The lost generation
A catastrophic by-product of ongoing conflicts in the Middle East is a lost generation of unschooled children. These children find themselves, through no fault of their own, not only displaced…
Labour’s own goals
It is beyond question that the anti-Semitism controversy that erupted in Britain last week has damaged that nation’s Labour Party. It is equally true that some of the most unconstructive…
How Muslims should react to jihadi terror
The range of how Muslims respond to jihadi terror thriving in our midst is both curious and varied. One reaction is just an expression of disgust and dismay and nothing…
Palestinian refugee camps breed new generation of militants
Nearly 30 years ago Hisham and his brothers - natives of the Dheisheh Palestinian refugee camp south of Bethlehem - lobbed stones at soldiers in the first uprising against Israel's…
International gangsterism
A mere two months after clashes between black youth and police in Baltimore following the murder of Freddie Gray while in police custody, President Obama’s Department of Justice (DOJ) announced…
Palestinian refugee camps breed new generation of militants
Nearly 30 years ago Hisham and his brothers - natives of the Dheisheh Palestinian refugee camp south of Bethlehem - lobbed stones at soldiers in the first uprising against Israel's…
BDS ban
The British government has announced a new Tory-led parliamentary measure that will inflict ‘severe penalties’ onto local governments and public institutions that boycott goods and services on an ‘ethical’ (as…
From Srinagar to Karachi
As a student and practitioner of poetry, the find for me in the Karachi Literary Festival (KLF) 2016 was the poetry of Rafiq Kathwari, the middle-aged but youthful Kashmiri-American poet.…
Saudi Arabia, Iran and Pakistan
It is unfortunate that some ‘intellectuals’ are trying to paint the Saudi-Iran rift as an internal issue of Pakistan. It is equally sad to see the religious Right depict this…
The Nawaz and Modi show
WELL, who saw that coming? But now that we have seen it, there’s a big little question — does it make any sense? The reluctant, preliminary answer: it doesn’t really.…
