December Issue 2014

March 8, 2016

ROSEWATER  Jon Stewart, the wise-cracking television host of The Daily Show, took a three-month hiatus…

December 24, 2014

December 23, 2014

There’s no stopping Benedict Cumberbatch. The British actor is everywhere — on stage, on television…

December 23, 2014

When Christopher Nolan was a little boy, his father took him to Leicester Square in…

December 23, 2014

The terror associated with the now ubiquitous acronym, ISIS, is enormous. The emergence and systematic…

December 20, 2014

They came from the colony of coconut trees, clear beaches, churches and temples to settle…

December 20, 2014

Qamar Bana’s first trip to Indonesia was in 1991. In 2013, during a visit to…

December 19, 2014

The last minute handshake between Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi…

December 18, 2014

"The worth of every human is in their yohsin,” says a quote by Imam Ali,…

December 18, 2014

The “enormous steps taken during the last three days” helped overcome the obstacles to the…

December 17, 2014

Imagine stopping to help a feeble old man into your cab, only to find out…

December 17, 2014

Located in Old City, Philadelphia, known as America’s most historic square mile, where dozens of…

December 15, 2014

"The poor image is no longer about the real thing — the originary original. Instead,…

December 15, 2014

  On October 30, an anti-terrorism court in Lahore awarded 11 years and three months…

December 13, 2014

"The army started conducting small-scale operations in South Waziristan in 2003. Now it’s 2014 but…

December 13, 2014

Peace activists in Swat are feeling vulnerable and insecure yet again, as 16 people, including…

December 13, 2014

Five-and-a half months after the launch of the military operation, Zarb-e-Azb, against local and foreign…

December 13, 2014

If the likes of Amitabh Bachchan and, later, Shahrukh Khan have ruled over Bollywood, then…

December 13, 2014

Saadia Toor’s The State of Islam offers a refreshing perspective and a much-needed objective insight…

December 13, 2014

Step into an art gallery and you might just find a group of connoisseurs huddled…

December 13, 2014

From the ruins of the First World War arose the modern Turkish Republic, under the…

December 12, 2014

Dr Vali Reza Nasr is a noted scholar on the Middle East, US foreign policy…

December 12, 2014

Five-month pregnant Shama Bibi and her husband Shahzad Masih are but the latest three victims…

December 10, 2014

Fashion Pakistan Week (FPW) is undoubtedly one of Pakistan’s most coveted fashion weeks, with some…

December 10, 2014

What does it take for an artist with 40 years of experience and as many,…

December 10, 2014

The excitement generated by an unconventional art show is palpably stimulating — but in the…

December 10, 2014

Last year, when I was still in college, a group of Israeli activists visited my…

December 9, 2014

109 days, and he is still batting at the crease.  A very determined captain refuses…

November 27, 2014

Traditionally, Islam has always had a problematic relationship with figurative imagery. Unlike artistic traditions stemming…