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8/17/08 – Pakistan Independence Day Parade
Pakistan Day Parade in Coney Island Brooklyn, NY:
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July 4th, 2008 – Little Pakistan, Coney Island
The predominantly Pakistani neighborhood in Brooklyn’s Coney Island celebrate 7/4/08:
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A One-Man Help Center for City’s Pakistanis
From the Daily News, 1995:
It was late Saturday night when detectives called in search of a friend or family members who could help identify the badly charred body of a man killed in a fire on Gravesend Neck Road. But it didn’t matter to Asghar Choudhri, who was nearly asleep when the telephone rang, that [...]
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Shattered community of Brooklyn, New York
On December 8, 2004, the American Civil Liberties Union released a new report :
“Worlds Apart: How Deporting Immigrants After September 11 Tore Families Apart and Shattered Communities,” – documenting the devastating effects that the Bush administration’s “anti-terrorism” policies have had on immigrant families and communities.
The report also enumerated impact of these policies on [...]
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Pakistan Paper in New York in Peril Over Coverage
After publishing articles that some people in the local Pakistani community didn’t agree with — including a column by the president of the American Jewish Congress — the editor of an Urdu-language newspaper based in Queens said he has been dealing with something he thought he left behind 20 years ago when he sought political [...]
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Giving Ramadan a Drumroll on Brooklyn Streets at 4 A.M.