Articles with tag: Immigrant

Half Alive Again: An Evening At Zawia Dahmaani

Prashant Bhatt Oct 27, 2009 interacts: 2

A piece from Tripoli, where there are tombs of soldiers from the subcontinent. Just as every country has a â€œTomb of the Unknown Soldierâ€ every country should have the â€œTomb of the Unknown Workerâ€.

The Sacred and the Profane

Ali Hashmi Aug 23, 2009 interacts: 1

Ms. L had been a challenge for me to treat for 3 years. She was from Lahore, my native city and the first time I had seen her, she had appeared extremely ill, fitting the layman description of â€˜madnessâ€™.

Hope

Sarah Zahid Jul 4, 2009 interacts: 5

It was almost 30 days after the death. The house was silent. There was no sound. On one of the side tables, there were few broken crayons, a pair of earrings and a leather journal.

White Bride

Prashant Bhatt Mar 8, 2009 interacts: 5

They called it the â€˜White Bride of the Mediterraneanâ€™ and it is still one of the most charming and peaceful places Marino knows.

Sharp-Eyed View of a Mohajir

Sayeed Hasan Khan Dec 11, 2008 interacts: 61

These immigrants (in Bengal and Sindh) were to play a great role both in the development of these provinces and also in generating political instability.

History and Origins of MQM Part II

Ali Chishti Oct 15, 2008 interacts: 85

Emigration of Hindus post partition left a vacuum which was filled by the educated Muslim immigrants from India. In 1981 census only 6% of Karachites identified themselves as Sindhi.

Love at Shara Zawia

Prashant Bhatt Oct 5, 2008 interacts: 1

Muneer and Emily had gone to Tangiers to register their marriage, as many foreigners who marry in Libya do.
Emily does not like to talk about these things.

Pakistani-Americans or American-Pakistanis?

Feroz Qutabshahi Sep 26, 2008 interacts: 185

How long will it before Pakistani-Americans will let their voices be heard as a group?

A Transfer

Prashant Bhatt Sep 10, 2008

His younger son Hasen is studying in Hyderabad, doing first year of engineering while he lives in Tripoli alone. The elder son is doing a job in Lucknow.

Brick Lane is About Immigrants Making Difficult Choices

Ras Siddiqui Aug 3, 2008 interacts: 14

Brick Lane exposes the core of a complex immigrant dilemma. Asians who move to the western world often live with this dilemma and just choose to ignore it.

Yet Another Immigrant Story

Madiha Qureshi Jul 2, 2008 interacts: 72

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 year ago, during which I met my husband.

Chillchinga, the US Soldier

kashkin dabruski Apr 22, 2008 interacts: 1

The only desire now
To go home
To converse few words
In Spanish as he pays the price
For migration and adventure

Little Pakistan: Brooklynâ€™s Coney Island Avenue

Feroz Qutabshahi Apr 21, 2008 interacts: 209

This article does not discuss racism or race relations. Instead, it hopes to capture how a community has gone through such adversity and is coming back to life, after almost losing it.

Pakistan's Moment of Democracy?

Zeynab Ali Jan 3, 2008 interacts: 10

Even as many conceded that â€˜Musharraf is not going anywhereâ€™, a response of Pakistanis around the world who seemed beset with an intangible urge to 'do something'.

The First Indian-American Governor in America

Ejaz Haroon Oct 6, 2007 interacts: 15

Odds are that shortly after October 20th Louisiana, US will have the nationâ€™s first-ever governor-elect of Indian descent.

The Melting Pot

Ejaz Haroon Oct 3, 2007 interacts: 108

We werenâ€™t surprised when we went to the reception and the guests sitting next to us asked us if the groom was Muslim or not.

Pakistani Twist to â€œAliens in Americaâ€? TV Series

Ras Siddiqui Sep 27, 2007 interacts: 58

Are the Pakistani and Muslim community here in America ready for raunchy American teenage humor?

The Invisible Men

ahmad hayat Apr 17, 2007 interacts: 42

In fact GORA is soooooo cool that it really doesn’t bother him if we have achieved a seam-less integration or we are trying to preserve our identity. GORA lives on a social, mental and philosophical so elevated and hence so detached from ours that

Pakistan Quarters

Muhammad Tariq Mar 4, 2007 interacts: 24

The name probably symbolized the fact that it gave shelter to the families of most of the government servants, keeping the administration of the newly formed nation running, Karachi being the capital then.

The Dreaded Phone Call

Ejaz Haroon Mar 1, 2007 interacts: 17

My father had been sick the last few months. He had undergone a knee implant a couple of years ago since his knee joints were completely worn out by rheumatoid arthritis, and one of the implants was now infected.

The Gardens

Tabinda Bashir Sep 28, 2006 interacts: 5

I was mostly quiet as we made small talk. Salima was giving me time to reminisce and absorb that day’s memories for when I would need them most. In America.

The Other Side of the World

Syed Rizvi Sep 24, 2006 interacts: 5

Wow English land I have heard so much about it, the land of free, where what ever you say will always be heard and you are never alone, place where YOU are important.

Minorities in the Western Societies

Nasim Hassan Aug 20, 2006 interacts: 13

Certain basic steps that must be taken by the immigrants as well as the host countries to affect peaceful and harmonious integration.

Duality of our Lives: US Vs. Pakistan

Rizwana Khan Aug 10, 2006 interacts: 27

Enticing visions of a studio apartment, Ikea shelves, weaved baskets, plastic trendy colored organizers and routine breaks to Starbucks Café for a shot of espresso creates a perfect harmony in my daughter’s life.

Biradris No More?

S Chaudry Aug 10, 2006

Arains,Jutts,Rajputs.The caste system in Punjab might just be coming to an end.

Morally Disadvantaged?

Z Rana Jul 25, 2006 interacts: 1

Are emigrants really 'morally disadvantaged'? Are they actually the turncoats and hedonists they are made out to be? Do they have to play games to placate people back home? It depends who you ask.

American Ambivalence on National Language

Mohammad Gill Jun 24, 2006 interacts: 12

The American nation consists of immigrants from diverse countries. For fear of imposing any specific language and the associated culture on the diversity of the American population, the question of a national language is left in limbo

Jolly Bhai

syed muzammil Jun 13, 2006 interacts: 70

We were a group of six international students in our first summer in U.S.A, hoping to collect the colossal sum we needed for next semester’s tuition, and best way to accomplish the task, we were told, was to drive cabs in the city of Chicago.

Children of Guest Workers

Rezwan Bajwa Nov 19, 2005 interacts: 14

There exists a strong resentment amongst the immigrant youth against the German system; I see a highly polarised society

Nostalgia, Inc.

Zeno Nov 10, 2005 interacts: 6

Jaipur: where thakurs can get you bumped off for a variety of reasons.

Earthquake and New Tears for a Paradise Lost

Ras Siddiqui Oct 31, 2005 interacts: 11

Any immigrant’s distance dilemma is rejuvenated by sudden reminders and the weight of memories of a home that no longer exists. And sometimes like being in an earthquake, one is jolted into thinking back and to shed new tears for one’s peopl

South Asians in the USA

Nasim Hassan Oct 26, 2005 interacts: 14

It is obvious that South Asians will leave a mark on the America. But what would be their contribution to the patchwork of American cultural landscape?

Immigrants: Na Idhar ke, Na uddhar ke

Batool Ali Oct 5, 2005 interacts: 81

I moved to Canada four years ago - at the time, we - my spouse and I - were determined to 'make a life' in Toronto or live there permanently. However circumstances and family obligations impelled us to move back to Pakistan eventually.

Immigrant

Ali Hashmi Jun 12, 2005 interacts: 30

Immigrating (or returning) is an intensely personal decision that is based on a myriad of factors, most of them unique to each individual. Most of us, though, wonder, from time to time, how things might have been had we taken another fork in the road of l

Rolling Stones

Humeira Ajaz Mar 16, 2005 interacts: 30

She had the loudest cry I ever heard. And she was perfect. My husband and I were ecstatic, and we wanted to hug and kiss the whole world. Unfortunately, there was not even a single person we could call on to share the joy of this miracle. It was only our

Karma Camry

Jay Prakash Jan 14, 2005 interacts: 42

Even a car can be trapped by the web of culture that we weave....

Dance of the Seasons / American Amavasya

N Bajpai Dec 7, 2004 interacts: 30

Diya dances light
From jack-o-lantern
On our American
Amavasya

Musings of an Immigrant on Culture and Identity

Jai A Pathak Oct 5, 2004 interacts: 35

At home, the Indian side dominates, while outside the home, in college, at the workplace or in social situations, the American side dominates. This seemingly dual identity arises precisely because the community actively resists, and indeed comes up with i

Twilight of a Passionate Love Affair

Umair Raja Aug 9, 2004 interacts: 124

O Canada!...Our home and native land!...True patriot love in all thy sons command……

One Roof, Two Worlds

Karamatullah K Ghori May 1, 2004 interacts: 2

New immigrants, they say, carry a lot of old baggage. Well, not in the literal sense but metaphorically.

Letter to an American Muslim

Ali A Minai Jan 26, 2004 interacts: 224

Now you are as American as the Poles who came to work like slaves in the steel mills of Pittsburgh, the Irish who escaped persecution in their homeland to inhabit ghettoes in Boston and Philadelphia … Now it is your turn to do what it takes to arriv

Pakistani Detainee Enjoyed Deep US Roots

David Rohde Aug 18, 2003 interacts: 23

To American investigators, the father and son represent a dangerous new type of Qaeda sympathizer affluent Pakistanis with long histories of shuttling in and out of the United States