Fashion!

In Pakistan we love fashion! Our hemline changes every year, our sleevestyle every season and our suits every week.

 Har aurat ek designer hai! So many talented women tell me they stich a new suit every week and wear it for jummah ki namaz. But what do we do with all these clothes? I cannot even imagine wearing 52 new suits every year! Some say they give away most clothes after having worn them once or twice. What if we would stich one suit a week in the size of our maid, or her children? We would get double the sawab  on Jummah!

Hamari Izzat!

In Pakistan we love our izzat. Izzat meaning what the world thinks of me. We measure our success and failures by what people say or even might say about us.  We have a culture of keeping up appearances. Log kya kahenge is what is most important. Aur log.... woh to sirf negative bolte hain.

 Humari Izzat:

* Sab nazar ka khel hai!

* Humara Mohalla!

* Halla gulla!

* Humara Libaas!

In Pakistan  if my neighbour has a bigger house than I do, I'll say yeh to haram ki kamai ka hai. Aur agar mujhe pata hai ke yeh halal ka hai, I'll say:haan yeh to abhi banaya hai. pehle pata hai kaise rehte the?

Just plain jealousy. I can't bare to see someone, anyone with bigger, better nicer thing than ME!

Nowadays we would rather live beyond our means to show off, than save a little and pay zakat. We would rather show off new clothes, a big house, a new car etc. than show we have limited resources. Hamari Izzat hamari daulat aur halaat se hoti hai, humare kirdaar aur nekion se nahin. Humari izzat hamare kaam, mehnat, talents, khoobiyon aur brotherhood se nahin hoti hai. 


Kaash hamari izzat isme hoti ke hamare mohalle mein koi bhooka nahin sota. Kaash hameri izzat is mein hoti ke hamare bachon ke schoolon mein koi aisa nahin hota jiski fees pay nahin hoti. Kaash hamari izzat, humare mulk ki izzat mein hoti! Kaash......


 Kuch to log kahenge.... acha kareinge to acha kehenge bhi! Socho agar hum sab aisa sochein to humara Pakistan, sahi mein humari izzat ka bais ho.

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Humari Izzat: Humara Mohalla!

In Pakistan we love our izzat. Izzat meaning what the world thinks of me. We measure our success and failures by what people say or even might say about us. Humari izzat hamare kaam, mehnat, talents, khoobiyon aur brotherhood se nahin hoti hai.

What if our izzat was not in the mind and hearts of others? What if we could be genuinly proud of ourselves and our next of kin?

Hamara Mohalla!

Hum kahan rehte hain, kis ilaake mein, kis mohalle mein aur kaise ghar mein. Yeh sab effects our status position. Well this is true for most of human kind. Everyone wants to live in the best environments.

But in other countries people move around, so they often get to choose and change their neighborhoods. In Pakistan we usually live in the same home where we grew up in.  This makes us grounded and loved, since most of our neighbors are like extended family.  But what if our grandfather didn't buy a plot in the right area? What if he let go of plots in the posh areas to be closer to family? Ab hum to phas gay na!

Waise bhi ab hamare mohalle ka haal dekha? Yahan kon rehna pasand karega? Kissi ke ghar ki deewaaron pe rang nahin hai, kahin pe road mein gadhein hain. Kahin gali mein ladke jama huwe hain, to kissi ke ghar pe gate ke bajae parda latak raha hai. Aise mohalle mein kaise log rehte honge?

Bas hum jaise hi log rehte hain. What if we asked those same boys who hang around to protect our neighborhoods, in return they get a nice bench and chai from a different home everyday? What if we ask all the girls living here to help one chachi once a week, with whatever she needs help with? What if we all help to keep things clean by just picking up if we see any litter. What if all the chacha's join forces to plant and upkeep plants and flowers in the neighborhood?

Then we can truly say Humari Izzat, hamara mohalla!!

This picture is taken in taken italy.

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