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Emir Who Made Tiny Qatar a Global Player Dies

Srinagar, July 12 -- Srinagar - Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, the former Emir of Qatar who transformed the tiny Gulf state from an obscure desert nation into one of the world's most influential d... Read More


Kashmir's Tourism Industry Digs In to Save Its Own Skin

Srinagar, July 12 -- By Syed Sammar Mehdi The mist had not lifted off Apharwat peak when the first spade broke the ground. A man who spends his weeks checking hotel bookings knelt in the mud and pre... Read More


Kashmir Sits on a River and Still Asks Its Women to Beg for a Bucket

Srinagar, July 11 -- Kashmir loves to call itself the land of rivers, springs and lakes, where water supposedly flows as freely as the poetry written about it. Srinagar sits close enough to the Jhelu... Read More


The Neighborhood That Built Kashmir

Srinagar, July 11 -- By Syed Nissar H. Gilani Centuries ago, Kashmir's rulers picked a capital the way a general picks high ground. Parihaspora, near Pattan, sat on an elevation close to the Jhelum,... Read More


The Dancing Girl Still Speaks After 4,500 Years

Srinagar, July 11 -- She stands eleven centimetres tall, weighs less than a mango, and has spent the last century making grown institutions nervous. The bronze figure known as the Dancing Girl came o... Read More


Video: Thousands Join 25th Muharram Processions Across Kashmir

The post Video, July 11 -- Thousands Join 25th Muharram Processions Across Kashmir appeared first on Kashmir Observer. Published by HT Digital Content Services with permission from The Kashmir Observ... Read More