pakistan

Former prime minister of Pakistan Benazir Bhutto discusses the rise of Islamic radicalism, contending that autocratic rulers, manipulative religious leaders, and the Western world have threatened the chance of democracy in Pakistan.

A biography of Benazir Bhutto, discussing her childhood, education, imprisonment, personal life, her father's assassination, and her election to prime minister of Pakistan.

Actress Angelina Jolie describes her visits to refugees in Africa, Cambodia, Pakistan, and Ecuador.

Examines the life of Pakistan's first woman prime minister against the background of the politics of her country.

Kim Barker arrived in Kabul Afghanistan as a journalist who had only recently acquired a passport. As she learned more about Pakistan and Afghanistan her love for both countries grew, along with her fears for their future stability.

Pakistan-born Salman Ahmad is the first rock & roll star to destroy the wall dividing the West and the Muslim world. Salman's story began in New York, where he spent his teen years learning to play guitar, hanging out at rock clubs, making American friends, and dreaming of rock-star fame. When his family returned to Pakistan and Salman was forced into the strictures of a newly fundamentalist society, he created his own underground jihad: a traveling guitar club that met in private spaces. Later, he founded Junoon, which became South Asia's biggest rock band.

Eleven-year old Shabanu, the daughter of a nomad in the Cholistan Desert of present-day Pakistan, is pledged in marriage to an older man whose money will bring prestige to the family, and must either accept the decision, as is the custom, or risk the consequences of defying her father's wishes.

Yearning for freedom and schooling for himself and the other children who toil in a carpet factory in Pakistan to repay loans from the factory owner to their parents, Nadeem is inspired by a former carpet boy named Iqbal to lead the way.

Greg Mortenson describes his efforts to promote peace throughout the world, and details how he was able to establish over 130 schools--mostly for girls--in remote regions of Afghanistan and Pakistan with the backing of the Central Asia Institute--a nonprofit organization.

Under the banyan tree--The fish supper --Lambikin--Tiger, Brahman and jockal-The story of Prince Sobur--Camel gets his own back--An ambitious mouse--(etc.).