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21. Translating Libya: Stories of love and hardship
Asian News, Monday 6 October 2008Ethan Chorin’s book Translating Libya: The Modern Libyan Short Story defies being pigeon-holed within a particular genre. At its heart are 16 Libyan short stories newly translated by Chorin (in three cases, jointly with Basem Tulti). But the book is at the same time a delightful mixture of travelogue, scholarly study and a record of personal encounters.
22. Service, reflection and worship in Ramadan
Asian News, Wednesday 1 October 2008Chicago: I remember my first attempt at fasting during Ramadan when I was ten years old. I hadn’t eaten all day and decided to sit at the dinner table watching the food being cooked, as if somehow gazing at my mother preparing family delicacies would magically make the time fly by.
23. Human trafficking in Bangladesh and beyond
Asian News, Monday 6 October 2008Dhaka - Sold to a dance bar owner and forced to work in the “flesh trade”, Zarina (whose name has been changed to protect her identity), a 16-year-old girl and daughter of a day labourer from Krishnapur in southeast Bangladesh, was a recent victim of human trafficking. This illegal trade has assumed dangerous proportions in recent years.
24. Gandhi stamps go on show
Asian News, Wednesday 24 September 2008A UNIQUE collection of stamps on Gandhi and Jainism is to be exhibited The Nehru Centre in London later this month.
25. Mainstream Muslims act out against terror
Asian News, Wednesday 15 October 2008KING Abdullah of Saudi Arabia stated in a recent speech that Muslims cannot keep remaining silent while other Muslims continue to cause harm to Islam.
26. Science in the Hindu and Jewish traditions
Asian News, Wednesday 15 October 2008A DISCUSSION on scientific discoveries in both the Hindu and Jewish traditions will take place next month.
27. Respect and honour for Pakistan’s women
Asian News, Wednesday 15 October 2008LIVING in a village in southern Punjab, 13-year-old “Naila” graduated from her 6th grade class and received a marriage proposal from a neighbouring boy from a well-to-do family.
28. Standing together against Obsession
Asian News, Wednesday 15 October 2008TWENTY-eight million copies of the DVD Obsession: Radical Islam’s War Against the West were distributed in direct mail and newspaper insert campaigns to swing states throughout America in the weeks surrounding the seventh anniversary of 9/11.
29. A role for Mecca in Afghanistan?
Asian News, Wednesday 15 October 2008WANDERING seven long years in the mountains of Afghanistan with hardly an end in sight, the United States has just been offered a most fortuitous fix.
30. The Jewel of Medina- Is this Sherry Jone’s idea of 'honouring' Islam?
Asian News, Tuesday 14 October 2008THE passion of the Christ, The Satanic Verses, The Last Temptation of Christ, the sketches of Danish cartoon of Prophet Mohammad.....recent times have seen plenty of controversies surrounding religion under the shroud of 'freedom of expression.'