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 | 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 Qaisar Shareef | Mar 4, 2017 | Economy and business, Pakistan, USA, When Tribesmen Came Calling
In the Trump administration’s first month alone, dozens of executive orders were signed and much was said about reversing Obama-era policies. What remains to be seen is where this administration will actually head in terms of its economic philosophy and...
by Ethan Casey | Jan 31, 2017 | Ethan Casey, Home Free, US, USA
First of all, note that there is no question mark in my title. What happens when politics breaks down is what all of us in the United States are currently living through, in real time. In July 1997 I was an eyewitness to an actual, unambiguous coup d’etat in...
by Pervaiz Lodhie | Oct 8, 2016 | Commentary
Whenever I see a problem, my instinct as an engineer is to try to find a solution. If there is a problem with radicalization of some Muslim youth in America today – and there is – then the solution lies within the Muslim community. There is frustration on every side,...