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mehreenkhan · 2 days ago

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Eyes III

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mylordalmuqtadir · a day ago

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Abdul-Rahman Farih is the youngest person on the planet who has learned the entire Quran by heart

Abdul-Rahman, who is only three years old, has drawn praise from millions in the Arab and Muslim world for his ability to recite verses from the Quran out of memory, egypty.com website reports.

He also has good mastery over Tarteel style of Quran recitation.

He has learned the Quran without attending classes in Quran schools or mosques.

The Algerian kid started memorizing the Quran at age 2 when he had just learned to talk, belatedly. It took him one year to memorize the entire Holy Book.

In a report aired lately about the child prodigy, the MBC network said Abdul-Rahman has an extraordinary talent to recite the Quran most beautifully in Tarteel style without making the slightest mistake regarding the rules of recitation.

It said the first Surah (chapter) of the Quran he learned was Surah Kahf.

According to the report, the child’s mother used to read Surah Kahf when she was pregnant with Abdul-Rahman as the Surah would give her peace.

Abdul-Rahman Farih is admired in Algeria and elsewhere and the Qari of Al-Aqsa Mosque Sheikh Muhammad Rashad Al-Sharif has presented him with the Golden Abaya.

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mysharona1987 · a month ago

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#Middle east #pakistan #politics #democrats #republicans #obama #biden #trump #poc #woc #iraq #afghanistan

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2seeitall · 2 months ago

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Mountains of Hunza, Pakistan.

#nature #landscape #mountain #hunza #pakistan #clouds #karakoram #original photography #photographers on tumblr #outdoors #snow #travel #explore #adventure #nature photography #hunza valley #2seeitall_ig #veronika tsoi

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ephimeralijo · 6 months ago

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It's a lazy Sunday, and you're safe and content.

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divinum-pacis · 11 days ago

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Karachi, Pakistan: Vendors prepare Rooh Afza squash drinks at a stall in a market on a hot summer day.

Photograph: Rizwan Tabassum/AFP/Getty Images

#religion #culture #food #pakistan #divinum-pacis

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browngirlmiscellaneous · a month ago

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“pakistanis aren’t funny” ok sir then explain this

#pakistan #pakistani memes

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serenata-your-neighborhood-lefty · a year ago

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ancientsstudies · 5 months ago

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Shah Jahan Mosque by haramsaeeda.

#Shah Jahan Mosque #thatta #south asia #mosque #sindh province #islam #pakistan #alternative #aesthetic #dark academia #dark academic aesthetic #dark aesthetic #aestheitcs #dark #art #light acadamia aesthetic #light academia #architecture

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aloneandforsakenbyfateandbyman · 7 months ago

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Pakistani Punjabi singer and actress Noor Jehan, considered in South Asia to be one of the greatest singers of all time. About her success she said: “I am Noor Jehan because I have worked hard to become Noor Jehan"

#Noor Jehan #1940s #Pakistan #black and white #1k

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moonieisa · a month ago

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so all desi girls wanted to be white & live in america when they were a teenager but then they grew up & realized how shitty that actually is so they slowly started to love their own culture & ended up being so proud of being desi . right ... ? RIGHT ???

#desi #desi post #brown #beingbrown #browngjrls #browngirlproblems #india #Pakistan #Bangladesh #bangali #indian #Pakistani

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mehreenkhan · 24 days ago

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Chaand Raat🌘

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desifashion · 6 months ago

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Sabyasachi - photographed by Farhan Hussain

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folkfashion · a month ago

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Baloch woman, Pakistan, by Dorota Skowrońska

#baloch #pakistan #asia #south asia #folk clothing #traditional clothing #tradition #culture #folk #geography #people #traditional fashion #cultural clothing

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kaalbela · 4 months ago

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Abdur Rahman Chughtai

#abdur rahman chughtai #art #art history #art curator #art moodboard #art compilation #pakistani art #south asian art #pakistan #mughal art #art nouveau

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ephimeralijo · 8 months ago

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itni si baat hai, mujhe tumse pyaar hai

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writingwithcolor · a year ago

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Naming a South Asian Character

“I need a name for a South Asian character”

We’re going to need a little more information than that…

Please see the following maps of South Asia:

Image description: Two maps of South Asia. The top map depicts the South Asian region, including Afghanistan with color-coding of different regions by 8 color-coded language groups. The bottom depicts the official state/ province/ languages and scripts for countries in the South Asian region, excluding Afghanistan. See end of post for detailed image description under the cut.

(Links: Top Map, Bottom Map)

That’s a lot of languages, right?

Names in South Asian cultures are primarily dictated by religion and language. While there’s some overlap between cultures, we can make an educated guess of someone’s ethnicity & religion based on their name. For example:

Simran Dhillon … is a Punjabi Sikh.

Priyanka Ghosh … is a Bengali Hindu

Maya Srinivasan … is a Tamilian Hindu.

Harsh Patel … is a Gujarati Hindu.

Amin Usmani … is a Muslim from a traditionally Urdu speaking community.

Teresa Fernandes … is a Goan Christian.

Behind the Name is a good place to start looking as they state the specific language the name is from. As for religion, there are more factors to consider.

Sikhs

Sikh first names are gender neutral. The 10th Sikh guru designated Singh (meaning lion, for men) and Kaur (meaning heir to the throne, for women) as Sikh surnames. These surnames were designed to be equalizers within Sikh communities. However, many Sikhs keep their Punjabi surnames (many of these surnames are now primarily associated with Sikhs) and use Singh and Kaur as a middle name (eg. Ranjit Kaur Shergill, Amrit Singh Cheema). More devout Sikhs use only Singh and Kaur or use the same format legally but do not share their surnames.

Sikh first names are derived from gurbani (Sikh holy texts), so they are often uniform across cultures. Most Sikhs who aren’t Punjabi use Singh & Kaur or cultural surnames in the same format. The latter is usually seen among Afghan & Delhiite Sikh communities. While most changed their surnames to Singh & Kaur, some families still kept the surnames they had before they converted from Islam and Hinduism (eg. Harpreet Singh Laghmani, Jasleen Kaur Kapoor).

If you’re stuck on a surname for a Sikh character, Singh for men and Kaur for women is the safest way to go regardless of ethnicity.

Good resources for Sikh names can be found here:

https://www.sikhs.org/names.htm

http://www.sikhwomen.com/SikhNames/

Christians

South Asian Christians naming conventions depend largely on who brought Christianity to the region and when. For example, Christianity was largely brought to Goa by Portuguese Catholics so you’ll see Portuguese surnames, while many Christians in the Seven Sister States didn’t change their names. South Asian Christians will also often have Christian first names, either in Portuguese or in English.

Hindus, Jains, castes and gotras

Hinduism is the majority religion in India and the South Asian region overall. A key thing that many newcomers overlook when writing about Hindus is that rather like feudal Europe, a person’s last name can also tell you what their family used to do because of the caste system. Both Hindus and Jains employ gotras (or lineage systems) designed to keep people from the same patrilineal line from marrying each other. Thus, if your Hindu character is a Vaishya (tradesman/ merchant class), but you have chosen a last name for them related to farming, or if your Kshatriya (warrior) character has a last name that means bureaucrat, you’ve made a mistake. Most Hindus and Jains will have last names derived from Sanskrit, or a language with Sanskrit roots.

A note on middle names: in South India, Hindus will often use the father’s first name for the child’s middle name.

For what it is worth, South Asia is hardly the only region to have these particular features. Japanese society until the end of the Edo era was heavily segregated by caste, and to this day, many families with samurai last names occupy relative positions of privilege compared to other castes, even though the Japanese caste system ended with the Meiji Restoration.

A note of caution: Baby name websites tend to be inaccurate for Hindu names, often confusing Farsi and Arabic-derived Urdu names with the more traditional Sanskrit-derived names. Behind the Name is by far the most accurate website, but it doesn’t hurt to check multiple sources. For Hindu and Jain surnames associated with different castes, regions and gotras, Wikipedia is surprisingly thorough.

Muslims

Islam is the majority religion in Pakistan and Bangladesh as well as the second largest religion in India, but the differing ethnicities and arrival periods of Muslims in South Asia over the course of history can have a significant impact on a character’s name. For example, think of when your character’s family will have arrived in South Asia or converted to Islam:

During the Delhi Sultanate, when Hindustani would have been spoken?

Under the Mughals when Persian was more common?

Are they from Bangladesh and thus speak Bengali?

Do they have ancestors from Afghanistan or Swat Valley, and thus have Pashto last names?

Does the family speak Urdu?

All of these will impact what their name might reasonably be. As a general rule, Muslims will have last names that are in Farsi/ Persian, Urdu, Arabic and Bengali. Bangladeshi Muslims may have Hindu names (both first and last) as well.

Buddhists

When discussing Buddhists in South Asia, we are primarily talking about Nepal and Sri Lanka. The majority languages in these countries are Nepali and Sinhala, respectively. Both languages are part of the Indo-Aryan language family, and like many Indo-Aryan languages, show heavy Sanskrit influence.

Others

Don’t forget that India also has a large number of lesser known minority religions, including Judaism, Zoroastrianism, Tibetan Buddhism and a host of indigenous religions.

Judaism: There are a number of historical Jewish enclaves in India, as the result of specific waves of migration. Like South Asian Muslim names, Jewish last names will vary depending on the ethnicity and arrival period for each particular wave of Jewish diaspora.

Zoroastrianism: People who practice Zoroastrianism are likely to have Farsi last names.

Tibetan Buddhism: Tibetan Buddhists will obviously have Tibetan names and are often a part of the Tibetan diaspora who entered India as refugees during the Chinese government’s invasion of Tibet.

In Conclusion

An in-depth coverage of name etymology in South Asia would probably be the size of an encyclopaedia. The above is hardly exhaustive; we haven’t scratched the surface of the ethnic and linguistic variations in any of the South Asian countries displayed on the maps above. We hope, however, that it motivates you to research carefully and appreciate the cultural diversity South Asia has to offer. Just like in any setting where issues of lineage are plainly displayed by a person’s name, names in South Asia tell stories about where a person is from, what language they speak, and what their ancestors might have done, even if this has little bearing on the character themselves. It may seem a little elaborate to try and imagine the ancestors of your character before you even decide who your character is, but the reality is that most South Asians know these things instinctively, and whether or not you do your due diligence will be part of how we judge your work.

Name a thing to fight over, and South Asians have probably fought over it at one point or another, whether it be religion, ethnicity, language, or caste. However, one thing many South Asians have in common is pride in our individual origins. Respecting this love of identity will be invaluable as you plan your story.

At the end of the day, there is no substitute for actually talking to people who share your character’s background. We will always recommend having someone from the community you’re writing about check your naming.

-- Mods SK and Marika

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A disclaimer for our Desi followers

Detailed image description: 2 maps of South Asia: The top map shows South Asia including the countries of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Different colors show regions associated with 8 language categories. The language families by color are:

Indo-Aryan (Light green)

Iranian (dark green)

Nuristani (Yellow)

Dravidian (Blue)

Austro-Asiatic (Purple)

Tibeto-Burman (Orange)

Red (Turkic)

Unclassified/ Language Isolates (Grey)

Moving north to south, language distribution is roughly as follows:

Turkic at Afghanistan’s northern border

Tibeto-Burman at the northern borders of India, Nepal, and Bhutan.

Iranian for Afghanistan and the western half of Pakistan.

Indo-Aryan for the eastern half of Pakistan, the northern half of India, the southern half of Nepal, and all of Bangladesh.

Dravidian for the southern half of India and the northern portion of Sri Lanka, scattered clusters in central India, and an isolated region in south western Pakistan (Balochistan).

Austro-Asiatic languages are clustered on the eastern side of central India and the Indian states of Meghalaya and Assam to the northeast.

For Maldives island chain to the southwest of India: Dravidian language groups are spoken to the north, while Indo-Aryan groups are spoken to the south.

For the Andaman and Nicobar island chains to the east of India in the Bay of Bengal, unclassified/ language isolates are spoken for the northern half, while Austro-Asiatic languages are spoken in the southern half.

The bottom map shows South Asia, including the states, provinces and territories for Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, indicating the languages and scripts of major state/ provincial languages. From Northeast to Southwest, starting from the northernmost point, they are as follows (Format: state or province, language(s), country):

Gilgit-Baltistan, Urdu, India and Pakistan (disputed territory)

Jammu and Kashmir/ Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Kashimiri, India and Pakistan (disputed territory)

Ladakh, Kashmiri, India

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pashto, Pakistan

Balochistan, Balochi, Pakistan

Punjab, Punjabi, Pakistan

Sindh, Sindhi, Pakistan

Himachal Pradesh, Hindi, India

Uttarakhand, Hindi, India

Punjab, Punjabi, India

Haryana, Hindi, India

Rajasthan, Hindi, India

Gujrat, Gujrati, India

Nepal (whole country), Nepali, Nepal

Uttar Pradesh, Hindi, India

Madhya Pradesh, Hindi, India

Maharashtra, Marathi, India

Goa, Konkani, India

Bihar, Hindi, India

Jharkhand, Hindi, India

Chhattisgarh, Hindi, India

Telangana, Telugu, India

Karnataka, Kannada, India

Sikkim, Nepali, India

West Bengal, Bengali, India

Odia, Odisha, India

Andhra Pradesh, Telugu, India

Tamil Nadu, Tamil, India

Kerala, Malayalam, India

Sri Lanka (whole country), Sinhala/Tamil, Sri Lanka,

Arunachal Pradesh, English, India

Assam, Assamese, India

Meghalaya, Khasi/Garo, India

Bangladesh (whole country), Bengali, Bangladesh

Nagaland, English, India

Mizopur, Mizo, India

Manipur, Meitei, India

Tripura, Bengali/ Kokborok/English, India

#South Asia #Names #Bangladesh #India #Nepal #Pakistan #Sri Lanka #writer reference #WWC guide #writingwithcolor #long post #languages #religion #ethnicity #Guides

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radfemblack · 4 months ago

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#metalheadfem #feminism #feminist #radfem #radical feminism #radical feminist #marxist leninist #marxist feminism #Marxist #revolution #Ireland #Pakistan #Europe #Asia #global south #self defense #male violence against women #male violence

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saddayfordemocracy · 9 months ago

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The Taliban has retaken control of Afghanistan!

As Taliban fighters took Kabul on Sunday evening, roaming through the halls of the abandoned presidential palace, the group issued a statement: It would soon revive Afghanistan’s former name.

The country that was built in the wake of the 2001 U.S. invasion at a cost of over $2 trillion would revert to the “Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.” (That’s the name the country bore between 1996 and 2001).

The Taliban, which means "students" in the Pashto language, have been waging an insurgency against the Western-backed government in Kabul since they were ousted from power in 2001.

The group was formed by "mujahideen" fighters who fought Soviet forces in the 1980s with the backing of the CIA.

Emerging in 1994 as one of several factions fighting a civil war, the Taliban gained control of much of the country by 1996 and imposed its own strict version of Sharia, or Islamic law.

Men were forced to grow beards. Women were forced to wear burqas, flowing garments that cover the entire face and body. Schools for girls were shuttered. Women who were unaccompanied in public places could be beaten. Soccer was banned. So was music, aside from religious chants. The Taliban government held public executions in Kabul’s Ghazi Stadium.

There were photos of children dying of preventable illnesses in a dilapidated pediatric hospital. Images of the ancient Buddhist statues pulverized by the Taliban because its leaders considered the stone images to be idolatrous. The sea of refugees and displaced people living in makeshift tents across the region.

The group is infamous for its use of suicide bombers and has been accused of assassinating top Afghan officials and holding kidnapped Western citizens for ransom.

Only four countries recognised the Taliban when it was last in power: neighbouring Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Turkemnistan.

After sheltering Osama bin Laden and key al Qaeda figures in the wake of the 11 September 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center in New York, the Taliban would fall after a US-led military coalition launched an offensive on 7 October 2001.

Despite being ousted from power, the Taliban would continue a guerrilla war against the Western-backed governments and US-led forces in the country.

Around 150,000 British military personnel have served in Afghanistan over the past 20 years, and 457 have been killed.

Also, 2,448 American service members have died in the conflict.

The Taliban entered into talks with the US in 2018 and struck a ‘peace’ deal in February 2020 which committed the US to withdraw its troops while preventing the Taliban from attacking US forces.

However, the Taliban have continued to kill Afghan security forces and civilians...

If there is 1 image that symbolized the brutality of the Taliban regime in 90s, it was that of a woman in a blue burqa being executed in public in KBL’s stadium.

An Afghan judge hits a woman with a whip in front of a crowd in Ghor province, Afghanistan August 31, 2015. REUTERS/Pajhwok News Agency.

A member of the Taliban's religious police beating an Afghan woman in Kabul on August 26, 2001. The footage, filmed by the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan, can be seen at pz.rawa.org/rawasongs/movie/beating.mpg

The cover of the Aug. 9 issue of Time magazine features a photo of Aisha, an 18-year-old Afghan woman with a mutilated nose. Time Inc./AP

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lionfloss · 2 months ago

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Spessartine garnet with Muscovite and Albite from Apo Ali Gun, Braldu Valley, Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan via finemineralphotography

#Spessartine #Muscovite #albite #minerals #gemstones #stones #pakistan #red #green #mineral #nature

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