My interests and curiosity range across the universe: Usama Khalidi
WHEN I STARTED TO DISMANTLE MY LIBRARY in anticipation of a move to Washington DC area, I experienced an epiphany as I began emptying the...
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Turkey’s Secularism almost universally accepted.
I came to Turkey basically to experience this Muslim majority country’s practice of secularism, to see the compromises it has made with the Islamic law,...
My American Avatar: Usama Khalidi
Thousands of young backpackers streamed through the Munich youth hostel during 1970-71when I worked there as one of a handful of staff checking in young...
An Encounter with History in Aurangabad
No one could possibly have imagined that the six and last Mughal emperor,Aurangzeb, would lie close to his enemy, Abul Hasan Tana Shah in theireternal...
Celebration means shared happiness, not speeches!
The 150th anniversary of the foundation of my high school, Madarsa-e Aliya, in Hyderabad, was celebrated with some fanfare, but it was mostly speeches by...
