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Posts Tagged ‘Cuba’

My Right to protest

By Tazeen • Jun 26th, 2008 • Category: Misc

A lot of my Pakistani brethren have a deep affection for all things Iran in general, and Mr Mahmoud Ahmedinijad in particular. As someone who has traveled extensively in Iran and quite liked the country I have to relent that it is not an egalitarian utopia that a lot of Pakistanis believe it to be. […]



How a Cuban Embraced Islam

By Ghazala Khan • Jun 24th, 2008 • Category: Misc, Worth A Second Look

“Are there many Muslims in Cuba?”
“Why would a Cuban want to become a Muslim?” These are the two questions I am most frequently asked when introducing myself, or in the case of old friends re-introduce, by my Muslim name, Assad Jibril Pino. The answer to the first query is a simple yes. Several […]



‘AMERICA’ IS SOMETHING MORE THAN USA

By The Pakistani Spectator • Apr 2nd, 2008 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

By Carlos Alfonso Rojas Valdiri:
From the point of view of the Latin American people, it has been (and it is) a very misleading and abusive habit of the political, journalistic and academic circles of the United States of America (USA) and -by their influence- others, to call (name) that country ‘America’, and ‘Americans’ its citizens, […]



We Give Musharraf as Replacement of Fidel Castro to Cuba

By Amna Gilani • Feb 19th, 2008 • Category: Entertainment

So after all these years Fidel Castro of Cuba has decided to step down, why don’t Cuba takes our Musharraf as a replacement for their departing leader? I mean he would be really useful to them in the situation when they need foreign aid and they need the friendship of United States.
While we are at […]



The problem of irregular warfare

By revo • Jan 28th, 2008 • Category: Politics

The prospects for disarmament or for formal restrictions on war have become increasingly complicated by the development of irregular warfare in different forms throughout the world—guerrilla fighting, […]