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Ahmad Bilal

I guess there is not much that I can say about me, because I am still going through the process of discovering myself, which may last a lifetime... maybe even more. I am from Pakistan, but these days I am living in solitude somewhere in suburbs of Seattle, in the US northwest. To pay my bills in the capitalist world, I am working as a software engineer at Microsoft. Besides that, I am finishing masters, and planning to do an MBA to keep myself busy. After that, whatever time I get for myself is spent making music with a 6-string electric guitar, sketching semi-abstract ideas with oil pastels, writing random thoughts or driving on the country roads with 60’s psychedelic rock. As a teenager, I was pretty much a typical long-haired anarchist, finding satisfaction in challenging the established beliefs fed to our generation. I am still very much a dreamer, and still very cynic, and a certain restlessness is an integral part of my being, which wouldn’t leave me till the much anticipated end of the movie of my life. Peace.


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Articles by Ahmad Bilal

Another Lal Masjid in the Making?

Ahmad Bilal Jun 8, 2008 interacts: 106 Views: 8184

The walls were filled with anti-west hate slogans, “Al-Jihad Al-Qital” (holy war, bloody battle) written everywhere around the central mosque. This was not the Bahawalpur I knew.

The Collage of Modern Life

Ahmad Bilal Jun 17, 2004 interacts: 14 Views: 3439

The messed up conundrum: Stick to the scale. Even rock music is for sale. There is an E and an F and fiddling around B, and then back to E. Is it the perfect formula for ecstasy?

False Alarm

Ahmad Bilal Jan 26, 2004 interacts: 25 Views: 4861

This true story is about how terrorism, coupled with an odd coincidence has affected my life.


Ahmad  Bilal

Ahmad Bilal

  • Articles on Chowk: 3
  • First article: Jan 26, 2004
  • Latest article: Jun 8, 2008
  • Times read on Chowk: 16484

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