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Proverbs are not just about wisdom and lessons drawn from the experiences of people. They are much more than just witty sayings. They represent the culture and ethos of a people, community, and nation. That is...

I was dying of thirst and rain had been banished from the skies. The clouds were intoxicated elephants waving their trunks at me, their shapes transforming into a vortex of steam. I longed to ascend and...

I saw a bird Flying out of its cage  Into the air  Full of joy Enjoying its life  Spreading a message  By its freedom flight Life is love   Love of the soul  And the soul an...

Gopi Chand Narang, a leading scholar of Urdu language and literature, has said Allama Iqbal stands unique in his profound expression of the message of Karbala, where Hazrat Imam Hussain and his family offered a sublime...

The story of Hayy ibn Yaqdhan is as unlikely as is its impact on the world centuries after it was written. The twelfth century novel was written by Abu Bakr Ibn Tufail, advisor to the ruler in Marrakesh,...

Where will you look for love? You will find it in a stream When the water is quiet and calm You will see it In the showers of rain You will realize it In the clear blue...

NELSON MANDELA Now that you have flown far away Oh, sweet bird of the age I find the world  like an emptied place With only hollow men howling around Stealing the stock of defenseless souls  ...

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The life of the arts, far from being an interruption, a distraction, in the life of the nation, is close to the center of a nation’s purpose – and is a test to the quality of...

I happened to be at Alexandria Waterfront on the right time this week. But even as a photographer I could not fully know that the blue color will make such beautiful scene for pictures from Old...