Articles with tag: activism

Save Pakistan!

Usama Khilji Mar 14, 2009 interacts: 186

Skeptics will say that there is no future left for Pakistan. They are wrong. Pakistan certainly has a future; it is every single one of us. It is you, and it is me.

Gaza: A New Awakening in the American-Arab Youth

Yasmin Qureshi Jan 21, 2009 interacts: 11

During the election campaign many discussions centered on why Muslims have no voice in the campaign. Some analysts concluded it was because Muslims are not part of the ‘American story’.

Student Politics in Pakistan: A Profile

Nadeem F Paracha Feb 28, 2008 interacts: 130

Student politics in Pakistan has had a history of mixed fortunes and shades. Though extremely tumultuous, it is also a history of rich democratic traditions.

Rantings of an Aid Worker

Zehra Rizvi Feb 17, 2005 interacts: 10

I am of course, in this mindset that once D and I leave and the structures that we will set up will collapse. How the fuck did I get so colonial? What is the middle ground here for me?

The NGO Trap

Ibrahim Malick Oct 25, 2004 interacts: 21

No one seems to question the fundamental concept of NGO and how it often plays the role of quasi bureaucracy un-intentionally legitimizing corrupt leaders, oppressive governments, and imperialist structure.

The Criminal

Dean Ali Sep 11, 2004 interacts: 5

The old man leaned back, warmth and happiness flooding through him like some kind of magical IV. He’d succeeded!! Paper ballots counted by hand! A few votes, it was true, but votes that would be counted. He’d made a difference!

Piece of What?

Shandana Minhas Aug 21, 2002 interacts: 149

I left home for a gathering of peaceniks and ended up at the social event of the year. The card in my hand said ‘Arundhati Roy: keynote speaker: seminar on peace and freedom in south Asia’