August 2007

The Archives

• noted

  Etceteras

  08.24.07 | Permalink | 5 Comments

  Leo Strauss ruined my graduate school experience and caused the Iraq War. Or maybe not? Chicago Reader investigates the hidden imam of neo-conservatism. I blame Bernard Lewis, actually.
  Foreign Policy Magazine TV interviewed some ambassadors of countries on their Failed State Index. You can watch Amb. Mahmud Ali Durrani defend Pakistan. “Don’t blame us for everything”, [...]

• homistan

  Tick Tock VII

  08.23.07 | Permalink | 18 Comments

  The Supreme Court has ruled that Nawaz Sharif can return to Pakistan.
  Nawaz Sharif, you may recall, was the Prime Minister who tried to kill The General by refusing to allow The General’s plane to land in Karachi and immediately succumbed to the coup soon thereafter. He then fled to Saudi Arabia clutching a suitcase [...]

• homistan

  غربت نسيب

  08.22.07 | Permalink | 7 Comments

  صبا سے کرتے ەيں غربت نسيب زکِر وطن
  تو چشمِ صبح ميں انسو ابهرنے لگتے ەيں
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  عرصەِ دەر کي جُهلساي ەوي ويرانە ميں
  ەم کو رەنا ەے پر يوں ەي يوں نەيں رەنا
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  کب نظر ميں اي گي بےداغ سبزے کي بەار
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  کبهي کبهي ياد مين اُبهرتے ەيں نقشِ ماضي مٹے مٹے سے
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  اجنبي خاک نے دهندلا ديے قدموں کے ُسراغ
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  ميرے [...]

• imperial watch

  The Fox Wars

  08.22.07 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  The video, by Robert Greenwald, is worth watching - if only to see how little advancement we have made in TV graphics and music in the last 4 years.
  You can also sign a petition - though, I admit I don’t really get the import of the petition. Our petitions and actions need to be [...]

• homistan

  Qurratulain Hyder

  08.21.07 | Permalink | 5 Comments

  Naim Sahib just emailed that the renowned Urdu author - Qurratulain Hyder has passed away at the age of 80.
  “There was no one like her when she was alive. Future generations will place her above Ismat and the rest. She was the best writer of her generation, male or female. And said more and [...]

• homistan

  Questioning Jinnah

  08.15.07 | Permalink | 4 Comments

  From the Gujarati literary journal Visami Sadi [may the internet gods smile upon whomever digitized it], May 1916, comes this nugget of a Q&A with Mohammad Ali Jinnah [link and translation via Daily Times] :
  Q: What are the qualities a man should be admired for?
  A: Independence (swatantrata).
  Q: What are the qualities a [...]