Essays

The Black Hole Of Bagram

There is ample reason to fear for the welfare and mental health of the men imprisoned at Bagram. Since its creation the prison at the Bagram Air Base has been notorious for its brutal and inhumane treatment of the prisoners.

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The Black Hole Of Bagram

There is ample reason to fear for the welfare and mental health of the men imprisoned at Bagram. Since its creation the prison at the Bagram Air Base has been notorious for its brutal and inhumane treatment of the prisoners.

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The Story Of Bagram Prison

The Soviet Union built Bagram as a base of operations for troops and supplies shortly after its invasion of Afghanistan in 1979. After the Soviet withdrawal, the base changed hands between different militia groups. The American’s took over the base

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The Story Of Bagram Prison

The Soviet Union built Bagram as a base of operations for troops and supplies shortly after its invasion of Afghanistan in 1979. After the Soviet withdrawal, the base changed hands between different militia groups. The American’s took over the base

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Searching For Ghosts

One evening, standing on a hill overlooking Paizoo Khan’s small mud house located close to the Afghan border, I was struck by the incredible contrast between the dreams and aspirations of a man eking out a life at the periphery

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Searching For Ghosts

One evening, standing on a hill overlooking Paizoo Khan’s small mud house located close to the Afghan border, I was struck by the incredible contrast between the dreams and aspirations of a man eking out a life at the periphery

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It Could Probably Just As Well Be Different

Why do this? As I travel into the bowels of Pakistan I return with despair. The obstacles are overwhelming. But towards what? On nights when I can’t sleep because I am too tired, I think about the futility of it

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It Could Probably Just As Well Be Different

Why do this? As I travel into the bowels of Pakistan I return with despair. The obstacles are overwhelming. But towards what? On nights when I can’t sleep because I am too tired, I think about the futility of it

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The War Against Terror & The Pakistani Citizen

  The vanquished know war. They see through the empty jingoism of those who use the abstract words of glory, honor, and patriotism to mask the cries of the wounded, the senseless killing, war profiteering, and chest-pounding grief. They know

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The War Against Terror & The Pakistani Citizen

  The vanquished know war. They see through the empty jingoism of those who use the abstract words of glory, honor, and patriotism to mask the cries of the wounded, the senseless killing, war profiteering, and chest-pounding grief. They know

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The Moral Case For Drones: Part III

This essay is part of a series of essays that asks us to challenge the language and the history used to justify the continuing American drone campaign in Pakistan. These  pieces give the basis of my argument against the use

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The Moral Case For Drones: Part III

This essay is part of a series of essays that asks us to challenge the language and the history used to justify the continuing American drone campaign in Pakistan. These  pieces give the basis of my argument against the use

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The Moral Case For Drones: Part I

This is the first part of a three-part series of essays that asks us to challenge the language and the history used to justify the continuing American drone campaign in Pakistan. This first part explores briefly the use of language

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The Moral Case For Drones: Part I

This is the first part of a three-part series of essays that asks us to challenge the language and the history used to justify the continuing American drone campaign in Pakistan. This first part explores briefly the use of language

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An Incomplete Debate

There is something exciting, and something disappointing in the many discussions provoked by the recent factory fire that engulfed the Tazreen garment factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Today, for example, the New York Times invited a group of individuals involved with

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An Incomplete Debate

There is something exciting, and something disappointing in the many discussions provoked by the recent factory fire that engulfed the Tazreen garment factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Today, for example, the New York Times invited a group of individuals involved with

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Tagore’s Last Curtain

From the beginning of our days man has imagined the seat of divinity in the upper air from which comes light and blows the breath of life for all creatures on this earth. The peace of its dawn, the splendour

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Tagore’s Last Curtain

From the beginning of our days man has imagined the seat of divinity in the upper air from which comes light and blows the breath of life for all creatures on this earth. The peace of its dawn, the splendour

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‘Frontier Justice’ – September 1, 2004

♦ This photo essay was originally published in Mother Jones Magazine as Frontier Justice – Writer Malcolm Garcia penned the piece that accompanied it. The work was produced with the support of SIPA Press who were my representatives back the.

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‘Frontier Justice’ – September 1, 2004

♦ This photo essay was originally published in Mother Jones Magazine as Frontier Justice – Writer Malcolm Garcia penned the piece that accompanied it. The work was produced with the support of SIPA Press who were my representatives back the.

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‘Frontier Justice’ – Mother Jones Magazine

This piece was originally published in Mother Jones Magazine as Frontier Justice – Writer Malcolm Garcia penned the piece based on his independent research and interviews with me after my return from Wana, Waziristan. The year was 2004. I post

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‘Frontier Justice’ – Mother Jones Magazine

This piece was originally published in Mother Jones Magazine as Frontier Justice – Writer Malcolm Garcia penned the piece based on his independent research and interviews with me after my return from Wana, Waziristan. The year was 2004. I post

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Raising Concerns In Eastern Punjab

I am traveling in the regions east of Okara and Sahiwal, towards the border with India. I am here to meet with and speak to ex-death row prisoners who have either completed their sentences or were pardoned after some years

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Raising Concerns In Eastern Punjab

I am traveling in the regions east of Okara and Sahiwal, towards the border with India. I am here to meet with and speak to ex-death row prisoners who have either completed their sentences or were pardoned after some years

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An Escape From Darkness

The streets dance with life and all its accompanying consequences. I step over carpets of litter, jump past pools of sewage as small children play pick-up games of cricket and football all around me. The narrow alleys leave little room

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An Escape From Darkness

The streets dance with life and all its accompanying consequences. I step over carpets of litter, jump past pools of sewage as small children play pick-up games of cricket and football all around me. The narrow alleys leave little room

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An Inevitable Short Sightedness

What was perhaps most surprising was the short-sightedness of the community and official response to the Baldia Factory fire accident. Certainly monies were immediately made available for the survivors of the affected families, but it was the nature of this

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An Inevitable Short Sightedness

What was perhaps most surprising was the short-sightedness of the community and official response to the Baldia Factory fire accident. Certainly monies were immediately made available for the survivors of the affected families, but it was the nature of this

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On Structural Violence

One of the key issues I will raise in this work is the idea of Structural Violence and Structural Injustice. I want introduce these concepts here because their study will be a major part of the project ahead. It is

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On Structural Violence

One of the key issues I will raise in this work is the idea of Structural Violence and Structural Injustice. I want introduce these concepts here because their study will be a major part of the project ahead. It is

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