Remembering Taseer

By Omar Farooque,on January 4th,2012

A little over 30 years ago I met Salmaan Taseer in Dubai. I was straight out of law school and working for a US-Pakistani firm in Dubai. There were few people a 22-year-old could find much commonality with. Salmaan was different that way. He was interested in and interesting to many. We would meet . . . →Read More:Remembering Taseer

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:Is The West Going Through a Phase of Moral Degeneration

By Omar Farooque,on December 29th,2010

Alain de Botton is a Swiss public intellectual,author,philosopher,television presenter and entrepreneur living in the United Kingdom. He has written several books on literature,philosophy,art,travel and architecture. In August 2008,he established a new educational enterprise in London called “The School of Life”. Among his prominent books are “How Proust Can Change . . . →Read More::Is The West Going Through a Phase of Moral Degeneration

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Media and Tourism ~ A Reflection

By Alizeh Khattak,on December 28th,2010

Beautiful Deosai Plateau

Tourism and traveling is big business in today’s world. People travel and see fascinating things. Traveling is a way to relax. People take pictures to freeze their memories. I also travel a lot after coming to America,but my Pakistani soul is desperate to see anything related to my beloved country.

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