Teeth Maestro

Month: February 2007

  • Yeh Hum Naheen – Say No to Terrorism

    Yeh Hum Naheen¸ (This is NOT us) is an NGO headed by Waseem Mahmood and a number of like minded popular Pakistani vocalists have choosen to join hands and raise their voice on behalf of the Muslim world coming together in the form of a an amazing soul touching sound track, featuring names like Haroon,…

  • Are you a Fundamentalist?

    Guest Post: Fariha Akhtar Few years back in one of the social sciences class, our instructor asked us “Are you Fundamentalists? Our instant reply was “No, Sirno way. Then he asked, “Do you believe that the Holy Quran is meant for all times and for all kinds of environments? This time our reply was “Yes,…

  • Letter to CJ from Naeem Bokhari

    I would like to share a very interesting letter I just received on email, written by Supreme Court Advocate Naeem Bohkari addressed to the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Mr. Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry. It is a definite ‘must read’ for all Pakistanis Start quote Mr. Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry Chief Justice Supreme Court…

  • Enlightened Moderation: Desi Version of Enlightenment!

    Guest Post: Fariha Akhtar Most of us believe that everyone needs to modernize in order to cope up with the dynamics of this world. We feel that its ok to change ourselves with changing times as long as we dont compromise on our religious principles and so Mush came up with the concept of Enlightened…

  • Online freedom of Speech – Global Voices

    Sami Ben Gharbia the recently appointed Advocacy Director of Global Voices has done a very extensive review of the censorship situation in Pakistan which also includes a very interesting interview with Omer Alvie discussing the issue in quite extensive detail. Link: Pakistan: Online freedom of speech as collateral damage? Do also have a look at…

  • Egyptian Blogger Imprisoned for 4 years

    Abdel Kareem Nabil, a 22-year-old former student at Egypt’s al-Azhar university, an Islamic institution, was sentenced to four years in prison for insulting Islam and the country’s president, Hosni Mubarak, in the country’s first prosecution of a blogger. Nabil, who used the blogger name Kareem Amer, had sharply criticized his college on his blog, which…

  • Bush’s ongoing War on Terror

    This video is hilarious, takes Bush’s War on Terror to an different level altogether – Enjoy

  • Tale of a Ship

    Guest Blogger: Kamran Suhrwardy I am a resident of a ship, since I opened my eyes in my mothers arms nearly thirty seven years ago. It has been captained by tin-pot saviours and their hunting traits and habits remains common, except for the one it started its journey with. Every new saviour comes with a…

  • Teeth Maestro Open to Guest Bloggers

    Teeth Maestro’s blog has been running on the steam generated by its owner Dr. Awab Alvi for over two years and counting, I remain grateful to the hundreds and thousands who have visited this blog to read my ramblings on wide variety of topics, this blog continues to be updated simply for the love of…

  • Don’t Block the Blog & Google

    Don’t Block the Blog (DBTB) is happy to announce to the Pakistani bloggers that some serious progress has been made during the last few of days regarding the internet censorship (blogspot ban ) issue in Pakistan. Google Inc.’s key representative (Policy Analyst) has been in direct contact with DBTB members in reference to the blogspot…

  • In Support of Mahmood.tv….. (Brainfart Libel Suit)

    If you recall a few months back I had reported that Mahmood.tv was blocked by the Bahraini Government since he was instrumental in exposing the Jamal Dawood scandal. This time around he has continued to be vocal yet again hitting hard at the Minister of Municipalities and Agriculture in Bahrain for his involvement in a…

  • Democrat Tim Ryan Lashes out at Bush

    This is a video of Rep Tim Ryan (D-Ohio) who spoke to the congress a few months back, its interesting to see him eloquently voice his frustration at the way George Bush continues to give the American people the roller coaster ride of their life.

  • Pakistan Blogging Situation – Update

    For the past few days especially yesterday I have exchanged a number of emails around the globe to figure out a solution for the deteriorating blogging condition in Pakistan which started a few days back as reported by Don’t Block the Blog, Press Release of 3rd February and also my blog, I have a few…

  • Web 2.0 Phenomenon Explained

    Quite a number of people ask what exactly is Web 2.0, many definitions exist but no definition can adequately describe this phenomenon as this video tries to do in a brief 4:31 minutes. I assure you, you will come out having understood the entire concept and still yet not be able to write a proper…

  • Bloggers Pakistan gets a Face-lift

    After many days of procrastination, I finally got down to doing a revamp of the blog aggregator that we run at bloggers.pk. Barely two months back in early December I quit on the ever faithful wordpress CMS system simply because it was not designed to be an efficient aggregator. I moved away from WordPress and…