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 [...]
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 [...]
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.
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 [...]
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.
Posted in Uncategorized on September 25, 2007 | No Comments »
Dear Edward Said died today 4 years ago.
Posted in Uncategorized on September 22, 2007 | 2 Comments »
From Reuters health (ht-Din).
Posted in USA, cultural, gender on September 22, 2007 | No Comments »
P. Diddy is sick, why does he flaunt it?
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 [...]
Posted in Islam, USA, gender, spiritual on September 21, 2007 | 1 Comment »
You will love these poems at Southern Muslimah’s blog.
