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[22 Feb 2012 | Comments Off | Tariq Rahman]
Book Review: The Politics of Religion in South and Southeast Asia

A compendium of research, edited by Dr Ishtiaq Ahmed, investigates the increasing role of religion in the politics of South and South East Asia and the results of the yawning divide between the modern elites and the masses.

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[22 Feb 2012 | 4 Comments | Maheen Irfan Ghani]
Interview: Dr. Mohammad Jawad, Surgeon Featured in the Documentary Saving Face

“The documentary Saving Face is about brave women who have suffered a lot and it ends on a positive note.”

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[21 Feb 2012 | Comments Off | Schayan Riaz]
Movie Review: Hugo

Hugo is partly adventure and partly a film-history lecture, but the stirring treatment makes it a winner all the way.

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[21 Feb 2012 | Comments Off | Talib Qizilbash]
Movie Review: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Rooney Mara’s Lisbeth Salander is strong and brave enough to lift The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo from a stylish and dark piece of entertainment to a meaningful story that fuels introspection.

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[21 Feb 2012 | Comments Off | Schayan Riaz]
Movie Review: The Descendants

This coming-of-age story of a 50-year-old man is high-quality cinema and shouldn’t be missed.

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[21 Feb 2012 | Comments Off | Schayan Riaz]
Movie Review: The Artist

The direction in this film is so authentic that the movie could pass as an actual film from the 1920s.