Author Archives: Kyla Pasha

Ahmadi killings – we are all guilty

By Kyla Pasha | Published: June 3, 2010
“Sh*t, that’s not good, that killing, I mean, I know they were kafirs, but that’s not Islam!”
Posted in Columnist, Current Affairs, south asia, terrorism | Tagged , | 8 Comments

Faisal Shahzad: actually, Pakistan is a great ally on the war on terror

By Kyla Pasha | Published: May 11, 2010
“Faisal Shahzad, may the lice of a 1000 camels infest your ass."
Posted in Columnist, Current Affairs, south asia, terrorism | Tagged , , , , | 3 Comments

Status

By Kyla Pasha | Published: March 7, 2010
Never, there were never, dragons.
Posted in Arts & Literature, poetry | 1 Comment

Water

By Kyla Pasha | Published: January 29, 2010
flecked with the debris of dead civilizations and people
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Ashura explosions: sanctimonious murder

By Kyla Pasha | Published: December 29, 2009
We become Yazid.
Posted in Columnist, Religion, essays, islam, terrorism | Tagged , , , | 1 Comment

Moon Market explosions

By Kyla Pasha | Published: December 12, 2009
All the shopkeepers that they've been trading with for 20 years are dead.
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Reflecting on Sheema Kermani: nostalgia and struggle in Pakistani feminism

By Kyla Pasha | Published: November 23, 2009
The fire of the women's movement was ignited then, when women were flogged in public squares for adultery.
Posted in Columnist, feminism, politics, south asia, women | Tagged , , | 2 Comments

Potohar

By Kyla Pasha | Published: October 19, 2009
The rivers are dry and open. There are grooves
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Terror in Pakistan: us against them, them against us, fade out

By Kyla Pasha | Published: October 15, 2009
I can sing "Pak Sarzameen" just as well as "The Star-Spangled Banner." I can put my hand on my heart.
Posted in Society, politics, terrorism | Tagged | 3 Comments

The Day Saved

By Kyla Pasha | Published: July 26, 2009
Wonder woman has nothing to do. Sat on her back porch with her underwear
Posted in Arts & Literature, poetry | 1 Comment