Posted in spiritual on December 30, 2007 | 7 Comments »
An extremely belated Eid mubarak and Merry Christmas to readers.
And now 2007 is coming to an end.
Many of you are hoping for a better, more triumphant, happier, more personally satisfying, more spiritually fulfilling year. 2008 is an enormous blank right now. It’s enormous, and it’s a blank. From a Muslim perspective - or from most [...]
Posted in Pakistan, political on December 28, 2007 | 22 Comments »
Pakistan is on my mind. My family, relatives and friends in Pakistan are on my mind. The poor are on my mind, since the hangama on the streets will obviously wreak more havoc in their lives than anyone else’s. Average people aren’t able to find petrol/gas to get to work. The fear of demonstrations and [...]
Posted in Pakistan, political on December 28, 2007 | 5 Comments »
Just days after the murder of the artist Gulgee and his wife, Benazir Bhutto has been gunned down.
I was in elementary school when one-time prime minister Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto was executed under General Zia’s martial law in April 1979. Less than a decade later Benazir Bhutto took on the mantle of her father and became [...]
Posted in spiritual on December 25, 2007 | 8 Comments »
These days, we’re holidaying with friends in the DC area. It’s incredibly satisfying to know that every day, you’ll be seeing familiar faces, exchanging ideas, feelings, memories with them. You won’t be spending the day in your own personal orbit.
At times, though, you wonder where *you* are.
Socializing with kindred souls is spiritual, emotional, fulfilling. It’s [...]
Posted in Islam, academic on December 12, 2007 | 6 Comments »
Deadline coming up!
The 3rd Muslim Studies Conference
Michigan State University
East Lansing, Michigan
Conference Title: “Muslims, Race and the Public Sphere”
Conference Dates: April 3-5, 2008
Abstract Submission Deadline: December 15, 2007 (in three days!)
Keynote Speakers: Mahmood Mamdani, Geneive Abdo, and Howard Winant
More details.
Posted in Pakistan, political on December 6, 2007 | 7 Comments »
Because we should honour and attend to the voices of those who are in the trenches, as does Chapati Mystery. (hat-tip to him for these links).
Rise of Pakistan
The Emergency Times
Teeth Maestro
Academics for freedom
Posted in Pakistan, cultural on December 5, 2007 | 1 Comment »
This website originated from this group and gives nostalgic souls a timeline of popular culture, including news, songs, soaps, movies, and sports from the 1950s to the 2000s. It’s a bit clunky, but if you’re desperate, you’ll make do.
Posted in USA, Urdu, children, poetry, political on December 4, 2007 | 10 Comments »
I chanced upon this heartbreaking poem here when looking for children’s literature in Urdu. The barefoot child is hurrying along, her small wrist grasped firmly by a uniformed (probably American) soldier’s hand. She is holding a bundle high–she is small, so she is trying to hold it up so it doesn’t touch the ground.
Mama, look!
Get [...]
Posted in children, desi on December 3, 2007 | 18 Comments »
I need to create:
1. Urdu foam letters that are safe for a toddler.
2. my own board books
3. burn CDs with Urdu children’s songs.
Can someone tell me how to find the materials, and easy ways to get these things done in minimal time?
