Eye Metaphors in Urdu

My wife had to compile a list of eye metaphors in Urdu with English translation and meaning and she was able to compile quite a list. She gave me persmission to post this so that most of you who might want to learn little bit of urdu can look at this list and figure out […]

Raunchy 10th Century Islamicate Literature

The Adventures of Amir Hamza, literature about the Prophet’s uncle, which everyone, including Muslims, have been going ga-ga over, merely reaffirms the fact that the myopist, Islamic-history-prudes are out of touch not just with reality but their own history. At Ultrabrown there is just one raunchy passage involving Amar Ayyar, Hamza’s trickster friend. Way raunchier […]

Pakistan’s billboard art

from pakistaniat.com:

Original Post at Pakistan’s billboard art by Asian Window » Pakistan

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15th Century Illustration of Prophet Muhammad (P.B.U.H)

I recently received an email that asked me if I could sign a petition that asks for removal of Prophet Muhammad’s (P.B.U.H) illustration from Wikipedia.
Here is the illustration that is making quite a few people angry:
15th century illustration in a copy of a manuscript by Al-Bīrūnī, depicting Prophest Muhammad (P.B.U.H) preaching the Qur’ān in Mecca.
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Lahore: ‘Pakistan’s magnificent history is being left to rot’

by Simon Jenkins
Here in the city of Kim, Pakistan’s magnificent history is being left to rot - Musharraf has allowed one of the wonders of Asia to disintegrate; and a country that neglects its past endangers its future
Poor Lahore. Yesterday this jewelled city of the Raj was hit by a suicide bomber aimed at lawyers […]

Mohsin Hamid on Events in Pakistan

Mohsin Hamid’s latest op-ed is pretty good. Recommended reading for anyone who wants to know how things looked/look from the perspective of the every day life in Pakistan. You can read it here, on the Washington Post site.
I attended a talk by him at Stanford last year, and my first reaction was that what he […]