Articles with tag: Divorce
Curse of Arranged or Forced Marriages
Moiz Ansari Oct 14, 2007 interacts: 89He is from a “good” family or biradri! The girl might be given a chance to look at her future groom once if the parents are “Progressive”
My Life Story
fariha ansari Aug 1, 2007 interacts: 10When I close my eyes in solitude and think about the goings-on in my life during the past 17 years, I realize that a big part of my life is gone, withered away, wasted...
Hidden Desires
Ozer Khalid Apr 8, 2006 interacts: 39Oh, chaste wither away! And set her lust free--
held incarcerated, long ago a romance ceased to be
to whisper a hymn of infidelity
Ashiana-e-Ali
Rezwan Bajwa Aug 21, 2005 interacts: 19Mohsin bhai retired from the military service many years ago with the rank of Colonel. He must be approaching seventy now but what a spirited man I thought. Still going strong. The will to live, to accumulate wealth.
Muslims Not Married in America
Fazeel Chauhan Jun 28, 2005 interacts: 116How hard is it to find a good man? Or a good woman for marriage?
The “D” Word
Aisha Farooqui Jan 18, 2005 interacts: 235I sometimes joked that had we had blackened eyes and bruised bodies as proofs of torture it would have been easy to sell our “D” idea. But unfortunately mental and emotional scars cannot be brought forward as evidence for dissolution of marria
A Woman Scorned...
sameena khan Sep 15, 2004 interacts: 66This could be an act of defiance. Perhaps she couldn’t forgive Imran even though she so magnanimously accepted Tyrian. Perhaps she is revolted by the holier-than-thou attitude of us desis, the double standards we harbor and our failure to practice
An Open Letter to Jemima Khan
Farzana Versey Jul 20, 2004 interacts: 111Many celebrated alliances in the West have fallen apart due to straying and jealousy. But you, Jemima, were one neat shoulder from which to fire the gun at the ‘jihadis’.
The Triple Conspiracy
Farzana Versey Jul 1, 2004 interacts: 72On July 4, the All-India Muslim Personal Law Board is likely to adopt a resolution scrapping the ’triple talaq’. Many Islamic countries, including Pakistan, do not follow the system. Even within India, there are differing opinions. But the sys
For Better or Worse
Sheharyar Malhi Jun 7, 2003 interacts: 78Compromise is the key to a successful marriage but what happens when neither party is willing to do that?
Trembling Camera Flare on a Column Within a Column
Zeeshan Mahmud May 28, 2003 interacts: 71women who end up in this exclusive club-like section
The Infidel
Godot Feb 13, 2003 interacts: 24Translated from Urdu, Ismat Chughtai’s short story ‘Kafir’
The Sad Reality of Arranged Marriages in South Asia
Aqdas Afzal Nov 2, 2002 interacts: 165Arranged Marriages are Racist and prevent Social Mobility
The King’s Gambit: Chapter 1 (The Immigrant)
Umair Raja and Omer Rafique Jan 7, 2002 interacts: 70Mister Prime Minister, you will start World War III
Ismat Chughtai’s Autobiography -- A Transalation
Muniba Kamal Nov 8, 2000 interacts: 47Let her, said my father
The Relationship That Heals
Ali Hashmi Nov 1, 2000 interacts: 27no one comes to see me because they are happy or content with their life.
The Burden of Virginity
A Bismil Oct 15, 2000 interacts: 132If you ever have sex with a guy, I’ll know immediately
Just Another Woman
Anne Shamim Dec 11, 1998 interacts: 67They used you as a guinea pig, an experimental drug.
The Judge
Saima Shah Jun 22, 1998 interacts: 27It was an ordinary summer in a very hot country. Life was full of possibilities and poetry.
Selective Islam in Pakistan
Imran Khan Jan 21, 1998 interacts: 50I feel there are certain western countries with far more Islamic traits than us, especially in the way they protect the rights of their citizens.
