Silent Waters (2003) is set in 1979 in Pakistan, when General Zia-ul-Haq took control of the country and stoked the fires of Islamic nationalism. Ayesha, a Muslim woman who gets by on her late husband’s pension and by teaching young girls the Koran, invests her hopes in her beloved son Saleem. But when Saleem takes up with a group of Islamic fundamentalists just as a group of Sikh pilgrims come to town, Ayesha’s haunted past turns her present life upside down.
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NEW SERIES! Islam in Asia Seminar Series
Wednesday, November 18, 4 p.m.
"Twelve Imams and Seven Muhammads: Shrine Culture in Chinese Turkestan"
Rian Thum
Cornell University;
PhD Candidate, Inner Asian and Altaic Studies, Harvard University
CGIS South, 1730 Cambridge St.
Seminar Room S153, 1st Floor
If you are interested in joining the Islam in Asia Seminar Series mailing list, please send your name, affiliation and email address to Holly Angell: vhangell@fas.harvard.edu
Modern Asia Seminar Series
Friday, December 11, 12:30 p.m.
Asia in the Financial Crisis: National Responses and Geopolitical Consequences
Dr. William Overholt
Senior Research Fellow, Asia Programs, Ash Institute, Harvard Kennedy School
Moderator: Professor Ezra F. Vogel
Henry Ford II Professor of the Social Sciences, Emeritus
CGIS South, Belfer Case Study Room S020, Concourse Level
Co-Sponsored with the Ash Institute, Harvard Kennedy School
Harvard-Yenching Library: New Hours
The Harvard-Yenching Library hours of operation will undergo a major change for the upcoming 2009-2010 academic year. As of September 2, 2009 the Library's hours will be as follows:
Monday-Thursday 9:00 a.m.-10:00 p.m.
Friday 9:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m.
Saturday 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Sunday 12:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
Please take special note that the Library will close at 7:00 p.m. on Fridays beginning this semester. The stacks and circulation desk will continue to close 15 minutes before closing.
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