Freedom from the Forbidden

Not sure how much of this is academic stuff, but I imagine all of it is worth considering when we study Pashtunwali/Pukhtunwali, commonly...

In the last post , I talked briefly about the phenomenon of Pashtun nationalism online and why I'm studying it now. Here, I'm going ...

As I've mentioned before, I'm taking a class on identity, and, of course, we have term papers (midterm and final)  to write for the ...

This is honestly the worst news I've heard in a long, long time. I'm hurt. Both as a practicing Muslim and as a student of Islamic S...

I need to remove some of the "pages" (or tabs or whatever) from the top of my blog to replace them with more important pages (like...

So, I wanna talk about something that’s really been bugging me lately. When I was in Jordan, we were playing a game in class one day that...

So, I have a class in a few minutes, but since it’s like totally unlikely that I’ll actually get anything done during these minutes, I decid...

I'm copying the post below from a blogger called Azad Pashtun . I found it both well-written and important to share it on my blog. Enj...

I wrote this around June 2009, so I beg your pardon for any silly mistakes or errors or whatever. And I'm not going to re-read it now ju...

I'm always looking for them -- you know, inspiring, thought-provoking feminist quotes. Please feel free to share whichever are your fav...

Dear all, Just an update on my new life here.'Hamdulillah, all's well, and I'm adjusting quite well and quite fast to the new e...

Definitely worth watching. I'm often critical of singers like Beyonce and Shakira, especially their dance moves while claiming to be fig...