Personal page and articles by Nazeeya Faarooq
A homophobic Editorial: Professional negligence or genuine belief?
Photo courtesy the Daily Mirror’s febrile imagination On the 29th of July 2010 I read a strange and badly written...
Continue reading »Jumma: The last bastion of the boys
The other day I was chatting to my dad and told him that sometime in the future I would like...
Continue reading »Does cricket have a citizenship?
My family like many Sri Lankan families is cricket mad. I am the exception. When Sri Lanka played Pakistan a...
Continue reading »Big Game
A group of men are standing in an outdoor location. They are grinning and laughing and are triumphant but most...
Continue reading »Hijab whereforth dost thou commeth?
The other day I was driving outstation and saw a big bill board advertising national unity. There was a Sinhala...
Continue reading »The moderate Muslim: An endangered species?
There is an endangered species out there – strangely it is not an animal, or bird or plant but is...
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