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What happens in a country when politics breaks down?

by Ethan Casey | Jan 5, 2019 | Alive and Well in Pakistan, Pakistan, USA

There are many case studies from history worldwide to answer that question. I lived in Bangkok from 1993 to 1998 and traveled extensively around Asia during those years as a working freelance foreign correspondent published in The Globe and Mail, the Boston Globe, the...

A Country That Continues to Defy Description

by Qaisar Shareef | May 5, 2018 | Pakistan, Qaisar Shareef

I grew up in Pakistan, and I have lived abroad – in Turkey, and then in the US, for the last 45 years. Throughout this time, I have continued to stay close to the goings-on in my native country. Much of the news about Pakistan in recent years, particularly in Western...

American businesses abroad and U.S. foreign policy

by Qaisar Shareef | Mar 10, 2018 | Business, Pakistan, Qaisar Shareef, Ukraine

When I accepted my company’s offer to move as head of their business to Pakistan in 1990, to Ukraine in 1996, and again to Pakistan in 2006, my mind was totally focused on the challenges of running the business. The consumer products industry is highly competitive –...

Tone is set from the Top

by Qaisar Shareef | Aug 18, 2017 | Pakistan, Qaisar Shareef, USA, When Tribesmen Came Calling

In June, I wrote a blog headlined “Hatred Destroys Everyone.” There had been a spate of hate crimes in the preceding couple of months targeting various minorities, none of which had been denounced by the President of the United States or any senior members...

Mohsin Hamid rises to the occasion

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...

Hatred Destroys Everyone

by Qaisar Shareef | Jun 2, 2017 | Pakistan, US, USA, When Tribesmen Came Calling

In the 1970s a military dictator, General Zia ul Haq, came to power in Pakistan by overthrowing a duly elected government. Very soon, he began a campaign to implement his intolerant vision of religion in the country. His decade-long reign started a descent for...
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Home Free: An American Road trip


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"Ethan Casey listened hard and well in his books on Haiti and Pakistan. Now he's listening to America." - Paul Rogat Loeb

Alive and Well in Pakistan: A Human Journey in a Dangerous Time

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"Compulsory reading for anyone visiting Pakistan" - Harvard International Review

"The author's real journey is a search for common humanity." - The Daily Telegraph

Bearing the Bruise: A Life Graced by Haiti


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"A heartfelt account" - Paul Farmer

Live at the Forbidden City


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"A vivid account of China's musical past" - Songlines
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