By AT Reader on August 15, 2010
by Rahil Khan
While the scope of the destruction caused by the floods in Pakistan is heart-wrenching, the relief efforts are even more frustrating. The way the worst crisis in Pakistan was handled by the government, especially by our President Zardari, you would know that they are simply not competent to deal with the scale of [...]
Posted in Opinion | Tagged Ban Ki-moon, desensitivity, drones, flood, government corruption, international aid, Pakistan, relief, United Nations, Zardari
By Kutibh Chihabi on August 9, 2010
My father happily walks into my room handing me a mug of tea, hoping it would make me smile. As I take a whiff, I smell the aroma that teases me from a distance on my desk. Just like the smell of pie teases passerby’s from the kitchen windowsill in Saturday morning cartoons. The aroma [...]
Posted in myIslam, Opinion | Tagged conditions for life, existence, gas, life, liquid, solid, states, steam, tea, tea party
By Adina Farrukh on April 7, 2010
Karachi, Pakistan can be summed up in two words: insufferable heat. The faint, bitter smell of sweat lingers in the atmosphere; the stifling heat is almost tangible. Clothes cling obstinately to bodies and the feeling of being perpetually filthy prevails, no matter the number of cold showers one takes.
Karachi is also extremely polluted. An “urban [...]
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By Adina Farrukh on March 8, 2010
The idea of a day devoted solely to celebrating and recognizing women’s achievements, International Women’s Day, was first proposed a hundred years ago by Clara Zetkin at the second International Conference of Working Women in Copenhagen, Denmark. This was in the midst of an era of turbulent and changing times in a rapidly industrializing world. [...]
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By Raouf Iqbal on February 19, 2010
Over the past weekend I was fortunate enough to participate in an event that was both inspirational and educational. The event I am referring to was MSA West, hosted at the University of California Davis. After getting through the near 7 even hour drive there my expectations were high. Because after traveling in a car [...]
Posted in Community, Opinion | Tagged 11, brotherhood, intention, irvine11, MSA, MSA West, reflections, stand for the 11, UC Davis, UCD, UCI, UCLA, UMMA
Keith Olbermann Special Comment: There Is No ‘Ground Zero Mosque’
By Yahya Fahimuddin on August 18, 2010
“Becasue this is American damnit. And in America when someone comes for your neighbor or his Bible or his Torah, or his Athesis Manifesto or his Quran, you and I do what our fathers did, and our grandmothers did, and our founders did, you and I speak up! “
-Countdown with Keith Olbermann
Posted in Community, News, Opinion | Tagged al-talib, bigotry, cordoba, cordoba house, ground zero mosque, islamaphobia, JFK, keith olbermann, mosque, new york, newt gingrich, park51, red scare, special comment, triumpalism, UCLA | Leave a response