Adil Najam
Many of us living in North America (though not all it seems) celebrated Eid yesterday (Wednesday). Some others in Europe and elsewhere are celebrating today, while others celebrated yesterday. Most in Pakistan (but, again, not all) will celebrate tomorrow (Friday). Hajis are finishing off Hajj as I write. To all of them we at […]

Owais Mughal
Last year we had a post on Finding Your Dream ‘Bakra’ Online. The trend continues this year and as Eid approaches, so do bakras.
And they are now invading the internet too.
A good friend of mine has forwarded me this ad.
It turns out that now you can buy your bakra from the comfort of your […]

Raza Rumi
Fahmida Riaz is Pakistan’s premier female poet. She became a sensation in the early 1970s when her bold, feminist poetry created a stir in the convention ridden world of Urdu poetry. Riaz was expressive, sometimes explicit, and politically charged. She created a completely new genre in Urdu poetry with a post-modern sensibility. Later, she […]

Adil Najam
There are times when it is not enough to feel outraged. One has to speak out. To express the outrage. To speak out, and to be heard, against that which is wrong. Indeed, there are times in life when it is difficult to determine exactly what is right. Reality, after all, is complex and […]

Muslim Rizvi
Last year we had a discussion on Halloween in Pakistan and this year we’ll try to see the issues faced by the Pakistani community when they try to celebrate or try to shy away from Halloween while living abroad.

It has been boiling inside of me since that fateful day when I went to a […]

Raza Rumi
“O you who believe, fasting is decreed for you, as it was decreed for those before you, that you may attain salvation.” Al Quran- [2:183]
Earlier posts on Ramzan Sharif have prompted me to write a few lines that may not be contested by readers but I think in all fairness we need to be […]

Adil Najam
Bilal Zuberi’s wonderful post on Ramzan in Pakistan has inspired me to finally write about Rooh Afza - something I have been meaning to do for a while. Bilal’s post was made all the more poignant for me because I spent the first week of Ramzan in Pakistan. As Bilal mentioned, one of the […]