Henry Ford, the father of the modern automobile industry, ‘refused to do business on Friday the 13th.’ Ford shared the same fear and caution with other stalwarts as Napoleon and President Franklin Roosevelt.
FDR was such a day 13th phobic that he altered his ‘own travel plans on any day of the week that landed on [...]

The US war on the Taliban is founded on something deeper, but actually more obvious, than waging a war against militant insurgency and/or ideology. ‘The short answer is that today, as has been the case since 1979, neither a specific ‘militant’ nor ‘ideology’ is ‘being fought.’ Rather, the target of operations, for which more troops [...]

Sometimes called “the last permissible prejudice,” homophobia reifies social ideas of gender, and ultimately reinforces inequality in society. Homophobia is an even worse and extreme case of sexism. If sexism is imprisoned in the strict confines of sex and gender stereotypes, homophobia sees these already warped stereotypes in an acute and even more distorted way.
Homophobia [...]

Parwin Musthal is a known face on Afghan television. She works in serials and is also seen in numerous advertisements.  She has also acted in nearly 20 theatre productions and quite a few movies. But her real life itself turned  dramatic and tragic in December.  She has had to pay a huge price for her [...]