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Asghar Farhadi in a The Salesman’s press conference, Taraneh Alidoosti in his left and Shahab Hosseini in right Photo Credit:  Hamed Malekpour via Wikimedia Commons Oscars, the grandest of awards in the film industry, became amphitheater of diversity...

For millennia, trees have been such a constant touch of nature that we take their benefits for granted, and pass them by perfunctorily. Still, a few of us try to look into the trees around us...

Times Square, Manhattan, Photo by Chensiyuan via Wikimedia Commons That we speak, understand, act, and reach out to each other comfortably in a common language has long been the case, and it remains so in the...

Photo : Character Ali, played by author Sam Hickey  in an American University stage reading of  play Noor A look at the news coverage of events over the past few months would suggest that Muslims and...

A group photo of participants Credit: Samia Abedel Wahed Photography (http://samiaabdelwahed.zenfolio.com) Fifty-six years ago, in 1960, Begum Aziz Ahmed, wife of the Pakistani Ambassador to the United States, had a brilliant idea. Recognizing the great cultural...

A galaxy of Pakistani film stars studded the UN Headquarters in New York as the first-ever Film Festival began after a glittering Friday night event. UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson, who was the chief guest, congratulated...

The 2016 political season – marked by long rhetorical campaigns and divergent slogans – has resulted in a vigorous debate about its impact on the American society. Particularly, the ‘us vs them’ sounding rhetoric – and implications...

Photo: US State Department via Wikimedia Commons Hollywood star Tom Hanks is confident the United States will be all right, as Washington transitions from a liberal Democratic governance to the new administration of Donald Trump, backed...

Collage Photos: Book by Khalid Mahmood, Bulleh Shah image originally by Tahirakram via Wikimedia Commons Academy of the Punjab in North America has posted a series of new e-Books and magazines on its website, popular among...

Bill Murray, King of Comedy, took Washington by storm with appearances at the White House briefing room and the Kennedy Center, which celebrated his art with award of Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. The actor...