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Abernethy, V. (1993). Population politics: The choices that shape our future. New York: Plenum.Google Scholar  Boserup, E. (1970). Women’s role in economic development. New York: St. Martin’s PressGoogle Scholar  Briggs, J. (1974). Eskimo women: Makers of men. In C. J. Matthiasson (Ed.), Many sisters: Women in cross-cultural perspective (pp. 261–304). New York: Free Press.Google Scholar  Bonvillain, N. (2001). Women and men: Cultural constructs… Read More »

An Arab Muslim girl was studying in London. One day she went to a party of her friends. Despite her best efforts, she could not leave in a hurry. When she left the function, it was late at night. Her home was far away, the only way to get home quickly was by underground train, but she was… Read More »

People make mistakes, that’s normal. But some faults or misunderstandings can put your relationship in danger if you do it constantly and in long-term, especially as a married couple. We’re not saying that you shouldn’t make any mistake at all, but by being aware of the common errors that you or your future spouse potentially make in your… Read More »

This is part 2 of the blog post which is about stories from the life of Hazrat Khwaja Qutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki (ra). He is a very elevated Saint of the Chishti Order and he was the disciple of Hazrat Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti Ajmeri (ra) aka Khwaja Gharib Nawaz (ra). The next story tells us how the glance of… Read More »

Basic General Knowledge Questions and Answers. These are very important and latest Basic General Knowledge Questions for all competitive examinations. So, practice with this extensive collection of Basic GK Questions and Answers. You can answer the GK Questions for fun too. There are a lot of Basic General Knowledge Questions and Answers in the GK Online Test. Candidates… Read More »

Many of the story about Sarah (originally named Sarai) in Genesis are about her role as both Abraham’s wife and also perhaps a biological family member; ultimately her ancestry is unclear. During her 127-year life, she is enslaved in Egypt, foreshadowing Israel’s later bondage, and is ultimately released after God sends plagues. Sarah is unable to have children… Read More »

Here is what we have learned from Introduction to the Human Body: The human body is a single structure but it is made up of billions of smaller structures of four major kinds: cells, tissues, organs, and systems. An organ is an organization of several different kinds of tissues so arranged that together they can perform a special function.… Read More »

Sultan al-Awliya Shaykh Abdul Qadir al-Gaylani (Allah be pleased with him) gave the following ten rules for his mureeds who wanted to mature themselves and control their nafs. These rules are listed in Ghuniyat-ut Talibeen. Translation taken from: [1]1. Jokingly or seriously, don’t lie, because once your tongue avoids lying, Allah the Most High enlarges your chest and… Read More »

When the nightmare unfolded, teachers and students of the Army Public School Peshawar had just returned to their classes after recess. Some students, including 18-year-old Yasir Iqbal, gathered in the large auditorium and were attentively listening to a lecture. Others sat at their desks, eyes on the clock instead of the blackboard, silently urging for the hands to… Read More »

Parveen Shakir PP (Urdu: پروین شاکر; 24 November 1952 – 26 December 1994) was a Pakistani poet, teacher and a civil servant of the government of Pakistan. She is best known for her poems, which brought a distinctive feminine voice to Urdu literature, and for her consistent use of the rare grammatical feminine gender for the word “lover”. Since her death, the “Parveen Shakir Urdu Literature… Read More »