

الجنة تحت اقدام الامهات
د مور ورځ دی هغو میندو ته مبارک وی چې جنتونه یې تر پښو لاندی دی.
روز مادر را به مادرانی تبریک می گویم که بهشت زیر قدوم شان است.
Happy Mother’s Day to those beneath whose feet the Edenic grounds unfurl.

In Khayyam's Tent
By Zaman Stanizai
A Short Story of a Different Genre

With the fall from heaven humanity sank into estrangement, with the death of gods we became spiritually alienated in a strange world, but with the disappearance of the heavens, nothing remains beyond the grasp of our perception. In this continuously shrinking reality, the macrocosm of possibilities within each human being faces even greater challenges to make sense of what our senses cannot grasp.
Contemplation in the depth of these realities had taken me away in the ecstasy of their joyous perplexity as I had unknowingly risen to my feet that carried me wandering beyond the realm of time and place. I met my senses again only when I felt raindrops running down my cheeks pretending to be tears of joy. An early evening light drizzle was pouring forth its omen of mercy.
Poetic Uni-Verse


Re-Versed Revelations (Translations / Renditions)
Mirrored Perspectives (Mystical)
Reflections on Life (Worldly)
Cultural Confluence

Cultural Confluence (Literary Prose)
Posted Articles
Published Articles
Blogs



Terrorism: If Correctly Identified, Can be Cured
It’s Time to Crash the Parties
In Response to a Letter From a Christian Friend
When the Prophet of Peace Meets the Profit of War: An Analysis of the Hubris Syndrome in Governance
Obama's Last Stand on Afghanistan: A Strategy With No Foresight
Islamic Solar Calendar: Eclipsed by Politics and Ideology
Can We Afford Another Failed State in Afghanistan? Beyond the 2014 Drawdown
Afghanistan Exit Strategy: How Bilateral Is the Security Agreement
Egypt and America in Historical Twists of Ironies
Understanding Syria: How a Cold Front Chilled the Damascus Spring
Drone Wars Terrorize Friends Into Enemies
Provocation or Freedom of Expression
Walking in a Muslim's Moccasins: A Different Perspective on the Muslim Protests
Is American Gun Culture Compatible With a Modern Civil Society?
Why Is the European Union Haunted by Its Rejection of Turkey?
Essays

Afghanistan in the Throes of Nation Building and Military Build-up
How We Messed Up a Flourishing Gun-barrel Democracy in Afghanistan
We Must Wage War on War to Keep the Republic Public
Downgrading American Democracy: Is There Any Left for the Rest of Us?
Disowning ‘Otherness' in Norway's Nightmare and Europe's Long Past of Cultural Intolerance
Interviews

The Implosions of International Relationships in the Mideast
The Politics of Polarization
An interview with Dr. Zaman Stanizai
Audio Lectures and Interviews (See below)
Audio MP3s

Part I - On Spirituality and Belief Systems
- Mythosophia -4 - Mythology of Eden
- Sufism: An Overview of Islamic Mysticism
- Like A Rainbow
- Islam and Science: Debunking the Myth of Incompatibility
- Can We Know God: A Phenomenological Approach to Understanding
Part II - Historical Analysis
- Islam Between Conformity and Modernity
- Identifying with Layers of Islamic Identities
- Revisiting Pivotal Junctures in Islamic History
- Crisis of Critical Thought in Muslim Societies: The Bidding of Bid’a
Part III - Political Critique - Radio interviews on KPFK Los Angeles
Global Disenchantment
Global Disenchantment
- State of the World
- False anti-Semitism charges used to undermine campus movement for Palestinian rights
- Netanyahu will be remembered for speaking Israel's truth
- The Bilateral Security Agreement Debate
- In Case of Zero Option
- Ethnocentric Russian and U.S. Strategies Imperil Afghanistan
- The NSA and the Bush 9/11 Coup
- With Bags of Cash, C.I.A. Seeks Influence in Afghanistan
- Why the U.S. Paid Karzai's Top Aide
Archives

- The State of the World
- The Debate: The Bilateral Security Agreement
- Ethnocentric Russian and U.S. Strategies Imperil Afghanistan
- Before Malala
- The NSA and the Bush 9/11 Coup
- The Day America Lost Its Soul: The Case Against Iraq
- The Bearded Truth
- Crisis of Critical Thought in Islam (Lecture Notes)
- The Relevance of Time
- Laoura Avakiants: Memories of a Peace Advocate