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Impotency of Critique in Pakistan
While adding some comic relief to the otherwise bleak socio-economic and political landscape of Pakistan, does Beyghairat Brigade’s viral song Aalu Anday miss the mark?
Topi – A Short Film
Amidst the turbulent partition of India circa 1947, a young Hindu boy has a chance encounter with a stranger.
Ben Ali Returns to Tunisia
And Tunisians get pissed.
The Mall of Mecca, or a New Era of Growth?
While the Hajj has been, since its inception and throughout history, a commercial endeavor as much as a religious endeavor, these recent changes offer an unsettling secularizing view of the holy cities where profit trumps spirituality. What does this mean for for one of Islam’s five essential pillars?
Death on the streets of Sana’a
A first hand account of Sunday’s protest in the Yemeni capital Sana’a; pro-government forces attacked and left at least 25 dead on the Sunday and up to 100 in the days that have passed since.
Yemeni woman faces the bullets of the state
Protests in Yemen are in their 8th month, as government forces continue to attack protesters. This women is not cowed by the bullets.
Today Was a Good Day – Libya Rebel Remix
If the Libyan rebels get a theme song, it must be Ice Cube’s classic joint.
London Looting + Syrian Revolution =
This YouTube video, entitled “SYRIANAIRWAYS LONDON” brings together two current events quite vividly.
This is not the London Spring
The riots in London and the rest of the UK are not inspired by the Arab uprisings. They are mindless acts of violence directed against their own communities.
Our Failure with Bahrain
Bahrain: An island kingdom in the Arabian Gulf where the Shia Muslim majority are ruled by a family from the Sunni minority. Where people fighting for democratic rights broke the barriers of fear, only to find themselves alone and crushed.
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