June 20th marks the World Refugee Day.
Wars, natural disasters and violence have forced millions of people around the world to flee their homes. Whether it is the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, India-Pakistan dispute over Kashmir or the recent Afghan refugee crisis, societies have been torn into a million pieces; civilians have suffered at the cost of state [...]
She went to MIT and Brandeis, married a Brigham and Women’s physician, made her home in Boston, cared for her children, and raised money for charities. Aafia Siddiqui was a normal woman living a normal American life. Until the FBI called her a terror (Katherine Ozment, Boston Magazine)
When the world first witnessed the images of [...]
Imagine yourself as a human rights advocate located in Afghanistan. One afternoon, you meet with a Taliban leader to negotiate getting a school built for women. However, before you could progress further with your development efforts, you are caught by American soldiers on charges of being linked to a Terrorist organization; Al Qaeda. You are [...]
What is it that drives certain people to proclaim themselves as God? Why do we allow ourselves to be manipulated by opportunistic, sexual predators who play with our souls; our mind to feed onto our bodies? The case at hand is the tale of one such predator; Wayne Bent aka Michael Travesser; the leader of [...]
There are so many skillful people, but none can compare with my mother.
There are so many knowledgeable people, but none can equal with my mother.
There are so many people skilled in song and dance, but none can compete with my mother.
This beautiful folk song is intrinsic to the Nari culture; an ethnic group [...]
A looming threat from Al Qaeda & the Taliban militia and an in-flux of Afghan refugees and internally displaced people (IDPs) has left Pakistan in a worst refugee crisis since the partition in 1947. US led drone strikes and Pakistan military’s onslaught against the Talibans has crippled a great mass of Afghan and Pakistani civilians. [...]
Mohandas Ghandi, political and spiritual leader in India
“If we are to teach real peace in this world, and if we are to carry on a real war against war, we shall have to begin with the children.”
Violence; the 21st century first aid kit. Whether we are examining the reasoning behind the war waged on Afghanistan [...]
Another case of a young girl stripped off her rights and married to a man 6 times her age.
Current location: Saudi Arabia.
Time and time again, news comes ringing to our ears of families selling off their children for monetary gains. Entwined within these horrifying deals, are both the mothers who have gone through nine months [...]
In order to establish the arguments for Muslim women’s rights today, it would prove vital to go back in time and analyze how women’s secondary status was instituted within the Islamic societies.
Whether it is highly acclaimed religious theologians or experts in the field of law, it is impossible to formulate a completely authentic interpretation of [...]
