Thanks to A. David Lewis Who Brought us “Comics & Dialogue” ! Here Is a List and Links to All of His ISLAMiCommentary Columns.

Afghan refugee Gulwali Passarlay opens up about his remarkable year-long journey to the UK, in a conversation with Duke students facilitated by Julie Poucher Harbin, editor of ISLAMiCommentary.

Following an event at Duke, policy analyst, journalist, and scholar Raza Rumi speaks, in an interview with ISLAMiCommentary, about countering violent extremism in the Middle East and in Pakistan.

Today, Creative Frontiers in Pakistan, released its second volume of Paasban on its CFxComics app. The first volume recounted the dilemmas faced by Asim a Pakistani youth split between his friends at school and the alluring charitable organization...

In his 2011 review of the graphic novel Aaron and Ahmed: A Love Story, set in the Guantanamo Bay detention camp, comics reviewer Greg Burgas called it “an unsettling book.”

In her new book, "The Struggle for Pakistan: A Muslim Homeland and Global Politics" (Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2014), Ayesha Jalal examines Pakistan’s history from its creation in 1947 to the present.

Pakistan is a nation with a strong will to survive. It has endured political upheavals, ethnic discord, military dictatorships, and the challenges of religious extremism.

How often do we hear from Afghans on their experience in America’s long and exhausting war in Afghanistan? Anand Gopal gives them a voice in his moving book "No Good Men Among the Living: America, the Taliban, and the War Through Afghan Eyes."

Provided elections go forward April 5, there’s likely to be a second round, said the WSJ’s Nathan Hodge, which according to the IEC, would likely be sometime later in May.

Provided all goes as planned, the Afghan people will go to the polls April 5 and elect a new President. It will be the nation’s first proper democratic transition between governments in its modern history. A WSJ reporter speaks with Duke professors.

Since the early 2000s, Greece has become the major gateway into the EU for undocumented migrants and asylum seekers from Asia and Africa. Greece is not the preferred end-destination, however, for a variety of reasons — not least xenophobia-motivated.

“One side argues from a perspective of freedom and mercy, as is the case with the academics, while the militants argue from the perspective of what they consider justice..."

by JULIE POUCHER HARBIN, EDITOR, ISLAMiCommentary, OCTOBER 26, 2012: A Bangladeshi student apparently “inspired by al-Qa’ida” was arrested last week

This is the 2nd policy brief of a 2012 U.S. presidential elections series by The Institute for Social Policy and Understanding, The Duke Islamic Studies Center, and ISLAMiCommentary, plus the Triangle Center on Terrorism & Homeland Security.

PRESS RELEASE by the INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL POLICY AND UNDERSTANDING, DUKE ISLAMIC STUDIES CENTER, ISLAMiCommentary, TRIANGLE CENTER ON TERRORISM AND HOMELAND SECURITY

U.S. suppliers can find various opportunities in Afghanistan. A primary consideration is whether a business wants short-term or long-term work.