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Articles with tag: ignorance

Suicide Note of a HIV Patient

Ali Kamran   Sep 17, 2007   interacts: 27

This was the first time I ever saw a HIV infected person. Before that I was ignorant to the extent that I thought of AIDS as an African Disease.

The Village of Kheruddin

Syed Ali   Oct 16, 2003   interacts: 30

You will see the shine of lust in the eyes of men and women and morality will stand aside on that day.

Spare Us The Smoke, Please!

Madiha Waris   May 26, 2003   interacts: 52

non-smokers seriously need to start realizing their right to health and safety

The New Jews

Bina Shah   Mar 8, 2003   interacts: 173

In this world, where Muslims are the new Jews, where Pakistanis are terrorists, visa cheaters and total bastards, What am I?

Indigo X

Haroon Moghul   Nov 21, 2002   interacts: 27

No more shalwar, no more kameez...

Marital Rape

Aurangzeb Haneef   Jan 8, 2001   interacts: 432

A man can’t rape his wife

My Identity

Godot    Jul 10, 2000   interacts: 56

So, what is my identity?

Fire Alarm

Anaamika    Dec 11, 1998   interacts: 11

As religious fundamentalists turn movie critics, what’s next for women?

Miracle Workers at Shifa

Umair A Khan   Nov 18, 1998   interacts: 13

Battling disease and taboos: from male genitalia and female sexuality to kidney stones and hypertension.

Blasphemy

Ras Siddiqui   May 27, 1998   interacts: 2

One helpless Bishop with a gun in his hand...

The Good, the Bad and the Anxiety

Bad Girl   Jan 27, 1998   interacts: 60

Can’t we make choices about how to lead our lives without someone out there thinking that we are breaking a religious or cultural law? Who decides what these laws are anyway?

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