Race equality nightmare: Enoch Powell back in fashion
By Lester Holloway Who would have believed that 50 years after one of the most notorious race baiting rants ever given by a British…
Afghan peace challenge
By Muhammad Amir Rana Afghanistan remained a key diplomatic challenge for Pakistan in 2017, with various strategic, security, economic and internal political implications. The…
Mainstreaming jihad: why now?
By Pervez Hoodbhoy For three decades Pakistan’s military establishment has stoutly denied supporting violent religious groups irrespective of whether a group’s target lay…
Lubaina Himid: Turner Prize winner
By Operation Black Vote Like the African American actor, Morgan Freeman, success has come late to the brilliant artist Lubaina Himid. And we can…
Pakistan Calling Britain
By Anwar Akhtar Pakistan Calling is not just aimed at the British Pakistani community, but anybody who has an interest in Pakistan and issues…
Why Dara still speaks to us today
By Anwar Akhtar That was my response when Nicholas Hytner asked, where do we find stories about what is happening in Pakistan and that…
Stop Muslim-baiting in Britain
By Operation Black Vote In August, the Times’s front-page story was “Christian girl forced into Muslim foster care”. It was followed by a…
The return of authoritarianism is priming the Middle East for more conflict
By Erwin van Ween How is the Saudi-Iranian rivalry overwriting the Arab Spring’s key messages? Today, conflict in the Middle East is reduced to…
Pakistan Calling film project
Over the past five years, The Samosa and the Royal Society of Arts have produced and supported the creation of over 70 short…
