Pakistani Performer Uncovers Comedy in Taboos, Cultural Crossover
From the Blog sonyarehman *By Sonya Rehman* *Nadia P. Manzoor,* *a Pakistani writer and performer based in Brooklyn, New York, has made it her mission to bring to light the struggles of young Pakistani Muslims, immigrants in foreign countries, who struggle to find their identity while growing up in traditional Pakistani homes; the balance between the East and the West, finding equilibrium amid tradition and familial expectations, taboo subjects and the hypocrisy that can remain comfortably concealed beneath conventionality.* [image: Photo: Leslie Van Stelten] Photo: Leslie Van Stelten Burq Off!*, Manzoor’s one-woman play of 21 unique characters, debuted in New York in December 2013, and since then has taken off to a whole new level, with sold-out shows in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and London, in addpakistanblogs.blogspot.comRead Full Post
QOTD: Do not let ignorance …
From the Blog mtrtmk Do not fight fire with fire… it is quite possible that this was an act based off of evil and a scared ignorant man, do not let ignorance propagate in your life, do not reply ignorance with ignorance Farris Barakat (brother of Muslim student murdered in North Carolina) Source: Thousands gather for slain Muslim students in Chapel Hill pakistanblogs.blogspot.comRead Full Post
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