Asra Q. Nomani

  • Who really killed Danny Pearl?

    U.S officials now say the killer is the mastermind behind 9/11. But, says the reporter Pearl was staying with, certain American allies need to be investigated as well.
    By Asra Q. Nomani October 22, 2003

  • My crush on Musharraf

    With his dogs, drinking, frameless glasses and Armani suits, he's reviled by extremists.
    By Asra Q. Nomani November 10, 2001

  • Anthrax? Big deal

    While a quaking American media blathers obsessively about being on the front lines of bioterrorism, a Pakistani newsroom goes calmly about its business after its own spore scare.
    By Asra Q. Nomani November 6, 2001

  • The Taliban's ladies auxiliary

    A revival of conservative Islam among educated Pakistani women has many doing whatever they can to support the war against America.
    By Asra Q. Nomani October 25, 2001

  • Journalist or bride?

    I get a marriage proposal, get compared to "Hanoi Jane" and plan a trip to Afghanistan on a prayer.
    By Asra Q. Nomani October 19, 2001

  • A would-be martyr

    Qaiser Nadeem, 20, longs for the day he is called to leave his video store and join the jihad -- fighting the U.S.-led coalition in Afghanistan.
    By Asra Q. Nomani October 19, 2001

  • At home with the Taliban

    While U.S. bombs dropped on his country, a Taliban official and his two wives welcomed me into their living room and talked of marriage, music and his memories of dining in the World Trade Center's starry restaurant.
    By Asra Q. Nomani October 10, 2001

  • "Now, jihad has begun"

    From the living room of a close friend and advisor to Osama bin Laden, Sunday's attack seems like just the beginning of a much greater battle.
    By Asra Q. Nomani October 8, 2001

  • Hate -- and love -- for the USA

    My evening in a roomful of impassioned Muslim men was full of surprises. They looked me directly in the eye, though I am a woman. And they spoke of America as their hell, but also their heaven.
    By Asra Q. Nomani October 2, 2001

  • Return to Pakistan

    On Sept. 11, the region where I was born suddenly became the center of the world -- and I knew I had to go back.
    By Asra Q. Nomani September 28, 2001

  • Bad blood

    By Asra Q. Nomani
    By August 14, 2000

  • Bad blood

    A young, gay black man in West Virginia is murdered. Were his killers motivated by racism and homophobia -- or by a legacy of drugs, alcohol and habitual crime?
    By Asra Q. Nomani August 9, 2000
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