Danish PM Helle Thorning-Schmidt Worries About Trans Child Who Identifies As ‘Non-Binary’
Helle Thorning-Schmidt – the daughter-in-law of former Labour grandees Neil and Glenys Kinnock – said she was concerned that Milo, ...
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Tag: identity
Finding An Opening: Placing Islamic Modernism In An Eroding Postmodernist Landscape
Islamism as a postmodernist critique In Pakistani films of the 1960s, men returning from Western countries (after getting degrees from ...
Muneeb Butt Speaks Out On The Trans And Intersex Controversy From Sar e Rah
There is a hot debate that has been raging in Pakistan about what it means to be transgender or intersex. ...
Who Reflects American Identity: Trump Or Biden?
On my year-long study tour of the United States, many African Americans, when asked about American identity in relation to ...
Iqbal’s Poetry Gave Much To Learn From But Very Little Has Been Adopted By Us
“Lab Pe Aati Hai Dua Ban Ke Tamanna Meri, Zindagi Sham’a Ki Surat Ho Khudaya Meri” This poem by Allama ...
Will Ethnic Rivalries Continue After The Ukraine War Is Over?
The Western press is abuzz with reports that give an impression that Russia is losing its edge in its war ...
One Of Many: Assembly-Line-Individualism And The Illusion Of Identity
In his 2015 book The Militant, author and researcher Muhammad Amir Rana published dozens of interviews that he conducted of young ...
Is It Time For Today’s Pakistani To Embrace The Desi – Finally?
Anyone familiar with desi cuisine would recognise the unique combination of spices that goes into it: zeera (cumin), turmeric (haldi), ...
Jammu and Kashmir Identity Under Threat, Veteran Politician Warns
National Conference president Farooq Abdullah on Monday rejected the revision of Jammu and Kashmir electoral rolls (J&K) saying the inclusion ...
Race, Culture, Terrorism And ‘Deep Structures’: Conversations With Noam Chomsky
Rarely are men who are renowned in their time gifted with both intellect and a caring heart. Noam Chomsky is ...
The Angst Of Losing One’s Political Self
Political identities formed by ideologies at the core of which is the hatred of ‘the other’ are fragile and volatile. ...
Follow The Hollow: Politics Of Consumption Among The Middle-Classes In India And Pakistan
Consumerism, or the preoccupation of society with the acquisition of consumer goods, largely emerged from the 19th century onwards. It ...
Turkey And The Fruitless Quest For A Monolithic Islamic Totality
It was 6:30 in the morning. I was having börek and Turkish tea, one sip a slice, for breakfast. The ...
Foreign Influence And The Shaping Of An Individual’s Identity – The View From Arabic Literature
Whether in the form of colonialism or interaction with an individual from a contrasting cultural background, foreign influence undeniably leaves ...
Sindh University: Nostalgic Space Of Our Collective Memory – II
The pre-1947 history of Sindh’s higher education, in broad terms, can be divided into three eras: early history, the Muslim ...
State-Building Vs Nation-Building: Was US Policy In Afghanistan Caught In A False Dichotomy?
With the USA’s rapid escape from the ashes of its Afghanistan adventure, questions have risen about what exactly the superpower ...
Sindh University: Nostalgic Space of our Collective Memory – I
Since the 1950s, among the majority of educated youth of the region, ‘Sindh University,' ‘Jamshoro,' ‘patriotism,' ‘revolution,' and ‘Sindh’ have ...
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Victoria Beckham’s Victory Over The Fashion Industry
After 13 years spent embarrassingly in the red...
Crude Oil Import: Pakistan-Russia Talks Begin Today In Karachi
A technical delegation from Russia will meet with...