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- Haji Ali taught me to share three cups of tea, to slow down and make building relationships as important as building projects. He taught me…
- Yes, I was detained for eight days in Waziristan in 1996. It was against my will, and my passport and money were taken from me.…
- We all sat there laughing and sipping tea peacefully, an infidel and representatives from three warring sects of Islam. And I thought if we can…
- Because most of the girls were still in mourning and all of them had lost their textbooks, even pencils and pens, Shaukat Ali began the…
- In Muslim societies, a person who has been manipulated unto believing in extremist violence or terrorism often seeks the permission of his mother before he…
- A wise man from my home once told me that these mountains have seen far too much suffering and killing, and that each rock and…
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