17 reasons to wear a headscarf
Posted in Islam, cultural, gender on March 28, 2008 | 3 Comments »
My latest post is up at Religion Dispatches.
Archive for the ‘cultural’ Category
Strawberry Shortcake and Charlie & Lola
Posted in children, cultural, gender on March 11, 2008 | 11 Comments »
I picked up a DVD of Strawberry Shortcake (Strawberry Shortcake meets spring) in a moment of desperation at a Columbia, MD baby thrift store a few months ago. I regretted spending that $8, so I’d like to warn you not to. Strawberry Shortcake is not my ideal role model for Raihana. Her primary characteristic is [...]
Pakistani popular culture timeline
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.
The nice white hero/ine
Posted in USA, cultural, race on October 11, 2007 | 4 Comments »
This is hilarious: almost helps make up for the many many times I’ve had to sit through Hollywood depictions of the wonderful, white person who helps rescue the Blacks, the Latino/as and the funny looking people all over the world. His heroic Whiteness absorbs all their colour, her pretty Anglo-ness provides an always superior backdrop [...]
Unforgivable advertising
Posted in USA, cultural, gender on September 22, 2007 | No Comments »
P. Diddy is sick, why does he flaunt it?
The gaze and Muslim women
Posted in Islam, cultural, gender on September 21, 2007 | 2 Comments »
I found my way to this page - the project produced in a Skidmore class - via the page on Western Representations of Muslim women and The Veil and Veiling. Take a look.
Lahore: the most underappreciated city in the world
Posted in Pakistan, cultural, desi on August 27, 2007 | 1 Comment »
A beautiful evocative piece by Asad Raza.
Excerpt:
“Lahore is the conservatory of a lost world whose traces have been largely erased from more touristic destinations, like Delhi and Agra - I will come to the reasons for this below. The world in general has few cities that interweave so seamlessly a great vitality today (the city [...]
3 movies: Pan’s Labyrinth, Baghban, Transporter (2)
Posted in cultural, desi on August 22, 2007 | 7 Comments »
<<<<<<<SPOILER ALERT>>>>>>>
Svend and I are hopelessly behind in our movie-watching, so we don’t even try to keep up with them as they come out. Still, I try to regularly expose my own inability to keep up with cultural developments by providing rough and ready reviews of books and movies. If you wish to avoid spoilers, - well, [...]
Qurratul Ain Hyder passes away
Posted in Urdu, cultural, desi on August 22, 2007 | No Comments »
The great author Qurratul Ain Hyder (whose father was Sajjad Hyder Yaldaram) passed away at the age of 80: see Indscribe’s post on the subject.
Interesting desi movies
Posted in Pakistan, cultural on August 20, 2007 | No Comments »
Ahmedn8 has some great new desi movies for you here. Check them out, as well as the great Sangam playlists.
