Why are Muslims annoyed with the West?

I’ve just gotten around to reading this good “Letter from Karachi” by freelance journalist Madiha Tahir published in Foreign Affairs... 

A Mosque Maligned

A very good, thoughtful essay by Robert Wright of the New America Foundation, someone I’d love to meet and recommend Pakistani-Americans seek out... 

What I do and why

I’ve just published a statement under this title on a dedicated new page of my website. It explains succinctly, I think, where I’ve come from... 

Have you read Overtaken By Events?

My new book, Overtaken By Events: A Pakistan Road Trip, has been published for a couple of months now. It has been selling well at public speaking events... 

Gulzar Ahmed: Peace starts with me

Better late than never, I want to share this op-ed written by my friend Gulzar Ahmed, who lives in Oregon: “Peace starts with me,” OregonLive.com,... 

Sentient beings in Pakistan

From filmmaker Mahera Omer in Karachi, who features prominently in Chapter 5 of my book Overtaken By Events: A Pakistan Road Trip: “All creatures... 

Israel without Cliches, by Tony Judt

A bracingly clear-eyed and helpful New York Times op-ed by one of my favorite writers, NYU professor Tony Judt, himself Jewish: “Terrorism is the... 

Ahmadiyyas and the Lahore mosque attacks, by Tahmena Bokhari

Click here to read the full comment from a friend of mine in Toronto, currently serving as Mrs. Pakistan World: “As a social worker I have worked... 

Obama’s misplaced trust in elites

New York Times columnist Frank Rich is one of my regular weekly reads: “It’s this misplaced trust in elites both outside the White House and within... 

Israel and the Distortion of American Politics

SEATTLE, June 5 – “This is a moment,” my friend Todd Shea said over lunch here, two days after Israel attacked the flotilla trying to enter Gaza...