Terrorism – Salman Shaheen

Pakistan Calling: Still hope at the end of the line

Squashed beneath the seat of a train bound for Karachi, a frightened young boy hides in the hot dark from armed men searching for people who pray to a different god. Leaving behind his Mysore home that day in 1948 when Gandhi was assassinated and India was aflame with anti-Muslim violence, my father, like so […]

Review: Zero Dark Thirty should be renamed Kill Bill Laden

Leave a Comment / Afghanistan, Film, Human rights, Iraq, Reviews, Terrorism, War / Salman Shaheen

I watched Zero Dark Thirty last night with increasing unease and disgust. And not just because of the brutal torture scenes. My real problem with this Oscar and Golden Globe nominated “historical drama”, which has won near-universal critical acclaim, is that it is essentially little more than a cheap revenge flick that has pulled the

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