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Articles with tag: 911

How Can We Forget?

Ibrahim Malick   Sep 13, 2009   interacts: 8

In remembering the victims of 9/11 we should also strengthen our solidarity with victims of other forms of terrorism and violence around the world.

Kabir Khan's "New York"

Anannya Dasgupta   Jul 5, 2009   interacts: 10

The film taps into what it imagines they (NRIs) want. What they want, apparently, is to be white in a white America.

Movie Review: New York

sufia ajaz   Jun 29, 2009   interacts: 23

A thoughtful comment on terrorism that took place in America on 9/11 and its aftermath.

September Morning

Feroz Qutabshahi   Sep 4, 2008   interacts: 245

The pace might be pathetically slow but an increasing cadre of writers and thinkers have started to question smugness of the Islamic world.

Muslim Psyche After September 11, 2001

Khalid Sohail   Sep 10, 2008   interacts: 127

When we reflect upon the reactions of Muslims from different parts of the world we see certain tendencies emerging in the last few years.

Death in the Clouds

Beej K Singh   Sep 10, 2007   interacts: 50

And some red lines shall forever hold – because that’s the way they are – because that’s the way the Artist chose to draw them!

Five Years on - Lessons unlearned

Sajjad Khan   Sep 11, 2006   interacts: 18

It is the failure to understand the mainstream demands of most in the Muslim world that has been the real failing of the War on Terror.

Culture Wars

Zeynab Ali   Sep 13, 2004   interacts: 43

Good Muslim, Bad Muslim is Mamdani’s most recent work. Inspired largely by the post Sept 11 scenario in the US, this book is one of the few important counter-narratives to the contemporary Western political analysis of Islam.

An Air Canada Flagging

Shahid Mahmood   Aug 16, 2004   interacts: 159

Soon after our credit card payment was processed I was told that I was flagged and would not be allowed to board the Air Canada flight.

Facing the Music

Mohammad Gill   May 4, 2004   interacts: 6

President of the United States of America is the most powerful person in our planet. However, the American system of governance is even more powerful....

Semantics of “Historical” and “Actionable”

Mohammad Gill   Apr 17, 2004   interacts: 11

The intention of sending this memo to the president would obviously appear that it contained actionable information. But the White House read it otherwise.

Enduring Operation Freedom

Shahid Mahmood   Dec 2, 2003   interacts: 43

The work documented American knee-jerk reprisals since September 11th.

Barriers: A Review

Ras Siddiqui   Sep 13, 2003   interacts: 8

It is about five individuals (four from the Abbas family and Roger) who are trying to deal either directly or indirectly with the fallout of 9-11

Fading Exclamations

Temporal    Sep 11, 2003   interacts: 196

Osama a Muslim hero or villain: a pied piper or puppet: a rebel, an idealist or an agent? Whoever he maybe he is the best thing to happen to Islam

Unsettling Precedents for Pakistan

Zeynab Ali   Sep 10, 2003   interacts: 74

From the ‘success’ in Iraq, it appears that launching preemptive strikes with overpowering force can vanquish enemies without appreciable collateral damage.

On Countries of Dwelling

Aisha Sarwari   Sep 10, 2003   interacts: 44

America arrived, as they would say in Urdu. This country is the best thing that ever happened to me without a doubt. It’s here I learned that even if everything is aesthetically perfect, ..

Shalom or Salaam

Farzana Versey   Sep 8, 2003   interacts: 285

Ariel Sharon can be my guest. As Indians, we are renowned for our hospitality. The West has not yet certified him a terrorist, so he can do just as he pleases. In fact, he can even announce, “We control America”.

Is It A War On Islam?

Pervez Hoodbhoy   Jan 16, 2003   interacts: 172

What, then, should be the strategy for all those who believe in a just world and are appalled by America's war on the weak?

The Panel of Vendettas at UC Berkley

Aisha Sarwari   Mar 4, 2002   interacts: 194

A true hero would make a radical notion and never back track

The King’s Gambit: Chapter 2 (The Soldier)

Umair Raja and Omer Rafique    Jan 15, 2002   interacts: 40

“Do you have one more left in you, Michael?” General Yitzhak inquired

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