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   Uzbekistan on the Web

   CIA World Factbook . Uzbekistan is a dry, landlocked country of which 11% consists of intensely c...

   Uzbekistan ThingsAsian

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   Vietnam's minority Chams cling to Muslim faith

   This small community in an area known as District 8 ... is the largest enclave of Cham Muslims in...

   Vietnam Agence-France Presse AFP

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   So Long and Thanks for All the Trains

   * * * * * Review of Lawrence James' Raj: The Making of British India , Abacus, 1997. * * * * * As...

   India Kenneth Champeon

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   Pondering Phuket

   British writers Christopher Hitchens and Martin Amis have both mocked travel writers for the...

   Thailand Kenneth Champeon

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   Al Madina Al Munawarra

   Basic Introduction: Madina Munawarra is the second holiest city of Islam after Makkah Sharif. It ...

   Saudi Arabia Ameer Hamza

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   The last Tribes of Mindanao, the Maguindanaons, people of the flood plains.

   The island of Mindanao, Philippines...

   Philippines Ronald de Jong

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   The Sound of One Civilization Clashing

   * * * * * Review of V. S. Naipaul's Beyond Belief: Islamic Excursions Among the Converted Peoples...

   Indonesia / Malaysia / Iran Kenneth Champeon

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   Queuing for liquor in Srinagar

   As calm slowly returns to Indian Kashmir, people are returning more openly to old lifestyles, suc...

   China / India AFP/Izhar Wani

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   The Mindanao dream

   The  conflict on the island of Mindanao started in the early 1960s when a Muslim minority gr...

   Philippines Ronald de Jong

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    The Last Tribes of Mindanao, The Tausug, People of the Current.

      Tausug or Suluk is the name of an Islamized tribal group in the Sulu archipelago, and is t...

    Philippines Ronald de Jong

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    Film Review: Lord Jim

    The life of Joseph Conrad is mirrored in his novel, Lord Jim, a classic adventure tale that inspi...

    Cambodia / Indonesia / Malaysia Celeste Heiter

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    Biswa Ijtema festival

    Bangladesh's Biswa Ijtema festival is the second largest annual Islamic event after the hajj pilg...

    Bangladesh AFP/Salim Mia

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    Land of Wonders, Philippines

    The Philippines is an archipelago blessed with a rich history, a unique culture and a wealth of n...

    Philippines Ee Lin Wan

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    Sehwan Sharif

    There is some old world beauty about this city; and it is fantastic. Off course, I am talking abo...

    Pakistan Ameer Hamza

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    UmerKot

    Basic Introduction: It is a city that lies at the edge of world famous desert: Thar. Part of this...

    Pakistan Ameer Hamza

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    Religious Harmony in Singapore

    Seated near the head of a long table, Roman Catholic nun Theresa Seow leads 14 people including S...

    Singapore AFP/Philip Lim

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    Asia Civilization Museum: Where History and Culture Merges

    Culture of Today's Singapore From the earliest inhabitants that roam the Malay Peninsula during t...

    Singapore Ee Lin Wan

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    A Passage to India(napolis)

    * * * * * Review of E. M. Forster's A Passage to India , Penguin, 1998. * * * * * As you get olde...

    India Kenneth Champeon

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    Buddha Bar, Jakarta

    Asia's first Buddha Bar is under attack in Indonesia, caught up in an ugly row over religion and ...

    Indonesia AFP/Stephen Coates

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    Sexy Tuesdays in Malaysia

    Sexy barmaids on Tuesdays proclaims the sign outside a bar in Kuala Lumpur, begging the question:...

    Malaysia AFP/Lawrence Bartlett

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