A homophobic Editorial: Professional negligence or genuine belief?
Photo courtesy the febrile imagination On the 29th of July 2010 I read a strange and badly written editorial that appeared in the . To put it mildly, the editorial was a…
Author: Nazeeya Faarooq
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 to give a Jumma sermon. He shook his head sadly and told…
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 few days ago, my family lived and breathed cricket and it seemed…
Big Game
A group of men are standing in an outdoor location. They are grinning and laughing and are triumphant but most importantly of all, they exude an air of victory. The camera pans…
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 girl wearing a lama sari, there was a Tamil girl with jasmine…
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 in fact a human being – it is the moderate Muslim. Many…