March 30, 2008
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The new geometry
 Evolution, continental shift, extinct seas and transitionally shifting animals; intermingled with the Islamic hegemony of Ziaul Haq’s despotism and glued...
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EXCERPT: The abode of light
 The book focuses on the magnificent buildings of great historical and architectural value in Bahawalpur, the former princely state...
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REVIEWS: No stone unturned
 Reading Goodbye to Gandhi ? — Travels in the new India by Swiss linguist, anthropologist and now journalist by profession Bernard Imhasly is, for a Pakistani...
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REVIEWS: Justice in the light
 The book presents a collection of legal maxims in Shari’ah (Islamic law) and their contribution to justice and clarity in the face of particular circumstances related to sale....
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REVIEWS: Finding solutions
 The Cross and the Crescent: The rise of American Evangelicalism and the future of Muslims by Dr Mohammad Arif Zakaullah is a unique and analytical...
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REVIEWS: A forensics catalogue of weapons
 The Jane’s Guns Recognition Guide is not much of a book, though it fits the definition. But before I talk of the book itself, it seems opportune...
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ARTICLE: A little bit of magic
 Once upon a time, back when animals spoke and rivers sang and every quest was worth going on, back when dragons still roared and maidens...
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BRIEFS: Half of a Yellow Sun
 The Biafran War took place from 1967-70, when the Igbo people of southeastern Nigeria seceded from the rest of the country, following a series of brutal...
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AUTHOR: The legend
 IN an ideal world everyone would choose to be happy and enjoy peace of mind, but in reality those goals are difficult to achieve. Those who are content....
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ARTICLE: Mirror on our world
 Terry Pratchett is one of the world’s best-selling living authors, and yet is relatively unknown in these parts. The major reason for this can be put down...
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REVIEWS: Looking through Marxian glasses
 The book under review was written by three Russian scholars and published some 25 years ago in Moscow during the Soviet era of communism....
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REVIEWS: The man named Mahfouz
 The original versions of the books under review had created a stir not only in the Arab literary circles, but they also generated a genuine interest in the community....
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REVIEW: Of Red Emma
 Anarchism is a forgotten creed now, with its early pioneers and leaders’ blurred images of quaint romantics surviving only in history books...
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COLUMN: A pleasant surprise
‘The problem is not whether Muslims are right or wrong in cases such as the controversy over the Danish cartoons of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him)...
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