An Examination of the New Iraq Policy

Leading Brookings experts representing a broad spectrum of disciplines examined the implications of President Bush's new Iraq policy initiative. Participants in the first public discussion included Sarah Binder, senior fellow, Governance Studies; Philip H. Gordon, senior fellow; Martin S. Indyk, senior fellow and director, Saban Center for Middle East Policy; and Kenneth M. Pollack, senior fellow and director of research, Saban Center for Middle East Policy. Carlos Pascual, Vice President and Director of Foreign Policy Studies Brookings institution, moderated the panel. Imran Siddiqui

Lahore... but in Virginia?

This is a story about Lahore, a small town in Orange County, Virginia, which in the 1850's was named after the ancient city of Lahore in Pakistan. We spoke to the present American owner of a portion of the town's land, and also the Pakistani American who has recently bought that piece of land to develop it to match the Pakistani town of Lahore. The new Lahore will have a school, a museum, an airport, and a replica of the famous Shalimar gardens in Lahore, Pakistan. But the remaining memories of the 18th century Lahore town in Virginia will also be carried forward by uniting American Lahore with the Pakistani Lahore. Imran Siddiqui

Sawana and family

Sawana Siddiqui - welcome to earth! God has blessed our family with a lovely daughter. It feels great to be parents of two kids, now we talk in plurals. This is Sawana's first day on earth. with all the best wishes and love from Mom and Dad and big sister Injila. Samar and Imran Siddiqui

The woman behind the film – God and Allah need to talk

A one on one talk with Ruth Broyde Sharone a film maker and an interfaith activist from Los Angeles. According to her recent documentary film “God and Allah need to talk” she is on a path to unite humanity. Imran Siddiqui

God and Allah need to talk – A film for healing and reconciliation

This is an enterprise mission story that talks about the film “ God and Allah need to talk” written produced and directed by Ruth Sharone, a Jewish American film maker and an interfaith activist from Los Angeles. The film talks about God and Allah being the same divine power and the fact that Gods children need to talk to each other rather then God talking to himself. The story is set against the backdrop of an interfaith initiative taken by the Ambassador of Bangladesh His Excellency Shamsheer Chowdry together with film maker and interfaith activist Ruth Sharon, to launch and evening of multicultural dialogue and help people from different faith groups and religions to get together and find common grounds amongst themselves and their different beliefs. The event also marked post thanksgiving celebrations where representatives from all the major faith groups of the world got together to dialogue, communicate, screen the film and at the end of the event they all broke bread together to commemorate the struggles of all world religions to coexist in harmony. Imran Siddiqui

Huqa Entertainment and Raakin Iqbal

A Pakistani American entrepreneurship. Often parents don't want their children to do anything but study while they are in high school, but Raakin Iqbal's parents did something different. They not only encouraged their teenaged son to get involved in business ventures, but alsohelped him set up his own media/entertainment company, called Huqa Entertainment. According to a recent article in the Washington Post, Raakin is on his way to becoming one of the first young South Asian Media moguls in America. Imran Siddiqui

American and Pakistani-American perspectives from Georgetown University

You must vote! ____________ On the eve of the election night we sat down with some American and Pakistani-American Law Students to hear their thoughts on the elections as well as on the results. The students were from Rising Leaders, Georgetown University, Pakistani Students Association, Pakistani Law Students Association, and the Muslim Law Students Association. This enterprise piece is aimed at discovering how American youth looked at the campaigning and the outcome of these elections. Imran Siddiqui

Electronic voting - one vote can make a difference

No matter what happens people still go out and vote and that is what makes America. It is the will and the right to exercise the power of your vote that can wipe the systems clean... no matter what the odds are. Imran Siddiqui

Interfaith dialogue with students at American University p5

The last part of this series talks about the kind of legacies we will leave behind. Will the future generations be taking about us, the way we talk about our forefathers? Imran Siddiqui Global Crossover

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Interfaith dialogue with students at American University p4

Have we understood the facts about our own religion before we go and talk about Have we understood the facts about our own religion before we go and talk about others? Isn't there something that we are forgetting? Pooja, Clark, David and Stephanie from American University talk about the past, the present and the Future and met the facts face to face. To say hello to a better future. Imran Siddiqui Voice of America www.globalcrossover.com

America decides 2006

What is the importance of voting and how can one vote make a difference in a democratic society. for more watch Beyond the headlines on Geo. Imran Siddiqui

Eid with Undersecretary Karen Hughes part2

After a month of fasting in Ramdan how we spent our Eid with Undersecretary Karen Hughes. Imran Siddiqui

Eid with Undersecretary Karen Hughes part1

After a month of fasting in Ramdan how we spent our Eid with Undersecretary Karen Hughes. Imran Siddiqui

Kashmir... the way forward

A look at how we can proceed forward with the Kashmir issue and listen to the innocent voices of the Kashmiri people. A forum recently organized by the Kashmir study group and United States Institute for Peace. Imran Siddiqui

An interfaith dialogue with the students at American University Part3

An effort to try and find common grounds amongst the differant religions of the world. Imran Siddiqui Global Crossover Voice of America

An interfaith dialogue with the students at American University Part2

An interfaith dialogue with the students at American University Part 2 - Trying to find common grounds amongst our differnt religions. Imran Siddiqui

The state of Human Rights

Sadly but surely this is the state of Human Rights in my beloved Pakistan. But there are many out there who are making a difference... each day. imransiddiqui globalcrossover

Rebuilding Kashmir after the quakes

One year after the Earthquake that hit Pakistan and India in 2005, it still feels like as if the earthquake hit them yesterday. Nothing has happened since then and because of the red-tape and bureaucratic flaws and delays, we don't know if anything will happen in the near future. imransiddiqui.tv globalcrossover

An interfaith dialogue with students at American University

We sat down with a Hindu, A Christian, A Jew, a Muslim and a Unitarian, inside a beautiful Chapel which is also known as Kay Spiritual Life Center at American University. Contemplating that maybe talking to the new breed of this 22nd century might help us find common grounds among the different religions of our world. Imran Siddiqui Voice of America globalcrossover