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Lack of Coverage on Transgendered Pakistanis Shows Bias in U.S. Media
The Huffington Post Posted: August 19, 2009 03:44 PM By Sanjeev Bery It probably wasn’t the first time that someone had organized an Independence Day cricket match in Pakistan. But it almost certainly was the first time that such a match occurred between a team of professional cricket players and a team of transgendered Pakistanis.…
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“Pakistanis Debate Their Future On Facebook”
Sanjeev Bery, The Huffington Post, 05/18/09 As the Pakistani military rains fire down upon villagers and Taliban alike, Pakistanis and members of the diaspora are engaged in numerous online debates about the future of their country. In some cases, they are offering perspectives that the rest of us should listen to.
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Help those who ask for it.
Americans are only learning about Pakistan from Americans, and that’s a problem. Too much of what passes for “news” about Pakistan is really just one American telling the other about how the Taliban are on the verge of taking over the nation. Nevermind that there might be 10,000 Taliban troops and 170 million Pakistanis. One…