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Articles tagged "pakistan"NewsReturn of cultural events to Pakistani city signals budding changesby Kim Barker [Chicago Tribune (MCT)][21.Apr.08] :. PESHAWAR, Pakistan - Everything about the show was secretive - the invitations given only to select women, and no prior advertising. When audience members sat in the new orange seats at the... NewsIn Pakistan, it’s a Facebook faceoffby Kim Barker [Chicago Tribune (MCT)][20.Mar.08] :. ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - The clash over Pakistan’s future also is being fought on the popular Internet social networking site Facebook, where competing groups of mostly 20-somethings try to... Sources SayThe Clippings File: Pakistanby Jillian Burt[9.Jan.08] :. Pakistan Tops List of Journalists Killed in 2007 In 2002 Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl was murdered in Pakistan. His widow, Mariane, also a journalist, wrote a book about her... Sources SayIndependent media feel Pakistan clampsby PopMatters Staff[13.Nov.07] :. By Kim Barker Chicago Tribune (MCT) ISLAMABAD, Pakistan—Abdul Qayyum Khan flipped through the TV stations, past music videos, a bike race, an Indian soap opera and a cooking show.... NewsZombies breathe life into Pakistani filmby Kim Barker [Chicago Tribune (MCT)][15.Jun.07] :. ISLAMABAD, Pakistan—This horror movie has everything—a midget zombie, human entrails, doll heads and a Mace-wielding, burqa-wearing killer. But “Zibahkhana,” known in... ![]() NewsFrom taboo tome to must-readby Kim Barker [Chicago Tribune (MCT)][7.Jun.07] :. ISLAMABAD, Pakistan—It hardly seemed like the book launch would be the event of the season. The book, “Military Inc.,” an academic and sometimes dry treatise on Pakistan’s... Pakistan drag diva bends rules of gender, societyby Kim Barker [Chicago Tribune (MCT)][3.May.07] :. ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Begum Nawazish Ali flirts with the country’s law minister, batting her long eyelashes and calling him darling. She kisses one of the minister’s sons on the cheek... Pakistan: In the Shadow of Jihad and Afghanistan by Mary Anne Weaverby Tara Taghizadeh[8.Jan.02] :. A brilliant and insightful account of an important nation that is in the midst of a serious identity crisis. |
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