2008   Views 144   Interacts 5

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The Gin Game

Naveen Qayyum


Despite being a small group, The Gate Theater surely managed to touch an emotional yet witty story through a brilliantly written piece of literature.

Jul 4, 2008   Views 36   Interacts 0

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The Unbearable Lightness of Seeing

Wajahat Malik

Lately his wife seems to be depressed and irritated when he comes home in the evening. The children look cold and withdrawn. Sohail Khan himself feels a shift in his

Jul 4, 2008   Views 48   Interacts 0

Life

Yet Another Immigrant Story

Madiha Qureshi

I arrived in the US about eight months ago, to get married in Houston and move to Maryland, where I live now. My last visit had been less than a

Jul 4, 2008   Views 110   Interacts 3

Current Affairs

Solving Amarnath: A New Hope in Kashmir

Murtaza Shibli

It demonstrates to the Kashmiris that by resorting to non-violent action, there is a room for manoeuvre and things can be changed through peaceful means.

Jul 2, 2008   Views 1483   Interacts 37

Life

Diabetes: Wrestling with a Twenty-First Century Monster

Mutaal Mooquin

“Half of world’s population at risk of diabetes by end of next decade.” This disorder is encroaching on the traditional confines of age, ethnicity, and geography—in particular AGE.

Jul 2, 2008   Views 471   Interacts 18

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Nirad Babu's Ghost

Prodyumna Goutam

His (Nirad C. Chaudhuri's) discourse could effortlessly vacillate between, say, the role of the Kama sutra in the Indian psyche to the merits of a Chateau d'Yquem.

Jul 2, 2008   Views 319   Interacts 7

Life

The Reflection In My Window

Salma Omar

As he twisted her wrist, the little girl writhed in pain, tears welling in her eyes as she struggled to free her self. Her brother, pulled at the man’s other

Jul 2, 2008   Views 416   Interacts 4

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Anti-Americanism in Pakistan and the Taliban Menace

Pervez Hoodbhoy, Particle Politics

The Taliban are waging an armed struggle to remake society. They will keep fighting this war even if America were to miraculously evaporate into space.

Jul 1, 2008   Views 3922  Interacts 95

Society

Muslims in America

Yasser Latif Hamdani

I am all for Muslim identity but frankly what I don’t get is the overbearing role dogma plays in every action of the Muslim community in America.

Jul 1, 2008   Views 5211   Interacts 210

Current Affairs

The Lame Duck Government

saeed qureshi

The Pakistan army has been once again mobilized in a big way to stamp out the presence of Taliban in the Tribal areas as well as Swat and Mardan.

Jun 30, 2008   Views 2397   Interacts 43

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