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Rehan Ansari

Ich bin ein Mussulman Dec 31, 1969

the conquest of the Middle East is only a smart aleck way of referring to what is true

Calculate This Dec 31, 1969

What Would Baynard Rustin Say? Dec 31, 1969

In our casual GAP knockoffs and Old Navy clothes, we convey the idea that we are rebelling against suburban middle class proprieties

The Urdu Press in New York Dec 31, 1969

We never thought we would flee America

Look Ahead In Terror Dec 31, 1969

In college I decided that that I would learn Pakistani history through Faiz Ahmed Faiz’s poems.

Kissinger of Death Dec 31, 1969

Bush may as well have chosen Osama bin Laden to head the commission

This Fall Dec 31, 1969

Is this how it felt to live in Rome? At the start of the decline, I am sure things were very good.

Wagah and Thandi Hawa Dec 31, 1969

Immigrants All Dec 31, 1969

Clinton began his talk by saying, ’We are all immigrants’

Shadowlines (Part I) Dec 31, 1969

Ehsan Jafri was killed, his decapitated head carried around the streets.

Coney Al Jazeera Dec 31, 1969

If bin Laden and the rest of the mujaheedin had NOT been funded to fight the Soviets, would the Soviet Union NOT have collapsed?

Abr ka Tukra Dec 31, 1969

I was in love with a woman who looked like Waheeda Rehman

Drawing Palestine Dec 31, 1969

what can happen to someone who thinks he has all the power

Tattoo diary: Queens, New York Dec 31, 1969

Where is the South Asian image in film and television?

Jinnah’s Ustaadi Dec 31, 1969

Karachi is to Bombay what a potted plant is to the nursery it came from.

Patthar Ka Sheher (City of Stone) Dec 31, 1969

The closer you get to the coast the richer you get

The Brahmin Warrior Dec 31, 1969

He found Hey Ram disturbing, but not in a good way.

The Laying to Waste of the World: a Memory of I.H Burney Dec 31, 1969

Anything is better than Bhutto, he said

Reporting on Afghanistan Dec 31, 1969

One Afghan dies every 14 minutes.

Whitman’s World Dec 31, 1969

Some of my students are preparing for deployment

Bahr-e-Zulmaat Dec 31, 1969

a mother who wears the hijab suggested to her 28-year-old daughter she take it off

The Vedic Solution Dec 31, 1969

can we choose the caste we come back as?

Lo, A Tint Cashmere!/Lo, A Rose Dec 31, 1969

it addresses Krishna, Shiv, Allah the Merciful, Jesus and Mary, but all mothers and sons must read it and so must President Musharrif and Prime Minister Vajpayee

Roshanara Begum in Lahore Karachi ISLAAMABAD Dec 31, 1969

So you think I can tempt a nun

Sheher Ka Larka, 1947 Dec 31, 1969

he saw Amritsar aflame from his passing train

A Conversation With Abdullah Hussein (Part One) Dec 31, 1969

Udaas Naslein is a novel I have heard about as I would a rumour.

Pico’quant Tales Dec 31, 1969

A case of bad writing versus good writing

The Young Philosopher Dec 31, 1969

who can resist a Pakistani philosopher

Lahore Diaries XV Dec 31, 1969

Sex Karo Gay?

Lahore Diaries XI Dec 31, 1969

one is always driving behind a lorry carrying hay

Length and Breadth Dec 31, 1969

tum tu mujhe kahin ka na chooro gi

Lahore Diaries V: Twilight in Lahore Dec 31, 1969

What they have done is build the roads of Gulberg, the financial district and the center of shopping

Very Indian Eyes Dec 31, 1969

We take it for granted that our pop icons will be Indian

Lahore is Bombay Dec 31, 1969

Dish antennas, sexy DJs and breathless Lahoris

Lahore Diaries III Dec 31, 1969

So why was this county divided?
That was a mistake. Sorry. It won’t happen again.

Liberty Nites Dec 31, 1969

Every night I pray to You to save me.
Every day You betray me

Kargil: A view from Pakistan Dec 31, 1969

What gives in the mountains?

The News of a Kidnapping Dec 31, 1969

The Najam Sethi saga unfolds

Diary Notes: Basant Dec 31, 1969

When Lahori desires are up in the sky.

Looking Through Glass Dec 31, 1969

... he serves on M.A Jinnah and, yes, pops the question ...

Waiting Upon the Prime Miniterial Burp Dec 31, 1969

In Lahore we are expecting to hear a burp

An Interview with Deepa Mehta Dec 31, 1969

Of partition, hybrid filmmaking and the lack of inhibitions

An Interview with Naseeruddin Shah Dec 31, 1969

3 pages of Manto tells you what you want to know [about Partition]

Conversation with Mukul Kesavan Dec 31, 1969

What was your Akbar S. Ahmed thinking casting Christopher Lee as Jinnah

Pakistan Cinema 1947-1997: A Review Dec 31, 1969

Gazdar gives a first rate literary analysis of Maula Jat against the backdrop of Zia’s Martial Law

+ add to my favorite writers

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First article: Oct 7, 1998

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