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Tag Archives: pakistan
Moon Market explosions
All the shopkeepers that they've been trading with for 20 years are dead.
Reflecting on Sheema Kermani: nostalgia and struggle in Pakistani feminism
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 Also tagged dance, sheema kermani 2 Comments
Terror in Pakistan: us against them, them against us, fade out
I can sing "Pak Sarzameen" just as well as "The Star-Spangled Banner." I can put my hand on my heart.
Her Name Escapes Me
It is no surprise that a religiously charged people murder their daughters with impunity.
Posted in Arts & Literature, essays, south asia, women Also tagged gender, india, mis, samrat singh, sexism Leave a comment
Collateral damage: protesting the Swat flogging
As they lay there, inert, the other women shouted, “Cowards, answer! Answer for the lashes!”
Unity, faith, discipline, terror and the Manawan Police Training School
Rahman Malik is shooting his rhetorical guns into the air much as the security forces fired their rifles from the roof of the training facility after it had been regained from the attackers. His tone is celebratory.
Standoff between the Pakistan People’s party and… everyone else
The people led. It was huge numbers that were on the road to Islamabad when, stopped at Gujranwala with Nawaz Sharif’s caravan by around 3:30 a.m., the ripple went through the caravans that the Chief would be restored.
Sri Lankan cricket players attacked in Pakistan
Here's an irony: The Sri Lankan team left their country in a state of war to come play cricket in a country where the war is utterly unrelated to them, and promptly got shot at.
After Mumbai: India, Pakistan staring across the border
Of all the “enemies of Islam” there are out there, the bestest ones are Jewish. So I prayed and I prayed - please don’t let the Jews die, please let them escape somehow.
Ashura explosions: sanctimonious murder