Muhammad Arif

Promoting Tourism In KP's Merged Districts: Lessons From Spin Ghar Summer Festivals thefridaytimes.com/25-Sep-2023/pr… My article on the importance of Event Tourism in the unexplored picnic spots of district Kurram.

@kumxem My own language: Pashtu. Without using any other foreign words. Just its own original words.

One language you wish you could speak fluently?

This is a building in Iran university of science and technology (IUST) that was targeted today in Tehran. This university -one of the leading engineering universities of Iran- is where I got my BSc and MSc degree in engineering years ago. This aggression is all about Iran gaining power via science. You can not stop this nation. The war will boost Iranian science and technology.

“Religion is not an opium, it is a scream. It is not a lullaby sung to the oppressed so they sleep peacefully in their chains. It is the shout of the enslaved man who has suddenly discovered his chains and is reaching for his dignity” Ali Shariati, Religion vs. Religion

This article caught my eye today. "The ISLAMIC Roots Of Science Fiction." "You probably already knew that Islam was having a scientific golden age during Europe’s middle ages, and making tons of scientific and medical discoveries. (Which is why we use words like 'algebra.') But you might not know that some of the earliest proto-science fiction came from the Islamic world." Article continues here: gizmodo.com/the-islamic-ro…

This attack will have a huge emotional impact on Iranians. It will stiffen their resolve to resist. What clearer proof that this is a war on the country and on its people than attacking universities and schools, the human capital infrastructure.

@dontharrisme And many more, bhai!

@dontharrisme 1-The Famished Road 2- War and Peace 3- Heat and Dust 4- Great Expectations 5- Jude the Obscure 6- The Wandering Falcon 7- Now and Then 8- Leo the African 9- 1984 10- Midnight Children.

Some novels I wish to reread/read under a different light at some point in future: 2666 Moby Dick The Magic Mountain Under The Volcano To The Lighthouse Anna Karenina Austerlitz Absalom, Absalom! Don Quixote Sula Pedro Paramo How about you folks?

Colonialists are incorrigible. They are capable of repeating the same mistake (read colonial policy) a hundred times.

I am saying this as an Afghan: the “Afghanistan is the graveyard of empires” narrative is shallow. Afghanistan has been the graveyard of its own people. Almost every major empire has conquered and ruled it, and in every war far more Afghans have died than foreign invaders.

@PMScivilservant Sir, how has the obsessive pursuit of the aspirants buried merit, rule of law and service delivery? Can we blame their obsession for the rotten state of affairs around us?

CSS/PMS aspirants dreaming of civil service may also read my book, The Bureaucratic Coup, and discover how their obsessive pursuit has buried merit, rule of law, and service delivery. They may also read the other side of the story. Available at Vanguard Books: +92 300 9552542

Seven dogs stolen from their owners have gone viral after escaping from an illegal transport truck and making their way home. They traveled around 17 km together, led by a corgi across highways and fields, now safely back with their respective owners..🐶🐾🥺❤️

Undoubtedly, Parachinar is the finest landscape in terms of untouched and unexplored natural sceneries, fabulous streams and people who have supreme spirit of brotherhood, love and hospitality.

Ghiljo, Upper Aurakzai, District Aurakzai, KP.

@HarfeArif “Hmm” is the best and safest conversation in this era. ✌️

A conversation that includes too many nouns, pronouns, adjectives, and adverbs is better avoided.

@Mayhemoiselle @readswithravi Yess.

@HarfeArif @readswithravi A Man called Ove. 🤧🤧

What are you all currently reading?

@Akir_a997 Books and fruits.

name something you NEVER feel guilty spending money on

facebook.com/share/r/1GAKJk… Reading is a form of resistance.

I think this ceiling is one of the most striking I’ve seen anywhere on my travels. It’s in the Ulugh Beg Madrasa in Samarkand.