Posted in academic, gender on September 30, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Pushing the shopping cart through the fascinating (cheap) aisles at Tuesday Morning, Raihana heard the familiar sounds of baby babble. I saw her prick up her ears, so, to keep her entertained, I prowled in the direction of the baby.
There, pushing another cart with a child in it, I met a mother. We fell to [...]
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Posted in Pakistan, fun, religion on September 30, 2007 | 1 Comment »
This was posted on August 27, 2006 at the old Koonj.
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On shab-e-meraj, all three of us brother and sisters would pray 100 nafil rakaat on the kottha because that was the thing to do on shab-e-meraj. Yes, indeed, 10-year old Koonj hammered away on her jainamaz. And no, no reflecting on the meaning of namaz [...]
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Posted in Urdu on September 27, 2007 | 5 Comments »
For fellow lovers of Urdu and Farsi, here are excellent online Farsi and Urdu dictionaries (the latter is created by the Pakistani government. Wonders will never cease.) Hat-tip to Sahil Warsi.
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Posted in gender, tagged gender on September 26, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Well, I’ll be –. The gender gap in happiness. (ht-my blog-reader, a.)
Excerpt:
“Since the 1960s, men have gradually cut back on activities they find unpleasant. They now work less and relax more. …
“These trends are reminiscent of the idea of “the second shift,” the name of a 1989 book by the sociologist Arlie Hochschild, arguing that [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on September 26, 2007 | No Comments »
After Lee Bollinger invited the Iranian President Ahmedinejad to speak at Columbia University and then in the introduction called him a “cruel and petty dictator,” Iranian academics have issued a letter to the Columbia University president, asking him ten questions of their own.
And some Columbia University students have some questions for Bollinger too.
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Posted in Uncategorized on September 25, 2007 | No Comments »
Dear Edward Said died today 4 years ago.
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Posted in Uncategorized on September 22, 2007 | 2 Comments »
From Reuters health (ht-Din).
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Posted in USA, cultural, gender on September 22, 2007 | No Comments »
P. Diddy is sick, why does he flaunt it?
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Posted in blogging, fun on September 21, 2007 | 8 Comments »
Generally, I hold perfectly snooty, starchy principles about trivial things - such as refraining from watching reality shows, using terms like LOL and ROFL, - and until now, about facebook.
I still refrain from LOL and ROFL because we use them when we are NOT laughing out loud or rolling on the floor (usually they are [...]
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Posted in Islam, USA, gender, spiritual on September 21, 2007 | 1 Comment »
You will love these poems at Southern Muslimah’s blog.
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