The most common word that has become a proverbial double-edged sword in the press is ‘liberal’. By progressive forces in Pakistan, it is presented as an accolade to many who aspire to associate themselves with modernity. On the other hand, it is dismissed as an epithet for an individual who is somehow too ‘Westernised’. And […]
Author Archives: Saleem H Ali
The writer is Professor of Environmental Studies and Asian Studies at the University of Vermont. His books include Islam and Education: conflict and conformity in Pakistan’s madrassas (Oxford University Press, 2009)
