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...
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...
by Qaisar Shareef | Jan 31, 2018 | Qaisar Shareef, US, USA, When Tribesmen Came Calling
I came to the United States in 1977 as a student and ultimately settled down here, becoming a citizen along the way. So 2017 was a milestone of sorts for me – 40 years of living in the United States. Through these years I learned a lot about the U.S. Constitution as...
by Jeb Wyman | Oct 13, 2017 | Jeb Wyman, Veterans
The climactic scene of Ben Fountain’s excellent novel Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk takes place in the middle of a Dallas Cowboys football game. Billy and the rest of his platoon, fresh from vicious combat in Iraq and being put on display around the...
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...