by Ethan Casey | Jun 9, 2017 | Alive and Well in Pakistan, Ethan Casey, Pakistan
Mohsin Hamid’s second novel, The Reluctant Fundamentalist (2007), gained the Pakistani writer a measure of well-earned global notoriety and indicated the scope of both his ambition and his ability. But, really, it was only a jumping-off point. Hamid has a great...
by Ethan Casey | May 3, 2017 | Alive and Well in Pakistan, Ethan Casey, Home Free
A few times in recent weeks I’ve found myself in tweet-exchanges that have descended quickly into intemperance and misunderstanding. In all cases, I could be accused with some justice of being overly sensitive and hair-trigger in my emotional and rhetorical...
by Ethan Casey | Mar 7, 2017 | Alive and Well in Pakistan, Pakistan, USA
There’s so much being forced on our attention right now that you (or I) might easily have missed the news about Khizr Khan having to cancel his trip to Toronto to give a speech. And so much that is happening is unprecedented and astonishing that you (or I) might have...
by Ethan Casey | Jun 12, 2016 | Alive and Well in Pakistan, Ethan Casey, Home Free
The appalling mass shooting in Orlando early Sunday morning rips back open the festering confusion about what exactly is going on in today’s world and today’s America. Quickly the gunman was identified as 29-year-old Omar Mateen, an American of Afghan...
