Tariq Ali on Ukraine Nato Expansion (Video)
Democracy Now on March 9 spoke with writer and activist Tariq Ali in London, about Russia’s invasion, NATO expansion into Eastern Europe and & how Putin’s moves galvanized a Russian
Dream Girl Called Rule of Law (Video)
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Tera Jana: Khan’s Ouster (Video)
IRSHAD SALIM – Charlie and Snoopy discuss Imran Khan’s ouster ‘melancholy’ among his supporters, loyalists, and the overwhelming number of Pakistani youth (I call them the sunshine generation) who look
‘WAADA’ Coming Soon (Video)
WAADA written by Farheen Chaudhry in Islamabad, and produced by Habib Paracha in Hollywood, is coming soon on YouTube. WATCH the teaser of the tarana (song): The message is of
Iftar at Lord’s Cricket Stadium in UK (Video)
Mosques in Moscow are overflowing during Ramadan. Iftar held at Lord’s cricket stadium in UK. (WhatsApp share by DesPardes.com reader)
Too Little Too Late and Hamesha in Urdu (Video)
انگریزی کا جملہ ” ٹو لٹل ٹو لیٹ ” اور اُرْدُو کا جملہ ہمیشہ دییر کر دیتا ہوں میں ہمیشہ کوانگریزی میں ” آلویز” کہتے ہیں Irshad Salim, Islamabad (ارشاد
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Transgenders Julie, Mannat and Sapna (Video)
IRSHAD SALIM — A few transgenders I had met at a markaz (marketplace) in Islamabad during February thru March 2022 are happy campers. They’re willing to learn, acquire skills, become
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‘Can you help me fight your friend so that I can concentrate on fighting you later?’
Marco D’Eramo in his recent article ‘Deglobalization’ published in the Side Bar wrote: “After the phone call between Biden and Xi on 18 March, an anchor on Chinese state television
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About Robaba, Kangina and Religions in Afghanistan (Videos)
Unable to use her hands, arms, or legs, 21-yr-old Afghan artist Robaba Mohammadi has defied unlikely odds in her land-locked country that has faced decades of invasions, seen millions of
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‘Ghabrana Chor Doh’ (Video)
From ‘Ghabrana Nahi’ (Don’t be afraid) to ‘Ghabrana Chor Doh’ (Doff fear) is the battlecry of Imran Khan’s telegraphic travelogue of ‘Project Democracy’ in Pakistan. According to several independent observers
Julian Assange Interviews Imran Khan (Video)
“Just watch this, and you will know why what happened. History almost repeating itself,” an independent British observer/analyst of South Asian descent, tells DesPardes: ALSO READ:Snowden & Imran Khan –
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A Gentleman in Moscow (ماسکو میں ایک شخصیت)
From the New York Times bestselling author of Rules of Civility— A Gentleman in Moscow is a transporting novel about a man who is ordered to spend the rest of