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Why Veeru Kohli’s election campaign is hollow
By Jahanzeb Hussain Veeru Kohli was born into a scheduled caste of Hindus in the Sind province of Pakistan. The Kohlis are bonded laborers. Veeru Kohli was born into bondage since her family owed money to their feudal lord and was unable to pay it back. Veeru had to go into slavery, too, in order […]
Reflections on Pakistani society in the wake of attacks on religious minorities.
By Jahanzeb Hussain The latest waves of attacks on Shia, Hazara, Christians, and women’s rights in Pakistan have been met with curious reactions by the people of that country, either living in Pakistan or abroad. I have not done any scientific analysis of this but I am basing my view on what I have witnessed […]
Islamic Law and Women’s Rights: The View from Malaysia
By Jahanzeb Hussain Associate Professor at Simon Fraser University’s International Studies department Tamir Moustafa gave a lecture on Islamic law and women’s rights in Malaysia in mid-March at the school’s downtown campus. Mr. Moustafa has been doing his field work on women’s rights within the framework of Islam in Malaysia and his talk was an […]
Non-social movements in the Middle East
By Jahanzeb Hussain Well-known professor of sociology and Middle Eastern studies Asef Bayat from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign came to Vancouver’s Simon Fraser University in February to give a talk on non-social movements in the Middle East and their role in forging change in several of the countries of the region. Collateral Damage […]
The missing persons of Baluchistan
By Jahanzeb Hussain I’ve seen their silent faces They scream so loud If they were to speak these words They’d go missing too Another woman on the torture table What else can they do ? One day we’ll dance on their graves One day we’ll sing our freedom One day we’ll laugh in our joy […]
