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intrusionofthought:

SAGIRA YOU’RE FAMOUS.

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Read this. 

occupiedpalestine:

@CarlosLatuff’s Cartoon suggestion for @Charlie_Hebdo_ “Turning Islamophobia into Freedom of Speech in Europe”

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mehreenkasana:

The Middle Man in Chapati Mystery by Manan Ahmed

The construction of nationalist identity in Pakistan, since 1971, has relied exclusively on a communal reading of South Asian histories – positing Hindu and Muslims as inchoate categories. Such reductive narratives may suit the purpose of nationalist discourses but they do not represent history. I have decided to tell the story of Seth Naomul Hotchand as a story of a broker between regimes of power, as a local negotiator of globally written politics. In my telling, Hotchand is a symbol—not of treason or collaboration but—of the fugue state that cripples the modern nation-state, which forgets pasts just as easily as it invents new ones to fill the gaps.

The “Orient” is a fiction, and a romance. The fiction espoused by the British officer in the opening quote frames our colonial and postcolonial stories – a Hindu son’s revenge for a Muslim injustice wrought upon his father. This romantic story swivels on its axis in postcolonial Pakistan – all Hindus are traitors, and can be represented by the money-lending, vengeful Seth Naomal Hotchand, who brought down a princely state. In what follows, I lay out a fuller picture of Hotchand’s life and argue that the real tragedy lies with the collective memory to which his history has been ascribed.

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Painting by Daisy Rockwell.

Wish this was a chapter in our national curriculum on both sides of the border.

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badasswomen:

‘Cover your eyes,’ an Iranian woman says to a chastising cleric before beating him up 

When an Iranian woman was chastised on the street for being improperly dressed by Hojatoleslam Ali Beheshti, a cleric, she responded by replying, “You! You cover your eyes!” When the cleric repeated his warning, she began insulting, pushing and kicking the man.

Beheshti spent three days in the hospital following the incident. 

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hijabness:

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Mahmood Mamdani, Good Muslim, Bad Muslim: A Political Perspective on Culture and Terrorism

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Never forget. I humbly recommend that you folks read this; the link redirects you to the downloadable PDF. One of the most important things I’ve read in my life.

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Just finished reading this. WOW. Thanks for the recommendation, Mehreen. It’s mindblowing. 

Everyone who lives in the post 9/11 world needs to read this. Aka, you. You don’t have to be Muslim to appreciate the article’s intelligence and analysis. 

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In my family, we often joke about how some older family members have different birth dates on their ID cards than their actual birth date, and whether anyone can ever be sure about their “real” age. Their birth dates must have simply been invented - necessitated by the modern colonial and nation…

ladyatheist:

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bubbsnugg:

The Vanishing Role of Women in Islamic Society

No. White feminists. Stop. 

Dear White Feminists™,

This is why nobody likes you.

Sincerely,
Every decent human being on Earth. 

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My friend just emailed me. My heart has broken into a thousand pieces. Every single word of this hits so, so hard in the core.

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This hit home. Where do you go when there’s no place in the world that feels like home?

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