Laaltain

Laaltain

The flame of a brighter thought and a finer taste.

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World Hijab Day on Twitter! Celebration, Pride & Contested Notions of Freedom

Annam Lod­hi 4th Sep. 2013 marked the World Hijab Day. With myr­i­ad prob­lems fac­ing the Mus­lim world, how could hijab…

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Re-thinking Our Borders

Saood Qaseem Imag­ine the idea of the Euro­pean Union tak­ing root in the Indi­an Sub­con­ti­nent — a place where peo­ple…

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‘Reconciliation’ By Benazir Bhutto (Excerpt)

The stakes could not have been high­er. Pak­istan under mil­i­tary dic­ta­tor­ship had become the epi­cen­ter of an inter­na­tion­al ter­ror­ist move­ment…

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History: A Lesson or Burden

Maham Kamal Khanum ‘We study his­to­ry to learn from mis­takes made in the past and remem­ber our roots’, taught the…

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Issue 11-Laaltain

This issue features articles on Malala’s UN address, Burka Avenger, terrorism during holy months, the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, faith…

عکس و صدا

Caption this Sketch:

By Asad Fate­mi

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My Journey as a Holy Warrior

Nar­ra­tor: Rana Irfan   It had been quite some time since Zia-ul-Haq’s eleven years mil­i­tary regime had end­ed with his…

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Pakistani girl on a scootie

Pak­istani girl on a scootie Pun­jab Gov­ern­ment announced to give scooties to female stu­dents. (By: Asad Fate­mi) [poll id=“2”]

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The Day Ikhwan Vanished from the Egyptian Streets

Amr Mag­di His­to­ry will remind us that the Mus­lim Broth­er­hood (MB) has lived 80 years dream­ing of being in pow­er…

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The Voice Unheard

Ani­ta Saleem In Pak­istan the voic­es of numer­ous peo­ple go unheard on issues such as pow­er out­age, infla­tion, CNG short­age,…

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Issue 10 — Laaltain

This issue features articles on social media and hate speech, Pashtoons in Balochistan, Pakistan India Trade, uprising in Turkey and…

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The Untold Story of Pashtoons in Balochistan

Jawad Ahmed Khan Dis­par­i­ty is a norm among var­i­ous regions of Pak­istan. A great num­ber of peo­ple are mar­gin­al­ized and…

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Smoke

Mai­da Aslam Haji Habib was dri­ving on in silence with his wife sit­ting beside him. The spat­ter of rain falling…

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From Taksim Square and Beyond

Con­ver­sa­tion with a Turk­ish Pro­test­er about the caus­es, dynam­ics and future of recent upris­ings Laal­tain: How come a small protest…

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Issue 9 — Laaltain

This issue features articles on the general elections, civic education, Talibanisation in the light of Pashtoonwali, political activism, the life…