The Digital Divan: Dr Sean Pue explores ways to preserve Urdu poetry
KARACHI: Digital curation, a process by which digital assets are preserved and archived, is vital for cultural preservation and will contribute towards preserving the South…
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Diagnosing a country: Pakistan’s problem? Denialism, say speakers
KARACHI: Can one collectively diagnose a country? A pathological state that Pakistan suffers from is ‘denialism’, roughly defined as the tendency to reject reality…
The faith of the Islamic State
KARACHI: Dr Christoph Günther is currently serving as a research associate at the Research Training Group, Religious Non-conformism and Cultural Dynamics, at the University…
Will military courts save us?
Fahd Ali Thursday, January 15, 2015 People criticising the military’s role in establishing military courts often forget the role of the other important institution…
In conversation with Seyyed Vali Reza Nasr
Seyyed Vali Reza Nasr comes from an illustrious Iranian family. His father, Hossein Nasr, is an internationally respected scholar of Islam who has written…
Killing enough
Fahd Ali Saturday, January 10, 2015 From Print Edition This is our moment of reckoning. Or it’s supposed to be. We had been waiting…
Looking beyond the clichéd norms of higher education
Many students today would benefit from studying a curriculum aimed at teaching general subjects and developing general analytical capacity in a more interactive context…
Liberal Classes
“The worth of every human is in their yohsin,” says a quote by Imam Ali, the first Shia Imam, where yohsin translates to “thoughtful…
HUM TV coverage – Yohsin Lecture Series Dr. Vali Nasr
HUM TV coverage - Yohsin Lecture Series Dr. Vali Nasr, Dean at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) from Habib University on…
Education a slow cooking process: Prof Gayatri Chakravorty
KARACHI: Education is not all about knowledge it is also about building foundations with the humanities. It is a slow cooking process where you…
Pluralism can counter sectarianism
KARACHI: Sectarianism within the world of Islam has moved beyond religious arguments and is now about the balance and distribution of power. Whether in…
What causes violence in South Asia? It’s all about identity, says Dr Vali Nasr
KARACHI: Dr Vali Nasr knows what causes violence in South Asia. “It’s about identity. It’s always about identity,” he says. A leading academic on Middle…