The word ‘rival’ comes from the Latin ‘rivalis’ meaning ’some one sharing a river’. A water war between two Sumerian city states Lagashand Umma 4500 years ago is recorded on a stone carving showing vultures flying off with the heads of the impoverished and defeated Umma people.
Only history itself can convince one of such a […]
Israeli intellectuals and political pundits often accuse the Palestinians of living in the past, hashing up the old excuse of “the occupation” to push aside any “real and genuine” Israeli efforts for peace. They say that not only is their argument “old”, Israelis cannot possibly consider arriving at a peace deal with a people who […]
In 1947 Pakistan ceased to be an idea and became a reality, my ancestors died but they worked, my mothers and fathers bleed but they migrated to this land of the Pure.
In 1992; my people, my fellow countrymen saw a change a change that made them proud, a change that made them feel on top […]
It was just before eleven at night, baby Muhammed was sleeping peacefully between his parents, all of a sudden there was a crashing sound. Iman (Muhammed’s mother) opened her eyes but couldn’t see a thing; she was shouting her six months baby boys’ name. Her search for their only child ended when Muhammed was found […]
Tens of thousands of Palestinians on foot and on donkey carts poured into Egypt from Gaza Wednesday after masked gunmen used land mines to blast down a seven-mile barrier dividing the border town of Rafah.
The border breach was a dramatic protest against the closure of the impoverished Palestinian territory imposed last week by Israel.
Jubilant men […]
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