Blogs from Rabia Ahmed
More News
-
Adoption, it appears, is for TV ratings
How can a matter as sensitive as adoption be handled on live TV? Where is PEMRA when you need them?
-
Why my champa tree reminded me of the sect-free mosque
Even though my dog decided to crush the tree, it still grew and it was beautiful.
-
Swat Jirga: For the women, by the women - but will it work?
How different can the women’s understanding of justice be? Justice is not about sympathy, it is about being just.
-
'Halal' education in Pakistan: When 'pig' in a nursery rhyme is taboo
I wasn't allowed to give examples of non 'halal' animals in my English class so I substituted and piggy became...
-
The Reluctant Fundamentalist: A must watch!
Both the book and the movie are crucial to the debate regarding the fundamentalism that besets Pakistan today.
-
Playing Bluff with 'religious' men
His legs ache from running, and his shoulders, harnessed to the rickshaw, are sore.
-
Can the jirga and women co-exist?
Her 14-year-old friend was trapped in marriage to Tahir, 70, as the jirga said her brother seduced Tahir’s sister.
-
A true patriot lost with the demise of Chacha Pakistan
To attend the flag lowering ceremony he hitched a ride and even walked part of the way every single evening.
-
Please help me; I'm all alone
‘He twisted their necks in his filthy hands.We cannot eat these birds. They are not halal.’ And then he shot him.
-
Why have they complicated Islam so much?
The Holy Quran's pages have come out of the printing press from Taj Company or something, not out of Paradise Press.