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		<title>Thinking</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I think because there are not many people left that actually do that for a living.  I think because i can&#8217;t imagine doing anything but that.  I think because everything is issue based there is hardly any profundity!  I think therefore i am.]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.mehnazafridi.com/?p=174</link>
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		<title>Akbar the Great Moghul peace-maker?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been reading up in Pakistani/Mogul history and it&#8217;s refreshing to read about my heritage rather then look at Pk now&#8230;.Akbar was   Akbar was much more than a conqueror, he was a man who saw internal struggles in a multicultural empire and resolved them. Early on, he recognized his empire’s key weakness: a small group [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.mehnazafridi.com/?p=172</link>
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		<title>Pakistan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Pakistanis are in dire need of help.  Drowned in massive water, corruption, and a lack of technology to be helped.  After 9/11 Pakistan has been under pressure to do so much along it&#8217;s borders and within it&#8217;s country that this flood is only making it worse.  I think about the poor Pakistanis that i left [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.mehnazafridi.com/?p=170</link>
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		<title>Saudi Cleric on Memri should be condemned</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The type of hatred that ensues from these men is abominable.  These are the types of men who have turned away from peace and tolerance.  Calling &#8220;terrorists&#8221; resistance heroes.  Very discouraging.  I guess he would have my tongue cut off for creating dialogue with Jews!  Oh, well i don&#8217;t use my tongue in such offensive [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.mehnazafridi.com/?p=167</link>
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		<title>Education</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Recently, i have been obsessed with the concept of education.  Reading about Nazi Germany, Pakistan, the American curriculum, and the goal of so many non-profits results in educating.  What is education?  What do we mean by education and what type of education are we suggesting.  Can we educate and expect change, transformation, and more diversity?  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.mehnazafridi.com/?p=165</link>
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		<title>Friendships and Family</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Living without my family in the US has been trying some times but i have never felt that family was far with so many deep and profound friends that surround me.  Friendship is a gift of joy and love challenging but acceptance is unconditional.  Last night i had an incident with two of my closest [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.mehnazafridi.com/?p=159</link>
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		<title>Allama Iqbal my thought of the day!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been working on an article for a journal in PK.  And i&#8217;ve been reading allama Iqbal&#8217;s understanding of the human and religious experience.  What a philosophical thinker, his ideas resonate not only with Greek philosophers but the postmodern thinkers today.  Whitehead and Kant being two of them. See the following: &#8221; The main purpose [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.mehnazafridi.com/?p=154</link>
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		<title>What does fasting mean to me?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The month of Ramdan has many meanings for me both traditionally religious, personal memories of family but more importantly it means control.  I miss water.  Water that i take for granted that pours from my faucets, the chilled bottled water, and the baths that i soak in&#8230;what would i do if i knew i would never [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.mehnazafridi.com/?p=146</link>
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		<title>Blog</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A night of writing i hope.  Inspiration rolls in and out but the words are scattered. Oh night let me roll in the words rather then the image of them.]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.mehnazafridi.com/?p=137</link>
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		<title>Welcome to MehnazAfridi.com</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to my website! Encounter the many facets of intellectual life: Jewish-Muslim Thought, Empowerment of women globally, Humanities online teaching, and intellectual consultancy. Who is Mehnaz M. Afridi? Mehnaz M. Afridi has a B.A. and MA in Religious Studies from Syracuse University and has studied at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Her PhD was on [...]]]></description>
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