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Author: Mirak Raheem

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Elections, Features, Identity, Politics and Governance, Post-War, Puttalam, Trincomalee

Muslims and the Eastern Provincial Council Elections in Sri Lanka: Kingmakers or Pawns?

Photo via As the campaigning for the Eastern Provincial Council (EPC) election concludes, there are only a few absolute certainties as to the outcome – most notably that there will be no…

Mirak Raheem Mirak Raheem on 09/06/2012
Colombo, Environment

Vihara Maha Devi: Where have all the trees gone?

Photo courtesy Asia Explorers Over the course of roughly a year Vihara Maha Devi has been through some significant changes and they are still on-going. Seemingly, this is related to the transfer…

Mirak Raheem Mirak Raheem on 02/19/201202/19/2012
IDPs and Refugees, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Post-War, Vavuniya

The End of Displacement in Sri Lanka?

In June 2010 the Minister for Resettlement, Milroy Fernando stated that there were 60,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Sri Lanka and that the Government would resettle them by August 2010. With…

Mirak Raheem Mirak Raheem on 08/10/201008/08/2010
Colombo, Elections, Identity, Politics and Governance, Post-War

Post War Muslim Minority Party Politics : Surviving Political Quietus

The decision by the leader of the National Unity Alliance (NUA), Minister Ferial Ashraff’s to join the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) in February 2010 raises serious questions for Muslim politics in…

Mirak Raheem Mirak Raheem on 04/09/201004/09/2010

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