Tagged: Pakistan

21 May

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News Roundup – Diversity in Tukwila, Soda Diplomacy and an Endless War on Terror

by · May 21, 2013 · 0 Comments

(Photo by  Erika Schultz/THE SEATTLE TIMES )

(Photo by Erika Schultz/THE SEATTLE TIMES ) Diversity Means Opportunity in Tukwila – From Somalis to Bosnians to Nepalis, Seattle Times photographer Erika Schultz put together a brilliant photographic tour of diverse immigrant communities in Tukwila.

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17 Jan

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A long commute through Pakistan’s Tribal Areas

by · January 17, 2013 · 1 Comment

Public transportation in South Waziristan, in the lawless Tribal Areas between Pakistan and Afghanistan. (Photo by Gohar Masud)

My friend and I squeeze in the front seat of the pickup. We’re lucky–others are stuck in the back without seats in the freezing winter, getting tossed in the air when the driver crests the hills. It was another one of those days when I would travel between my home in Dera Ismail Khan and [...]

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15 Oct

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Will attack on child activist end Pakistani apathy about civil rights?

by · October 15, 2012 · 2 Comments

A student holds an image of Malala Yousufzai, who was shot on Tuesday by the Taliban, during a rally in Lahore

The name Malala Yousufzai was new to me until recently. But the power of her words wasn’t. Back in 2009, when her hometown in Swat Valley was virtually under Taliban control, Malala, using the pen name Gul Makai, wrote a diary that was published and broadcast on BBC’s Urdu language radio service. In it she [...]

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