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Interview with Blogger De Grouchy Owl

By The Pakistani Spectator • Aug 28th, 2008 • Category: Interviews

My blog has remained anonymous over the years and I prefer it stay that way. Online I’m known as De Grouchy Owl, or Owl for short. I’m a 26-year-old half-Pakistani, half-American Muslim woman who works as a journalist. My URL is www.degrouchyowl.blogspot.com.

 
Would you please tell us something about you and your site?
 
My blog is […]



Interview with Blogger Margari Hill

By The Pakistani Spectator • Aug 28th, 2008 • Category: Interviews

Would you please tell us something about you and your site?
My name is Margari Hill. I am an African American who converted to Islam in 1993. I am currently a doctoral student of African history at Stanford University. I started blogging in 2006 in order to put my experiences and struggles in words. It helped […]



Interview with Blogger Mike Knight

By The Pakistani Spectator • Aug 28th, 2008 • Category: Interviews

I am 28, I was born in Oxford, and I still live locally.  I work in local government in education.  I am married to a wonderful woman.
My site URL is http://mek1980.wordpress.com
Would you please tell us something about you and your site?

Sure.  My name is Mike, I live and work in Oxfordshire in England.  My site […]



Interview with Blogger Sophister Sop

By The Pakistani Spectator • Aug 28th, 2008 • Category: Interviews

Would you please tell us something about you and your site?

I pursue janitorial services as my full time job, and hope to have an extensive career in sweeping the streets of the largest cities in America. My site represents my hallucinations of being anything besides a janitorial services provider. It involves the philosophical plight of […]



Interview with Blogger Umema A. Siddiqi

By The Pakistani Spectator • Aug 25th, 2008 • Category: Interviews

My name is Umema A. Siddiqi, currently doing my BBA from Bahria University. I blog at http://www.umem.blogspot.com
Could you tell us what made you decide to blog, and what was the inspiration behind it? I started blogging in the end of 1993. The idea of a web diary fascinated me a lot. It was actually my […]



Interview with Blogger Mezba Mahtab

By The Pakistani Spectator • Aug 25th, 2008 • Category: Interviews

Would you please tell us something about you and your site?
I am a Canadian of Bangladeshi origin living in Toronto. My site chronicles experiences I find living in Canada in the most multicultural city in the world.

Do you feel that you continue to grow in your writing the longer you write? Why is that important […]



Interview with Blogger Najeeba

By The Pakistani Spectator • Aug 24th, 2008 • Category: Interviews

Would you please tell us something about you and your site?
I am Najeeba, an Indian female living in Dubai with a graduation in technology. I have started writing from a younger age and since then writing have been my passion. […]



Interview with Blogger Muslimah Media Watch

By The Pakistani Spectator • Aug 24th, 2008 • Category: Interviews

Would you please tell us something about you and your site?
I’m the founder and Editor-in-Chief of Muslimah Media Watch. On our site, my contributors and I critique media representations of Muslim women. We look at everything from music to movies, advertisements to cartoons. Our aim is to speak out as Muslim women and challenge the […]



Interview with Blogger John Sargeant

By The Pakistani Spectator • Aug 23rd, 2008 • Category: Interviews

My name is John Sargeant, 30 years old from England. I am a graduate from the University of Exeter, having a first degree in Economics and Politics. I am a volunteer for the Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science and apart from my blog I write for Ask The Atheists.

Would you please tell […]



Interview with Blogger Hameedullah Khan

By The Pakistani Spectator • Aug 23rd, 2008 • Category: Interviews

I am Hameedullah Khan, A Computer Science Graduate Student and a developer and system administrator by profession, living in Karachi, Pakistan. My Blog URL: http://hameedkhan.wordpress.com.
Could you tell us what made you decide to blog, and what was the inspiration behind it?

I was inspired by the idea that by writing your feeling or thoughts on the […]