Friday prayer

FICTION / The story of an ancient silence

The pleasing melancholia of Friday morning hovers through the window as a heavy gloom and sways within the fake plastic daisies lying on Marium’s table while the smell of burning spices filled her entire house. Marium’s mother couldn’t care less about the condition of the kitchen now. Her husband has just collapsed to the floor.  

Blast in northwest Pakistan kills at least 22

An explosion apparently targeting a mosque in Pakistan's northwestern city of Parachinar, in a remote area bordering Afghanistan, kills at least 22 people and wounds dozens, officials say.

Blast in northwest Pakistan kills at least 22

An explosion apparently targeting a mosque in Pakistan's northwestern city of Parachinar, in a remote area bordering Afghanistan, kills at least 22 people and wounds dozens, officials say.

May 20, 2023
May 20, 2023

The story of an ancient silence

The pleasing melancholia of Friday morning hovers through the window as a heavy gloom and sways within the fake plastic daisies lying on Marium’s table while the smell of burning spices filled her entire house. Marium’s mother couldn’t care less about the condition of the kitchen now. Her husband has just collapsed to the floor.  

March 31, 2017
March 31, 2017

Blast in northwest Pakistan kills at least 22

An explosion apparently targeting a mosque in Pakistan's northwestern city of Parachinar, in a remote area bordering Afghanistan, kills at least 22 people and wounds dozens, officials say.

March 31, 2017
March 31, 2017

Blast in northwest Pakistan kills at least 22

An explosion apparently targeting a mosque in Pakistan's northwestern city of Parachinar, in a remote area bordering Afghanistan, kills at least 22 people and wounds dozens, officials say.