Hello people, wanted to share the following three items - an event (gender, media, environment and friends), a campaign and a hilarious 'news story': 1....
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Beena Sarwar
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Aug 13, 2008 6:54 am
Greetings from Jakarta, where I am part of the `Asia Calling Forum' - Islam and Democracy in South Asia (Sub theme: Islam and Nation State: Threat or...
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Beena Sarwar
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Aug 18, 2008 5:26 pm
Musharraf's resignation There was no electricity at our place in Karachi this afternoon but it was cool so we hadn't turned on our little generator. "Aren't...
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Beena Sarwar
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Aug 24, 2008 7:16 am
Violence against women has been on the rise in the Taliban-dominated areas of Pakistan. Recently the Taliban moral police killed two women in Peshawar, leaving...
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Beena Sarwar
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Aug 31, 2008 3:02 pm
On Aug 11, the Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong posted a report about five women killed in a remote area of Balochistan - beaten, shot, and buried while...
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Beena Sarwar
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Sep 1, 2008 5:34 pm
Some recently published articles of mine Re: the Musharraf resignation: http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2008/08/19/watching-musharrafs-resignation- from-pakistan/ ...
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Beena Sarwar
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Sep 3, 2008 4:29 pm
This is a slightly modified version of my article published in The News on Sept 3, 2008 - on the web at www.chowk.com There is no `honour' in killing Beena...
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Beena Sarwar
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Sep 9, 2008 4:20 am
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=43821 PAKISTAN: Zardari - Victim of Many Prejudices Analysis by Beena Sarwar KARACHI, Sep 8 (IPS) - After sweeping...
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Beena Sarwar
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Sep 9, 2008 1:11 pm
1. The well known feminist poet Kishwar Naheed wrote a moving letter addressed to Ahmed Faraz, one of the best-known Urdu poets of Pakistan and of the...
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Beena Sarwar
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Sep 17, 2008 9:27 am
Apologies for not responding to all the comments about the 'honour killing' piece and the Zardari piece. ZFE - glad you've recovered. It was an honest attempt...
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Beena Sarwar
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Sep 17, 2008 9:34 am
1) A poem for Palin: 'Smart Thou Art, O Palin Sarah!' by Badri Raina, New Delhi September 12, 2008 ********* Palin, smart thou art! knowing in a jiffy what...
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Beena Sarwar
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Sep 20, 2008 12:32 pm
Below, my op-ed in The News today (also published in The Hindu yesterday)and a note about it from a lawyer friend: "We need to not only understand but...
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Beena Sarwar
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Sep 21, 2008 3:26 pm
Comment for de Volkskrant, Holland Marriott bombing: `Pakistan's 9/11'? Beena Sarwar The truck laden with 1000 kg of explosives that suicide attackers rammed...
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Beena Sarwar
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Sep 24, 2008 5:29 am
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=43963 POLITICS-PAKISTAN: No Military Solutions to Suicide Bombings Analysis by Beena Sarwar KARACHI, Sep 23 (IPS) -...
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Beena Sarwar
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Sep 25, 2008 6:42 am
Oped in Forbes by Haris Gazdar, below. Also see Pervez Hoodbhoy's July 1, 2008 article in Chowk, "Anti-Americanism in Pakistan and the Taliban Menace" -...
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Beena Sarwar
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Oct 1, 2008 10:28 am
Here's something I wrote and sent yesterday, when we were expecting Eid to be on Thursday - but then the 'shahadat' for the new moon was obtained and it was...
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Beena Sarwar
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Oct 1, 2008 6:01 pm
Here's a recent piece I did for Rediff (India's oldest and most read news website according to one of their editors), on Sept 26, 2008. My original headline...
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Beena Sarwar
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Oct 6, 2008 5:36 am
If a woman or child who is raped seeks justice in Pakistan, he or she will be up against a long-drawn out, tortuous process that often ends in 'compromise'....
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Beena Sarwar
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Oct 12, 2008 6:18 pm
The Asian Human Rights Commission initially highlighted the case of Zulfiqar Ali, 38, due to be hanged for murder. Other groups, including the HRCP, took up...
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Beena Sarwar
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Oct 14, 2008 5:29 am
Two thought-provoking pieces on the internal turmoil in India that is posing severe challenges to its secular fabric, by Badri Raina in Delhi & Javed Anand in...
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Beena Sarwar
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Oct 15, 2008 7:29 am
Was in Lahore this weekend for a very vibrant conference involving women in media, mostly young women journalists. Here's the link to my report for IPS about...
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Beena Sarwar
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Oct 17, 2008 12:02 pm
I. A. Rehman in his op-ed in Dawn yesterday made an excellent point that I wish I had thought to include in my piece below - that the pressure to negotiate is...
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Beena Sarwar
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Oct 21, 2008 5:50 am
Two recently pulished stories that I wanted to share: 1. The News on Sunday, Oct 19, 2008 The 'Indian' threat By Ammar Ali Jan As a child of the nineties, I...
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Beena Sarwar
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Oct 27, 2008 5:43 am
1. Link to a preview of Tehrik-e-Niswan's powerful Urdu adaptation of Waiting for Godot - http://www.dawn.com/weekly/images/images2.htm - on in Karachi this...
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Beena Sarwar
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Oct 28, 2008 5:21 am
As suspense about the upcoming US elections mounts, whistle blowers and those who have long been researching irregularities and stolen votes in America. They...
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Beena Sarwar
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Oct 29, 2008 5:17 pm
In 2005, the nation came together on an unprecedented level to help people affected by the Kashmir earthquake. Here's the story I just did for IPS, unedited. ...
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Beena Sarwar
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Oct 30, 2008 3:52 am
1. QUAKE: My IPS story at http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=44502 According to reports, women and children have been the worst affected by this disaster...
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Beena Sarwar
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Nov 4, 2008 6:43 am
1. Foreign Policy Challenges for the New US President – Part I Exploiting a lack of jobs, the Taliban rises in Pakistan's border region, threatening US...
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Beena Sarwar
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Nov 4, 2008 5:59 pm
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=44571 POLITICS: 'New US President Must Review Pakistan Policy' Analysis by Beena Sarwar KARACHI, Nov 4 (IPS) - Tensions...
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Beena Sarwar
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Nov 6, 2008 5:43 pm
Filed this morning - http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=44598 PAKISTAN/US: 'Obama's Muslim Heritage Will Help' By Beena Sarwar KARACHI, Nov 6 (IPS) - The...
