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		<title>The Spinning Head Has Moved&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Sep 2011 08:35:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Asim Rafiqui</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;.please click below and add the new feed URL to your reader: Or just click on; http://www.asimrafiqui.com/tsh The previous site will remain up, but all new posts will now appear only on the new site. Thank you all for your support. Filed under: Background Materials<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=arafiqui.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5740411&amp;post=4073&amp;subd=arafiqui&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Spinning Head Is Putting On A New Hat&#8230;.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Sep 2011 13:01:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Asim Rafiqui</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am moving The Spinning Head to a new location and would love for you to mark it in your Readers. The new The Spinning Head website is now at: http://www.asimrafiqui.com/tsh or click on the image below All posts from January 2011 onwards have been shifted to the new URL, though all previous posts will [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=arafiqui.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5740411&amp;post=4067&amp;subd=arafiqui&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Dream Palaces&#8230;.Moved To A New Dedicated Site</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Sep 2011 04:35:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Asim Rafiqui</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new website has been created for the Dream Palaces Project work. All posts related to the work on Tibetan poets, and all subsequent work on this community in exile, will now be posted at the site below (click on image to go to site) Filed under: Tibetan Poets<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=arafiqui.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5740411&amp;post=4055&amp;subd=arafiqui&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Official Statement From Defense Of Human Rights, Pakistan And The Continuing Struggle For Justice For Pakistan&#8217;s Missing</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2011 08:41:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Asim Rafiqui</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Amina Masood Junjua forward me the following this morning and I am posting it here as an act of support. For those of you unfamiliar with the work of this amazing woman, and the campaign for justice for those Pakistani&#8217;s who have become victims of the irrational, unjust and unquestioned tentacles of the &#8216;war against [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=arafiqui.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5740411&amp;post=4010&amp;subd=arafiqui&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Idea Of India Project Update: Continuing The Search For The Female Sufi Saints And Finding The Business Of The Blessing</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2011 13:48:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Asim Rafiqui</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The evidence of new money from the Gulf is vividly evident at the shrine of the female warrior saind Beema Biwi. It is evident in the large, ostentatious and garishly pink structure that now surrounds what was once a small shrine. Donations have helped transform this remote shrine located near the ocean front and directly [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=arafiqui.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5740411&amp;post=3881&amp;subd=arafiqui&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Sorrows Of Europe Or How The Burqa Helps Hide Europe&#8217;s Fraying Social And Economic Realities</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2011 22:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Asim Rafiqui</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Musings On Confusions]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This post was originally written in response to France&#8217;s decision to ban the burqa but many of its arguments find new relevance in the aftermath of Anders Behring Breivik&#8217;s massacre of over 90 Norwegians. Many of my arguments are also echoed in a recent piece written by Remi Nilson, editor of the Norwegian edition of Le [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=arafiqui.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5740411&amp;post=3542&amp;subd=arafiqui&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Slightly Distracted By&#8230;Books</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2011 18:33:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Asim Rafiqui</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have decided to take a short break from the field work on the The Idea Of India project. The monsoon and exhaustion have collaborated and pushed me to return to Delhi to rest, and also to rethink my work plan for the coming months. But as always, I now find myself immersed in readings, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=arafiqui.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5740411&amp;post=3832&amp;subd=arafiqui&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Idea Of India Project Update: A Temple Where I Begin To Understand That Neither Hindu Nor Muslim Means What We May Believe</title>
		<link>http://arafiqui.wordpress.com/2011/06/23/the-idea-of-india-project-update-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 12:56:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Asim Rafiqui</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Idea Of India Project]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Hindu temple contains two shrines, both to men who were once Muslims. As I write last statement this I realize that the two religious categories mentioned here &#8211; Hindu and Muslim actually make little sense. The fact remains that neither the word Hindu nor the word Muslim used here describes a set of clear, precise, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=arafiqui.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5740411&amp;post=3817&amp;subd=arafiqui&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Facing Change Collective And Why It Is Not Like The Farm Security Administration</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 06:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Asim Rafiqui</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new photographer&#8217;s collective takes on America&#8217;s social deprivations and economic struggles. Facing Change describes itself as a non-profit collective of dedicated photojournalists and writers coming together to explore America and to build a forum to chart its future. They have recently announced a collaboration with the Library of Congress. My friends at the wonderful dvafoto recently wrote [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=arafiqui.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5740411&amp;post=3806&amp;subd=arafiqui&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Afghan War Now On The Menu Or What Happens If You Stick Your Head Really Far Up Your A**</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jun 2011 15:24:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Asim Rafiqui</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The embedded photojournalist is now so bored that he is photographing food. You can see the entire piece by clicking on the image above. And this at a moment when civilians continue to die in an unjust war, an illegal war, and an absolutely unnecessary one. Things are so bad that our erstwhile puppet, a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=arafiqui.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5740411&amp;post=3793&amp;subd=arafiqui&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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