Viewfinder: Selling Fruit in Pakistan
A fruit vendor reads a newspaper as he waits for customers on a street in Islamabad, Pakistan, on May 23rd, 2017.
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Viewfinder: Unrest Along the Line of Control
An Indian resident gestures toward rising smoke, believed to have resulted from mortar shelling, in the village of Jhangar on May 14th, 2017.
Viewfinder: A Heat Wave in Pakistan
A tiger at the Karachi Zoo licks an ice slab to keep cool during a heat wave on…
Photos of a Changing World: The Victims of Pakistan’s Historic 2010 Floods
An ongoing collaboration between Pacific Standard and NOOR Images. Floods in Khyber Pakhtunwa, Pakistan, 2010 (Photo: Alixandra Fazzina)…
The Tyranny of Rote-Learning in Pakistan
As memorization skills decline in the west, schools across South Asia continue to push antiquated pedagogical techniques. Reformers…
The Forgotten Detainee of Guantanamo Bay
The Senate torture report chronicled the CIA’s interrogation of high-profile detainee Abu Zubaydah, but the justice system’s treatment of his habeas corpus petition has largely escaped notice.
Teaching Peace in Peshawar
One woman living in one of the most dangerous and unstable regions in the world has a radical idea: peace curriculums. By working with both students and mothers, she's been able to stem the tide of violent extremism in her school. Now, it's time to take her plan nationwide.
The Case Against Guantanamo Detainee David Hicks
Prosecutors acknowledge they accepted a guilty plea from an Australian man under a law that was passed after his alleged criminal conduct, and that his conviction should not stand.
Here’s the Full Text of the Taliban Letter to Malala Yousafzai
A peek at Taliban educational philosophy.
