December 2011
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My PhD year
2011 was by far the toughest year of my life and also the most rewarding one. Alhumdulilah for the PhD, the wonderful people i met, and the amazing places i traveled to.
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Working on Weekends
I haven’t switched off my laptop since Monday.
I was planning to keep ‘weekends just for family’ as my 2012 resolution, but the way work is coming my way, it would be impossible to do so..
I must not fail at time management.
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Divorce and Pakistan TV dramas
Abu commenting on Pakistani dramas:
“Bus in draamoon mein daily talaqain hi hoti rehtee hain” :P
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Rape: Fallacies of the four witness requirement →
Very informative.
“As for rape, most Islamic scholars in this country have made it a subcategory of zina (adultery) and have finished the distinction between adultery and rape, forgetting that rape is a hate crime – a form of severe torture/fitnah – not just a sex crime as most of us do believe or are made to believe.”
Beautifully explained.
Even in Zina category; “Rape is Zina bil Jabbar,”...
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signs
Stillness, then silence, then random speech, Then knowledge, intoxication, annihilation; Earth, then fire, then light. Coldness, then shade, then sunlight. Thorny road, then a path, then the wilderness. River, then ocean, then the shore; Contentment, desire, then Love. Closeness, union, intimacy; Closing, then opening, then obliteration, Separation, togetherness, then longing; Signs for those of...
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longest night
i just realized 22nd Dec is supposed to have the longest night….
zzzzzzzzzzzzz
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Muslim women should NOT work?!
its not as simple as that. Lets reflect … . a few hundred years back……the Prophet Muhammad sal Allahu alayhi wa sallam appointed Shifa bint ‘Abdullah ibn Shams as the administrator and accountant of the Market of Madinah. Imagine, a professional Muslimah being appointed by the Prophet himself!
Sayyida Zaidi
http://www.promuslimah.com/
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Ungrateful
It breaks my heart when I hear married women—especially the ones above 50 years of age who live in beautifully decorated homes and with children who are well established abroad etc—complain about their husbands and their life in general after more than 25 years of marriage.
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Islamic Republic of Pakistan
Him: It should’nt really bother people if the word ‘islamic’ appears in Pakistan’s name. The fact that Pakistan is officially ‘The Islamic Republic of Pakistan’ does not actually make it ‘islamic’ in reality. Recently no other muslim country has done as much harm to Islam than Pakistan itself.
Me: Hmmmm…ouch.
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“Women who seek to be equal to men in their lives lack ambition”
– Marilyn Monroe
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“If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are dead, either write things worth...”
– Benjamin Franklin
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Do We Vote in Pakistan?: Do We Vote in Pakistan? →
dowevote:
Higher turnout makes the democratic governments more strong, and at the same time makes Governments more accountable to the people of the country.
In any democratic system voters Turnout is the most common and probably most important component of the individual’s participation in the Political…
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www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/R42116.pdfCRS: Pakistan:... →
Kohistan district - one of the most wretched and... →
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Thirst
Its been over a month since it last rained in Islamabad. I’m getting a bit desperate to see the sky pour.
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National Peace Prize to be named after Malala... →
Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani awarded the first National Peace Prize to Swat resident Malala Yousufzai on Tuesday. Gilani also announced that the award be named as ‘National Malala Peace Prize’ and that it will be given to outstanding youth up to the age of 18 years.
me: Yo!
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The Pakistanis Have a Point →
Pakistan has 97 billion dollars in Swiss Banks:... →
“if this money would be utilized for the welfare of Pakistan and its people then Pakistan can make tax less budget for 30 years…”
me: seems like an exaggerated claim (must dig into this) but yes we get the point…such a shame.
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“[PAKISTAN] United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has...”
– Associated Press Of Pakistan ( Pakistan’s Premier NEWS Agency ) - UNICEF to establish 1,550 TLCs in flood hit areas (via teachersworldwide)
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10 Best Places to Live for Escaping World Conflict →
hmmm but I heard Tuvalu is sinking…
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Today
I met Mohsin Hamid’s (the author of The Reluctant Fundamentalist) father, Navid Hamid ( who himself is a renowned Pakistani economist at the Lahore School of Economics) today…such a humble person. Also got an offer to deliver a talk in Lahore…
spoke in front of an audience of 300 people…
massive networking dose for today..
so tired.
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“When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other.”
– Eric Hoffer (via livejamie)
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Farrukh Saleem: Purely political costs of running... →
Three years ago, the cabinet division swallowed Rs40 lakh a day. Today, the cabinet division costs Pakistani taxpayers Rs80 lakh a day; that’s an increase of 100 percent in three years. In 2009-2010, allowances at the cabinet division stood at seven crore rupees which have now gone up by 170 percent to Rs20 crore. Intriguingly, written off loans at the cabinet division that stood at Rs10 lakh two...
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"A female soldier in Iraq is more likely to be... →
She is now married and lives in San Francisco with her four children, but even after years of therapy, still cannot sleep at night. “Rape is so widespread in the American military, it’s sick.”
But military rape is not only a women’s issue. According to the Veterans Affairs Office, 37% of the sexual trauma cases reported last year were men. “Men are even more...
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