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Over 2000 people have been massacred in Nigeria, but do you care?
As world leaders gathered at the French capital to march in solidarity with France following a brutal attack on its citizens by terrorists, something far more atrocious and horrifying in scale and...
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In Saudi Arabia, oil will always be thicker than blood
It was the year 2000 and I was a young man studying in Canada. Having spent a majority of my life in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, for a change, I was enjoying the atmosphere of a country where people...
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What if she didn’t want to be a ‘chaand si bahu’?
Her parents have told her to get ready. A family is about to visit their home to ‘see’ their daughter. The parents are all set to welcome the guests; the prospective in-laws of the girl. The guests...
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Ayesha Sana, behind the scenes!
With her glamorous attire, overdone makeup, and studio lights shining bright on her face, we see a lady sitting on a couch, speaking in a soft, polite tone, getting ready to appear on television and...
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Is Hamza Ali Abbasi the only one brave enough to broach the ‘Ahmadi question’...
Pakistan has a complicated relationship with one of its most bankable stars, Hamza Ali Abbasi. For we might love putting him in the line of fire for his over-emphatic, often ill-informed, posts on...
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If Hindi is a threat to our national and regional languages, what about English?
Doraemon (a Japanese manga anime dubbed in Hindi) is blamed for the corruption of our children’s own language as we continue to speak a mish-mash of Urdu, English and our respective regional languages....
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Benazir Bhutto can wear western attire at Oxford and be praised for her...
One can often witness how wearing hijab becomes an obstacle for women here in Pakistan. Be it at work, school or university, you will always be judged and scrutinised for everything you do. However, I...
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“Are you a Muslim of Ramazan?”
The Holy month of Ramazan has been shadowing the heads of Muslims for a while now. This is the month of spirituality, in which Muslims have the chance to build their characters, renew their faith...
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“Like father, like son”: Are you hitting, scolding your kids because they are...
Recently, my friend narrated a story to me which shook me to the core and instigated me to write this blog. A week ago, she witnessed a close relative of hers scolding and hitting his 10-year-old...
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Promiscuous hypocrisy: “Yaar, she has already slept with me. How can I marry...
I casually asked my friend when we met at a coffee shop last week, “So, when are you going to marry her?” “What do you mean?” My friend was probably not ready for this question. “I mean, when will...
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