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Articles with tag: conflict

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 “Tomb of the Unknown Soldier” every country should have the “Tomb of the Unknown Worker”.

The Spirit of Indus Valley

Sarah Zahid   Aug 14, 2009   interacts: 138

All the major conflicts in Punjab revolve around the three words -- Zan Zar Zameen, people kill, have century old feuds because of these reasons.

Collision of Cultures

Faris Kasim   Feb 20, 2009   interacts: 22

The evening's highlight was the band "Call" from Lahore. Suddenly people began running away from the main gate. I went forward and found 20 to 50 middle-aged bearded men in shalwar-qameez.

Oh My God

Shoaib Daniyal   Feb 18, 2009   interacts: 107

Every few days Muslims, Hindus, Christians, Sikhs or barbers pop up out of nowhere claiming that their sensibilities have been hurt.

Solving Amarnath: A New Hope in Kashmir

Murtaza Shibli   Jul 2, 2008   interacts: 79

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.

Deweaponise Your Thoughts

Shandana Minhas   May 28, 2007   interacts: 18

“..Because of the perpetual — and all-too-real — fear of being hurt, or of death, or of unbearable loss, or even of “mere” humiliation, each and every one of us, the conflict’s citizens, its prisoners, trim down our own

Of Men And Rats

Sanaullah Khan   Nov 2, 2006   interacts: 13

So it was rats who challenged the human supremacy. Unlike other species they neither ran away from human settlements nor let themselves domesticated; rather, they preferred to stay close … just 14 ft down.

Darfur - Why UN Troops are not the Solution!

Sajjad Khan   Sep 18, 2006   interacts: 34

The sanctity of human life cannot be simply protected by military means or UN resolutions, it requires a transformational change in our collective values and our political actions.

Is Iran Headed for War?

Ameer Hamza   Mar 31, 2006   interacts: 122

If history is a good judge then I can say with some surety that Pakistan will allow Americans to attack Iran from Pakistan border. In fact, it might well become a proxy state for the Americans like it did during the Afghan war against Russia

International Law: Applicability and Real Politik in the Middle East

Nisreen Zain   Jul 19, 2004   interacts: 72

For the first time since 1948, an Israeli prime minister or government elect has publicly stated what the Palestinians have been crying out for years

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