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Halah Khan, دُعا / Dua (Prayer), 8 × 8 in, Karachi, 2022.

This unique, tea-washed book features embroidery and crocheted flowers. On the cover is a “taweez” (talisman) surrounded with golden “zarri” thread and a floral header piece. Inside, the hand-stitched Urdu text is Khan’s “prayer for the possibility of home”.

Dua was selected by our Collections Team for the 10 × 10 for 10 exhibition. The show opens April 26. Learn more: letterformarchive.org/news/10-

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In the 1980s, I saw this drama on Pakistani television. It was the story of an ordinary man, who was underpaid and underappreciated at work. Frustrated, he starts skimming money from his workplace. Eventually, suspicions arise and authorities are called in to investigate the fraud. In a panic, this man grabs the money and runs, fleeing on the midnight train.

His train cabin is closed, and he has only one co-passenger. In the middle of the night, they happen to look at each other and he is quite surprised to find that the stranger in his cabin is a spitting image of himself. Both the men chuckle at this remarkable coincidence, and have a long friendly chat. The fleeing man confides in the stranger about his predicament. The stranger says that he would be glad to help, by switching identities, as he is leaving the country shortly and won't be discovered.

Our protagonist is desperate. He is grateful to the stranger for taking the blame, and saving him. He thanks the stranger effusively. They exchange their papers, and they part ways.

The next day, the protagonist goes about a different town, with his new identity. Shortly, he is arrested by the authorities.
"Please, Sir. I am very sorry. I will return the money.", he tells the police.
"What money?", asks a policeman.
"Er....", stammers the man.
"Is this you?", asks the cop, looking up from his new papers.
"Yes.", the man confirms.
"You are under arrest for a series of murders.", says the cop.

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As a child, I thought this was an allegory for the human condition. We all want to run from our problems, and exchange them from someone else's problems, since we think that the grass is greener on the other side.

As an adult, I realize that this might be an allegory for Xtianity. Some stranger offers to take the blame for your petty crimes, and gets you to be obligated to them. Except, your rap sheet is barely 50 years long, and this guy is complicit in 2000 years of murders, rapes, and other atrocities.

paper.wf/penumbrage/why-i-am-a

penumbrage · Why I Am ALSO Not a ChristianIn his 1927 essay "Why I Am Not a Christian", Bertrand Russell makes a case against the existence of God in general, and opposes Christi...

Pakistan's security forces launched a sweeping midnight raid on supporters of jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan who had stormed the capital demanding his release on Tuesday, local media said, with hundreds arrested amid chaotic scenes. japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/11/ #asiapacific #pakistani #imrankhan #shehbazsharif

The Japan Times · Pakistani forces launch midnight raid on Khan's supportersBy Asif Shahzad

NEO-NAZIS ACCUSED IN LONDON RIOTS

July 5, 1981
New York Times

[...] "The trouble apparently began when two busloads of #skinheads arrived in #Southall, not far from Heathrow Airport, for a rock concert given by a skinhead group in the Hambrough pub.

"Southall has a large #Indian and #Pakistani population, and the skinheads have provided many recruits for the #whitesupremacist #NationalFront organization.

"Many Britons were shocked today as they watched television, waiting for the start of the men's Wimbledon tennis final, to see film of a pitched battle in the London streets, with fire engines and police vans burning along with buildings.

"The police said they had no evidence that the white youths were members of the National Front, a small extremist group that has been accused of #neonazism but local officials said they were sure that the front was involved.

"'The skinheads were wearing National Front gear, #swastikas everywhere, and National Front written on their jackets,' said a spokesman for the Southall Youth Association. 'They sheltered behind the police barricades and threw stones at the crowd. Instead of arresting them, the police just pushed them back. It's not surprising people started to retaliate."

Read more:
nytimes.com/1981/07/05/world/n

The New York Times · NEO-NAZIS ACCUSED IN LONDON RIOTSBy The New York Times
Continued thread

#Soleimani ’s assassination seems to have given a new impetus to the so-called #AxisOfResistance - the network of groups in the region doing #ran ’s bidding. This network is far from homogenous - each group has its own agenda.

These range from pure proxies like some #Iraqi militias and #Afghan and #Pakistani #Shia mercenary groups, which are the absolute creations of the #IRGC with little independent decision making power and ideologically absolutely line of the Islamic republic.
(cont.)

As per the #AssociatedPress

#Breaking

« #Pakistan’s air force carried out retaliatory strikes on #insurgents inside #Iran, Pakistan’s #ForeignMinistry said Thursday. The strikes followed Iran’s attack Tuesday on #Pakistani soil that killed two #children in the southwestern #Baluchistan province.

Iran’s state media Thursday said several explosions were heard near #Saravan city close to the border of Iran and Pakistan.»

apnews.com/article/pakistan-ir

AP News · Iran: At least 9 killed in Pakistan's tit-for-tat strikesBy MUNIR AHMED