The nation has heard plenty of debate over racial profiling. But there's a form of religious profiling that some young Muslim women in America say they endure whenever they voluntarily wear the hijab. The hijab, also known as the veil, is the headscarf worn by Muslim women around the globe. It's a simple piece of cloth, but it can place young Muslim women in Western countries in difficult situations.
She doesn't want your frosty public stares; the whispers behind her back; ... Read More
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The nation has heard plenty of debate over racial profiling. But there's a form of religious profiling that some young Muslim women in America say they endure whenever they voluntarily wear the hijab. The hijab, also known as the veil, is the headscarf worn by Muslim women around the globe. It's a simple piece of cloth, but it can place young Muslim women in Western countries in difficult situations.
She doesn't want your frosty public stares; the whispers behind her back; ... Read More
Posted By phw On Sunday, August 30th 2009 In General, News, World | Tags: Afghanistan, america, behaviour, bus, bush, eid, geo, honour, house, IPL, iraq, ISI, journalist, life, media, News, NIH, Pakistan, Pakistani, pakistanihousewife, president, shoe, shoes, sin, STR, US, US in pakistan, victim, war, WHO, wife |
The Iraqi journalist jailed after hurling his shoes at former President George W. Bush, will be released next month after his sentence was reduced for good behaviour.
Muntadhar al-Zeidi’s act during Bush’s last visit to Iraq as President turned the 30-year-old reporter into a folk hero across the Arab world, amid growing anger at the 2003 invasion. He did not use a weapon nor did he try to kill Mr Bush still he was sent to prison. He should get a ... Read More
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I would like to add one more beautiful and amazingly accoumplished lady of Pakistan to the list of "Beautiful, Ageless Women."
Atiqa Odho:Actress/host
I remember her playing a stunning middle class wife in PTV play "Nijjaat". She played the role impressivley. Now after so many years we see her taking interviews of the top personalities of Pakistan. Her ability to ask the right question at he right time and that too in a lively manner made the show popular at Geo tv. ... Read More
Posted By phw On Saturday, December 13th 2008 In News, Pakistan | Tags: dawn, geo, media, News, Pakistan, tv |
This an intersting piece i read in todays newspaper and thought i should share it with u all.
Time for the media to step up
Ayesha Ijaz Khan
If ever there was a time to shun The New York Times, BBC or other mainstream sources of news, this was it. How were the attacks in Mumbai being covered in other parts of the world? If you live in London and have Sky TV, there are several options for finding out. So I ... Read More
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Published in The Independent, it is definitely worth reading.
‘Since you were so kind as to greet us in London at Downing Street last month, the President would like to return the favour,” announces Major-General Rashid Qureshi, President Pervez Musharraf’s PR man over the phone. Only in Pakistan could the government’s head of spin be a retired major-general. He is referring to my last encounter with the President on 28 January – when, along with a 2,000-strong, placard-waving, slogan-jeering mob, I ... Read More
