Culture Shock! Pakistan: A Guide to Customs and Etiquette
By Zafar Ihsan, Karin Mittmann You’ll never feel intimidated and awkward about the customs and etiquette of another country again. With the insights provided in this CULTURE SHOCK! Guide, you’ll learn to see beyond the stereotypes and misinformation that often precede a visit to a foreign land. Whether you plan to stay for a week [...]
Jahangir: A Connoisseur Of Mughal Art
By Sanjeev P. Srivastava This book is the author’s third great work showing the character and personality of Prince Salim who ruled India after the death of Akbar. The present study based on authentic primary sources attempts to present the artistic heritage of his ancestors followed by his own innovations known as Muraqqas in miniature [...]
Subjects of the Sultan: Culture and Daily Life in the Ottoman Empire
By Suraiya Faroqhi The cultural heritage of the Ottoman Empire has traditionally been presented to us through its monuments and high arts. Our understanding of its culture has thus come from a world created by and for sultans, viziers and the elite of the Empire. But what of the world of the craftsmen and tradesmen [...]
Reconciliation: Islam, Democracy and the West
By Benazir Bhutto RECONCILIATION is her compelling and convincing prescription for the country at the heart of the so-called Clash of civilizations. It argues that democracy, economic development, moderation and modernity are the greatest threats to international terrorism, and pledges its author to work with the United States and the West to ensure that Pakistan [...]
The Last Nizam
By John Zubrzycki The last Nizam is the story of an extraordinary dynasty, the Nizams of Hyderabad, and how the heir to India’s richest princely state gave up a kingdom and retired to the dusty paddocks of outback Australia. With vivid detail and anecdote John Zubrzycki charts the rise of the Nizams to fabulous Wealth [...]
Forms Of Heritage That Make Pakistan’s Heritage Sumptuous
As a tourist, when I see into the glorious past of the land of civilizations, Pakistan, the spectacularly rich heritage makes me feel honored. I feel blessed to be the witness of the glorious and diversified heritage of Islamic republic of Pakistan. The archaeological study has introduced to me many new chapters of the past. [...]
Halal And Haram Cuisine As The Core Of Pakistani Culture
Pakistan is an Islamic state and most of the population of the country is Muslim. Thus, Pakistani culture is based on the rules set out in Islam, and religion affects almost all aspects of culture. Food is one of the most important parts of culture of any society and Pakistani food is a depiction of [...]
Books About Pakistan’s Heritage Can Be Revealing And Deeply Informative
It is a widely known and recognised fact that books are a great source of knowledge and information. If one wants to know about a country or place, a book is considered a reliable source. This also applies to Books About Pakistan’s Heritage. If one wants to know about the different aspects of the rich [...]
Pashtun Tales: From the Pakistan-Afghan Frontier
By Aisha Ahmed, Roger Boase “Witty, macabre, beautiful and poignant.”—The Independent on Sunday These stories were collected in the tribal areas of the Pakistan-Afghan border, a region once described as “the last free place on earth,” where the caravan routes from Persia, India, and China historically converged. Blending wit, fantasy, comedy, and romance, these tales [...]
What Islam Did For Us: Understanding Islam’s Contribution to Western Civilization
By Tim Wallace-Murphy In these troubled and extremist times, when the religion and culture of Islam are under seemingly perpetual attack, it is salutary to consider how much we, in the Christian West, have in common with, and how much we owe to, the spiritual insights of that great culture. Religious tolerance, respect for learning, [...]
