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Cracks in the Window

Ijaz RehanBajaur: Literature often recognizes dangers long before political scientists and policymakers do. Great novels do more than tell stories; they diagnose the weaknesses of societies and warn of the consequences of ignoring them.…

The Last Wax Master of Peshawar

Fakhar-e-AlamPeshawar: In the fading light of a narrow street in Peshawar, 75-year-old artisan Riaz Ali bends carefully over a sheet of cloth, drawing delicate patterns with molten wax while, just a few feet away, his grandsons scroll…