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Aliya Anjum

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Pakistan

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http://aliyaanjum.blogspot.com

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History, Travel, Religion & Spirituality

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Dale Carnegie, Malcolm X, Robert Fisk, Edward W. Said, Robert Greene, ...more

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June 2011

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Aliya Anjum lives in a city by the sea, by the name of Karachi in Pakistan.

Aliya has donned many a persona: an international banker with a French and a British Bank, a volunteer setting up the marketing department of an NGO that builds schools for the least privileged in Pakistan, a graduate student in the US, a struggling consultant, a TV live show anchor for a brief bit, an employee of the Pakistan Government, graduate school faculty, and finally an author.

All along these conflicting and challenging identities, Aliya kept up her work as a scribe. She got published in Pakistan's major English daily at 17. Over the years, she has freelanced for major English dailies writing on almost the entire gamut of journalism from op-eds, book reviews ...more

	Muhammad's Wives 3.93 avg rating — 88 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Story of an Arranged Marriage 3.35 avg rating — 62 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	SAFFRON SEPTEMBER: A Muslim Woman's Story 3.30 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2012 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	An Arranged Marriage 3.67 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Muslim Inventions in the Islamic Golden age 750-1500 AD 4.14 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	LOVE OR ARRANGED: A Modern Marriage Dilemma really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mandy Marries a Muslim 2.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Demon's Promise 3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Two Weeks of Solo Travel in Greece: A Pakistani Girl's Diary liked it 3.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2011	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Where is Paradise? it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Aliya rated a book really liked it The Laws of Human Nature by Robert Greene (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Greene is an expert on human nature and this book is a testament to his grasp on the subject. I too, have read many books on the human psychology and therefore I was familiar with the themes he discussed. That said, I found many new insights in this ...more
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Aliya rated a book it was ok Judaism's Strange Gods by Michael A. Hoffman II	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Poorest formatting of an e-book ever! It is impossible to understand and finish the book. The author keeps repeating that Judaism is based on the Talmud and not on the Torah, over, and over, and over, and over for the first 40% of the book. That's how ...more
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Aliya rated a book really liked it Surrounded by Narcissists: How to Effectively Recognize, Avoid, and Defend Yourself Against Toxic People (and Not Lose Your Mind) by Thomas Erikson (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
The colors theory is what drew me to the book as I hoped to find out what was it about me that attracted and enabled narcissists. However, the theory he propounded was confusing because the author is not a trained psychiatrist or psychologist. The bo ...more
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Aliya rated a book it was amazing War Is a Racket by Smedley D. Butler	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Very hard hitting due to its pithy eloquence. Must read for every anti-war person, especially now when the US has war fatigue and Russia has opened a war theatre in Ukraine.
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The colors theory is what drew me to the book as I hoped to find out what was it about me that attracted and enabled narcissists. However, the theory he propounded was confusing because the author is not a trained psychiatrist or psychologist. The bo ...more
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