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The Tribal and the Universal in Akbar Ahmed’s book Mataloona
“Don’t be like the frog that climbed a clod and said he saw Kabul:” ...Read MoreJuly 29, 2021 720 0 -
Understanding the Pakthuns through their own words
Some years ago while working on an academic project with Ambassador Akbar Ahmed, the Ibn Khaldun Chair of Islamic Studies at American University, I noticed a small book on the shelf. I began leafing through it...September 25, 2020 1008 0 -
My Persian Paradox taught me how sharing stories helps create empathy, peace
The pain we carry from the past and don’t have time to think about will eventually come out and hit us. All this time, it has been sitting there waiting for an opportunity to talk and...August 19, 2019 1701 0 -
Why American Muslims need to engage in cross-cultural conversations
As American Muslims, we are yet to develop any concrete plans to extricate ourselves out of chaotic situations, hostility, and incessant Islamophobic rhetoric we face. Each time a terrorist acts out, we start praying and wishing...March 27, 2019 1340 0 -
Julius Salik’s ‘Peace Journey’ for equal rights of Pakistani minorities
Julius Salik is speaking for minorities, and reminding us all of Pakistan’s forgotten ideals of egalitarianism. This time, though, Salik is speaking through his book Peace Journey that chronicles his daring protests and struggles as a...June 13, 2018 3412 0 -
What spirits be these in the town of Newton and Hawking!
The River Cam from the Green Dragon Bridge, Photo: FinlayCox143/Wikimedia Commons In the town of Francis Bacon, Isaac Newton, and Stephen Hawking, there dwell strange spirits, and there are strange happenings, that science cannot fully explain....June 2, 2018 1045 0 -
Why political leaders should lead the way toward bridging the intercultural divide
A view of Islamabad with Faisal Mosque, Photo: Fassifarooq/Wikimedia Commons Last month, while collecting my mail in routine I received an extraordinary surprise – a personal letter from Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi. In February, courtesy...April 21, 2018 1062 0 -
Journey into Europe offers an antidote to negative portrayals of Muslims
Author Prof. Jocelyne Cesari engages in dialogue with Ambassador Akbar Ahmed at Georgetown University on March 26, 2018. In the eyes of most Europeans, Muslims have come to represent fanaticism, fundamentalism, and female suppression, subjugation and...April 17, 2018 2155 0 -
New Book: Muslims have been part of American fabric for centuries
“There has never been an America without Muslims.” By beginning his book, Muslims and the Making of America, with that sentence, author, Amir Hussain, challenges the assumption in certain current political discourse that sees American Muslims...September 25, 2017 1501 0
