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Articles by Talib Qizilbash


Talib Qizilbash has been freelance writing since 2003. He joined Newsline in 2006, working as both a writer and editor. He is currently the magazine’s online editor.

Blog Row, The Water Cooler »

[22 Mar 2010 | No Comment | Talib Qizilbash]
Health Care in the US is a Class Issue

People protesting against health care reform in the US ironically show that they need serious medical treatment themselves — now.

Technology »

[15 Mar 2010 | No Comment | Talib Qizilbash]
Has Twitter Lost its Mojo?

There has been chatter (and a few tweets) about Twitter flatlining. The growth in users is off from its peak of 13% month-to-month growth. Is Twitter falling from its perch?

Arts & Culture, Blog Row, Movies, The Water Cooler »

Predicting the Oscar Winners

A couple of Newsline know-it-alls go head-to-head and offer their Oscars predictions.

Blog Row »

[1 Mar 2010 | No Comment | Talib Qizilbash]
Sniffing Out the ‘Threat’ at PIA

Are the searches of PIA planes in Toronto last year more signs that a unified security perimeter for North America is in the works?

Art, Arts & Culture, People, Q & A »

[28 Feb 2010 | No Comment | Talib Qizilbash]
Interview: Tazeen Qayyum

“Maybe a venue like the Olympics compliments my work, where the obvious rosy picture of perfection exists superficially,” says contemporary miniaturist Tazeen Qayyum.

Blog Row, Sport Report »

[23 Feb 2010 | No Comment | Talib Qizilbash]
Ice Ice Desi

It shouldn’t be surprising that Bollywood tunes have finally made it into international figure skating.

Blog Row, Sport Report, Sports »

[20 Feb 2010 | No Comment | Talib Qizilbash]
Is Tiger really a lost Buddhist?

Should the world believe that therapy, support groups, Buddhism and a now all-powerful wife can turn Tiger Woods into the perfect icon that IMG projected for so long?

Arts & Culture, Movies »

[19 Feb 2010 | No Comment | Talib Qizilbash]
Another White Messiah?

It is one line, more than anything else, that damns writer and director James Cameron as being a creator of a racist blockbuster.

Arts & Culture, Books »

[17 Feb 2010 | No Comment | Talib Qizilbash]
Looking for God

In Nine Lives, William Dalrymple travels to India (and dips into Pakistan) to determine if thousands of years of spirituality still have the legs to compete with materialism.

Sports »

[13 Feb 2010 | No Comment | Talib Qizilbash]
Olympic Tragedy

Just a few hours before the opening ceremonies were scheduled to begin on Friday, tragedy struck the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver with the death of Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili.