The book I have chosen to do review on is "Moyurakkhi" (ময়ূরাক্ষী ) . The author of the book is Humayun Ahmed (13 November 1948 – 19 July 2012). The book was first published in May 1990. The publisher that published the book was Ananya. Moyurakkhi is the first book of Himu series. The book starts with the sentence "এ্যাই ছেলে এ্যাই" (Hello boy hello)‚ and the readers get the usual jokes‚ confusion fascination‚ an extraordinary intelligence and ability to obtain immediate oral of Himu when the story
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Faiz Ahmed Faiz‚ prominent Urdu poet of 20th century‚ has been translated into different languages such as English‚ Russian and German etc. He is widely read through translation of his poetic works. His poems have been well rendered to English by translators‚ both native English and Indians or poets from subcontinent. Through my much long query to the translators of Faiz Ahmed Faiz‚ I came across numerous translators of his works. The list goes this like: Victor G. Kiernan‚ Imdad Hussain‚ Vikram
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love for another‚ or simple closeness to another human being‚ intimacy is something humans (hopefully) experience many times throughout their lives. There is not a second thought to how we assign intimacy to different acts or feelings‚ but in the Arab-Islamic world in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries‚ some intimate acts could lead one to severe punishment or even death. Islamic law was (and still is) tricky to navigate and depending upon what school of law an individual observed‚ one would
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Land Disputes between India Pakistan Post Separations 1 Acknowledgement 2 Declarations Chapter 1 Objectives Introduction Background The Indian Subcontinent The 1947 Separation Movement Distribution of Land and its Basis Post Separation Sub Continent Post Separation Pakistan Post Separation India Chapter 2 Tensions between India Pakistan The three Wars Kashmir Issue Sir Creek Conflict The Kargil War Chapter 3 Future Consequences Effect on Asia Chapter 4 My Analysis
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Professor Ahmad Rafique Akhtar is a Mystic and distinguished Muslim scholar of Modern Era from Pakistan‚ Gujar Khan. He was born on April 15‚ 1941. He graduated from Government College‚ Lahore‚ and later associated with teaching in MAO College Lahore for several years. The enlightenment of his thoughts has heralded the dawn of a new age in the present world. Due to his acquaintance with books‚ intricate queries in his wits; he studied literature‚ philosophy‚ Mythologies and all contemporary subjects
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Diamond’s presentation explores the question of why there are no Arab democracies in the Middle East and North Africa. He shows us the relatively stagnant levels of democratic freedoms that have been the norm in the region for the past several decades. Diamond gives us a multitude of potential explanations for the absence of a sustainable democracy. His first explanation implicates that there must be something within the Islam or Arab culture or religion‚ that prevents the formation of a democratic
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Sir Syed Ahmed Khan 1. Farsi Maddarsa Muradabad He establised a Farsi Maddarsa at Muradabad in 1859. It was the starting point of Sir Syed’s Educational struggle. In this Maddarsa‚ English is also taught besides English. 2. Victoria School Ghazipur Sir Syed establised first modern Victoria School at Ghazipur (1864). In this school‚ besides Modern Education five languages (English‚ Urdu‚ Arabic‚ Persian and Sanskrit) were also taught. 3. Establishment of Scientific
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Eleven year old‚ Wasil Ahmad‚ went shopping for groceries at the market in Tarin Kowt. While he was shopping‚ he was shot by couple of people who were riding on motorcycles by him. On Monday‚ the Taliban later claimed they were responsible for shooting the boy on their website. Dost Mohammad Nayab‚ the spokesman for governors‚ said that Wasil was sent to the local hospital‚ then was transferred to another hospital in Kandahar that would be able to provide better hospitality. Sadly‚ the eleven year
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In this book This Song Will Save Your Life by Leila Sales‚ Elisa is the main character and she doesn’t like who she is. Elisa is not very popular she had one friend when she was little and then her friend stopped talking to her. She had her mind set on changing herself so people liked her‚ she studied popular people all summer before she went to school. Elisa changed her clothes‚ where she sat‚ and how she did everything just so people would like her. In this book is shows that sometimes you don’t
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Fatima Ahmed Ibrahim is a feminist activist for women’s rights and social change in Sudan. She was born at 1939 has a long history of working‚ and fighting for women rights. Fatima is an author too‚ and she published about seven books and many articles for the cause that she dedicated her life to it. Fatima’s life was not easy and had many sad moments. She has been living under multiple oppressive regimes and had her husband executed during the 60’s. Moreover‚ spent two-year house impressment.
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