Majid Maqbool
Contributor at Freelance
#Kashmir based Journalist, writer, reader. Work in @asiasentinel @scroll_ @newhumanitarian @GdnDevelopment @Versobooks @Mint_Lounge, etc. @RedInk Award, 2021
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1 week ago |
majidmaqbool.substack.com | Majid Maqbool
The Book of Disappearance by Palestinian novelist and journalist Ibtisam Azem, translated from Arabic by Iraqi poet and scholar Sinan Antoon, explores the sudden disappearance of Palestinians from all historic Palestine and how the Israeli society deals with it.
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2 weeks ago |
asiasentinel.com | Majid Maqbool
By: Majid Maqbool A recently released report jointly authored by the National Law University (NLU) in Delhi, TrialWatch, an initiative of Clooney Foundation for Justice, and Columbia Law School’s Human Rights Institute, paints a grim picture of press freedom in India, with officials using criminal cases as tools to intimidate journalists across multiple … Keep reading with a 7-day free trial Subscribe to Asia Sentinel to keep reading this post and get 7 days of free access to the full post...
‘A permanent campaign machine’: How the professionalisation of politics has changed India after 2014
4 weeks ago |
scroll.in | Majid Maqbool
Over the last decade, Indian election campaigns have been transformed by the rise of a new ecosystem of political professionals – spin doctors, pollsters, data analysts, and political consultants – who now play a central role in shaping how parties strategise, communicate, and mobilise voters.
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1 month ago |
hindustantimes.com | Majid Maqbool
I also wanted to centre the destruction of Palestinian cities, particularly coastal cities, because more than 11 of them were depopulated. Jaffa was the most important and its population had reached almost 100,000 Palestinians. But after the Nakba its population was reduced to 4000. Jaffa is also a character in the novel, as opposed to Tel Aviv, the colonial city. Before the Nakba, Jaffa was one of the most important Palestinian cities.
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1 month ago |
asiasentinel.com | Majid Maqbool
By: Majid MaqboolThe carefully maintained calm in Kashmir has been shattered again by the sound of gunfire ringing through the Himalayan meadows of the Pahalgam hill station on April 22, taking the lives of at least 26 tourists, mostly Indian males, and injuring 10 others as gunmen stalked through the area, shooting defenseless people at will.
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Fascinating, insightful conversation with Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, giant of African literature, who has passed on from this world: "We must never lose faith in tomorrow, in the possibility of creating a new world, a better tomorrow" https://t.co/APVD5b8tm2
Tragic, moving story, brilliantly reported by @safwatzgr -
His family is haunted by several questions about Bhat’s lonely death on the India-Pakistan border. His relative said: “The question that will always remain is: ‘Who killed Abdul Waheed Bhat?’” #indiapakistantension #Pahalgam #indiapakistanceasefire https://t.co/Dz8dAJ2Tkr
“He did not get married as he always believed that he was neither recognised as a Pakistani nor as an Indian,” the relative said. “As he was constantly under surveillance, he thought it would be better to not ruin a girl’s life by marrying her.” https://t.co/192DbLGmf5
