Rituals are the password and key to the wonderful novel (The Devil of Al-Khidr) by the writer Muhammad Ibrahim Taha, those rituals that start from the first scene and never go away through the pages of the novel, which relies on a rural popular memory.
But before entering the novelistic text, we must question the title, as Al-Khidr in the
No amount of tears
Can repair the hemorrhage.
Healing is not always glorious.
Though light guides and softens pain,
It can singe as a wildfire.
Barbara Leonhard, a poet from USA, shares her poetry
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Recently, geological and climatological experts have probed evolution and disappearance of Hakro River
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Several thousand years ago, the Indian subcontinent experienced significant
Alongside cup-marks, the Chitter Pari rock art site features anthropomorphic, zoomorphic and geometric motifs
In 2008, I visited Chitter Pari for the first time as I was travelling to Mirpur City. A friend had told me about the rock carvings in Chitter Pari village while I was doing research on the cultural landscape in Punjab’s
The current state of education, with its emphasis on conformity and standardized testing, has led to the erosion of individuality and creativity among students
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