Women taking the forefront on August 28, 2015Fatima Akhter (name changed), a middle aged woman, recalls the memories she had kept to herself until now. Sister of a slain Hizbul Mujahidin commander, she smoothed back her silver hair with one hand while holding the hem of her headscarf with the other. A calm and always smiling lady thus spoke of her adventures […]
An author whose work is wedded in Huzun on June 22, 2015Like his earlier book, The Collaborator, Mirza Waheed delicately carries Huzun in his recent one, The Book of Gold Leaves, as well. The word huzun, which is commonly translated as melancholy, has its origin in the Arabic language and it entered the Islamic terminology when the Prophet (PBUH) lost his uncle Abu Talib and his […]