“Coming to middle America as a woman who had spent eleven years on the East Coast of America but also fifteen years living in Pakistan, the divides were more obvious to me.” -Bina Shah, Pakistani writer
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Bina Shah’s new column on Heretic: Why Islam Needs a Reformation Now by Ayaan Hirsi Ali.
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Instead of zones based on Muslims and non-Muslims, Muslim communities have no-go zones for women. These no-go zones have existed for much longer and been much more accepted than the fictitious no-go zones of Paris or Birmingham.
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Even if all traces of the poliovirus were to disappear from Pakistan tomorrow, we Pakistanis would still approach levels of near-insanity every time we have to travel abroad.
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Sehba Sarwar founded Voices Breaking Boundaries, a cultural organization that crosses borders, sustains dialogue, and incites social justice through art.
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In this column, Pakistani writer Bina Shah dissects the rhetoric of Pakistan’s military during Operation Zarb-e-Azb.
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We look back at the most-read columns of 2013, featuring contributions from Tarik Günersel (Turkey), Bina Shah (Pakistan), Khet Mar (Burma), Israel Centeno (Venezuela), Hamdy el-Gazzar (Egypt), Tienchi Martin-Liao (China), Horacio Castellanos Moya (El Salvador), and Yaghoub Yadali (Iran).
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