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Dr. Naseem holds a Ph.D. in comparative and international education from McGill University. His research interests include peace education, social media, feminist theory and philosophy, decolonial theory, post-structuralism, pluralism, and democratic and citizenship education. Dr. Naseem has also taught at the Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan in the departments of International Relations and Defense & Strategic Studies.
Dr. Naseem holds the prestigious Georg Arnhold Research Professorship on Educating for Sustainable Peace (2013-14) at the Georg Eckert Institute in Braunschweig, Germany. He also the co-chairs the Peace Education Special Interest Group of the Comparative and International Education Society (CIES).
PhD, Comparative and International Education, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec MPhil, International Relations, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan MSc, International Relations, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan BA, Political Science, Economics (1983), University of the Punjab
Georg Arnhold Research Professor, (2013-2014), Georg-Eckert-Institut fur Internationale Schulbuchforschung, Braunschweig, Germany. (Value: Euro 39,000) Post-doctoral Fellowship (2005-2007), Le Fonds Québécois de la recherche sur la société et la culture (FQRSC). Paulo Freire Institute, University of California at Los Angeles ($60,000) Dean's Honor List, Faculty of Education, McGill University, Montreal. 2004 Doctoral Fellowship (2002-2004). Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC). $35,000 Doctoral Research Award (2002-2003) International Development Research Center (IDRC). $ 20,000 McGill Major Doctoral Fellowship (2002-2003). McGill University, Montreal, Canada. ($10,000) Not Availed Ford Foundation-ACDIS Fellow at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. January-May, 1992. US$ 10,000 Graduate Merit Scholarship, Quaid-i-Azam University. September 1984 to December 1985
Symposium Chair, First Georg Arnhold Symposium on Social Media as a Space for Peace Education (July 2014-2020) Co-Chair, peace Education Special Interest Group, Comparative and International Education Society, 2011-2014 Member, Comparative and International Education Society Conference Advisory Committee, 2010-11 Member, Comparative and International Education Society Ad hoc committee on Development of Comparative Scholarship, 2010-2011 Program Chair, Canadian Association for Curriculum Studies at the CSSE Conference, Montreal May 2010 Conference Chair, International Association for Research on Textbooks and Educational Media. Montreal, August 2010 External Promotion Reviewer, Agha Khan Educational Foundation External Doctoral Dissertation Examiner: Department of Integrated Studies in Education, OISE, University of Toronto, Australian, National University, McGill University, Aga Khan University-Institute of Educational Development, National Defense University, Islamabad, Pakistan, Qurtaba University of Science and Information Technology, Pakistan, Lahore College University, University of Peshawar, Pakistan
Naseem, M. A. & Arshad-Ayaz, A. Creating learningagainst radicalization. Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council SSHRCConnection Grant ($ 41,000; Role: PI).
Arshad-Ayaz, A. & Naseem,M. A. Perspectives of Canadian youthon extremism and counter-radicalization education. Social Sciences &Humanities Research Council SSHRC Insight Grant, ($106,130: Role Co-Applicant).
Carr, P., Thesee, G., Arshad-Ayaz, A., Naseem, M. A. Social Media, Citizenship Participation andEducation. Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council SSHRC InsightGrant. 2017-2021 ($235,949: Role Co-applicant).
Abrami, P. et al., Naseem, M. A., Using educationaltechnology to develop essential educational competencies in Sub-Saharan Africa.Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council SSHRC Partnership Grant.($2,500,000: Role Co-applicant).
Naseem, M. A.& Arshad-Ayaz, A. (Eds.) (Under Contract for publication in Spring 2020). Peace 2.0: Social Media as Space for Sustainable Peace Education, Palgrave-Macmillan.
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Naseem, M. A.,Arshad-Ayaz, A., Duckworth, C., Savard, M*. (2016). Teaching about extremism,terror and trauma: Policy, pedagogy, curricula. Special issue of Journal of Contemporary Issues in Education (Universityof British Columbia/University of Alberta), Spring.
Naseem, M. A. andStöber, G. (2014). Textbooks,Identity Politics and Conflict Lines in South Asia, special issue of Journalof Educational Media, Memory and Society (JEMMS) 6 (2) (2014).
Naseem, M. A. (2019). History and its discontents: The masterhistorical narratives and agency in Pakistan’s textbooks. In S. Lässig, M.Repoussi, L. Cajani (Eds.), HistoryEducation under Fire. New York: Palgrave McMillan.
Naseem, M. A. (Forthcoming 2019). We the people: Peace educationalpotential of social media: Multilogues of National Self-regeneration inPakistani Blogosphere. In M. A. Naseem and A. Arshad-Ayaz (Eds.). Peace 2.0: Social Media as a Space forSustainable Peace Education, Palgrave-Macmillan. (Refereed)
Naseem, M.A., Arshad-Ayaz, A. (Forthcoming 2019). Peace 2.0: Socialmedia as space for peace education: An introduction. In M. A. Naseem and A. Arshad-Ayaz (Eds.). Peace 2.0: Social Media as a Space forSustainable Peace Education, Palgrave-Macmillan.
Naseem, M. A., Arshad-Ayaz, A., Doyle, S.* (2017). Social media asa space for peace education: Conceptual contours and evidence from the Muslimworld. Research in Comparative and InternationalEducation. Spring.
Naseem, M. A., Savard*, M. (2017). Challenging the PotentialConsequences of Pakistani Textbooks: Radicalization or Peacebuilding. Historyfor Peace, A Seagull Journal. Fall.
Arshad-Ayaz, A., Naseem, M. A. (2017). Creating ‘invited’ spaces for counterradicalization and counter-extremism education. Diaspora, Indigenous,and Minority Education. Spring.
Naseem, M. A. and Arshad-Ayaz, A. (2016). One voice or many: Asurvey of feminist theorization. Journalof gender and social issues. Spring/Summer.
Naseem, M. A. Arshad-Ayaz, A. (2016) What kind of pedagogy do we need to addressextremism and terror? Journal ofContemporary Issues in Education, Vol 11, No. 1, Spring, pp. 6-18.
Naseem, M. A., Arshad-Ayaz, A., Duckworth, C., Savard* (2016).Teaching about extremism, terror and trauma: Policy, pedagogy, curricula:Introduction. Special issue of Journal of contemporary issues in education.Vol 11, No. 1, Spring, pp.1-5.
Naseem, M. A. & Arshad-Ayaz, A. (2016).Knowledge imperialism: Education and domination in the neo-liberal era. In K.Gray and H. Bashir (Eds.), Eastward Bound: The politics, economics, and pedagogy ofWestern higher education in Asia and the Middle East. Lanham: Lexington/Rowman and Littlefield.
Naseem, M. A. (2015). Reimagining peace,reimagining education: Peace educational potential of social media. Journal of Education in Muslim Society. Vol. 2 No. 1 June 2015 page. 1-11
Naseem, M. A. (2014). Deconstructing Militarismin Pakistani Textbooks, JEMMS 6 (2), pp.10-24.
Naseem, M. A. and Stöber, G. (2014). Textbooks,Identity Politics and Conflict Lines in South Asia, JEMMS 6 (2), pp. 1-9.
Naseem, M. A. (2013). Perspectivasconceituais sobre o multiculturalismo e a educação multicultural: Umainvestigação do campo. Visão Global,Joaçaba, v. 15, n. 1-2, p. 23-36, jan./dez.
Naseem, M. A. & Arshad-Ayaz, A. (2012). Education and Democracyunder Neo-liberal Knowledge Imperialism. In Ali A. Abdi and Paul R.Carr. (Eds.). Educating for democraticconsciousness: Counter-hegemonic possibilities. Netherlands: Peter LangPublishing, pp. 151-166.
Naseem, M. A. (2011). Conceptualthinking on multiculturalism and diversity in Canada: A survey. In Diversityand Education for Liberation: realities, possibilities and problems. Canadian Issues: A Publication of theAssociation for Canadian Studies, Special Edition. Pp.9-15.
Naseem,M. A. & Ghosh, R. (2010). Construction of the ‘Other’ in History Textbooks in Indiaand Pakistan. In G. Pampanini, F. Adly, D. Napier (Eds.) Interculturalism,society and education. Rotterdam, Boston, Taipei: Sense Publishers, Pp.37-44.
Naseem, M. A. (2009). Construction ofMilitaristic identities in Pakistani textbooks. In Stephen M. Lyon, and Iain R. Edgar, (Eds). Shapinga nation: An examination of Education in Pakistan. Karachi: OxfordUniversity Press, pp. 148-157.
Barakett,J. and Naseem, M. A. (2008).Multicultural, anti-racist education and black feminist pedagogy. In C.Levine-Resky (Ed.), Canadian Perspectiveson the Sociology of Education. London, New York: Oxford University Press,pp. 69-80.
Hyslop-Margison& Naseem, M. A. (2007). CareerEducation as Humanization: A Freirean Approach to Lifelong Learning. Alberta Journal of Education. Vol. 54,#1, pp. 347-358.
Hyslop-Margison,E. & Naseem, M.A. (2007).Philosophy of education and the contested nature of empirical research: Arejoinder to D. C. Phillips. Philosophyof Education. Pp. 310-318.
Naseem, M. A. & Arshad-Ayaz, A.(2007). The Market, the Nation and the School: EFA in times of Globalizationand Nationalism. In A. Wiesman and D. Baker (Eds.), Education for All: Global Promises, National Challenges (Volume 8in the International Perspectives on Education and Society Series). Amsterdam,Boston: Elsevier Science, Ltd. Pp. 73-108.
Naseem, M. A. & Hyslop-Margison (2006). Nussbaum’s Concept ofCosmopolitanism: Practical Possibility or Academic Delusion? Paideusis. # 2. pp. 51-60.
Naseem, M. A. (2006). The Soldier and the Seductress: APost-structuralist Analysis of Gendered Citizenship through Inclusion in andExclusion from Language and Social Studies Textbooks in Pakistan. International Journal of InclusiveEducation. vol. 10, nos. 4&5, July-September. Pp. 449-468.
Ghosh, R. & Naseem, M. A. (2003). Education is thatwhich Liberates: Education Philosophy of Rabindranath Tagore. Journal of Post Colonial Education.Volume 2, #1; 87-100.
Naseem, M. A. (1995). Promoting the Development of aCulture of Peace and Devising Innovative Methods for Early Prevention andPeaceful Management of Conflicts: A view from Pakistan. In The Culture of Peacein Central South Asia. Rawalpindi: UNESCO/Friends pp. 1-14.
Mazari, S. M., & Naseem, M. A., (1990). Development ofDefense and Strategic Studies as an Academic Discipline in Pakistan. In S.H.Hashmi (Ed.). The State of SocialSciences in Pakistan. Islamabad: Quaid-i-Azam University. Pp. 218-228. 2001e-edition available at: http://www.coss.sdnpk.org/chap11.htm.
Naseem, M. A. (1989). Dominant Anglo-SaxonEpistemological Tradition: A Critique. Journalof European Studies. Vol. 4 & 5, Nos. 1 & 2. Pp. 1-15.
Naseem, M. A. (1989). The Afghan episode: A study in Soviet threatperception. Journal of Central AsianStudies, #24, 1989, pp. 65-78.
Naseem, M. A. (1988). US as a Factor in Pak-SovietRelations”, Journal of American Studies.Vol. VI, No. 1, 1988.
Naseem, M.A., Arshad-Ayaz, A. and Rodriguez J. R. (2016).Representation of minorities in Textbooks: Comparative internationalperspectives. In M. A. Naseem, A. Arshad-Ayaz, J. Rodriguez Rodriguez, (Eds.) Representation of minorities Textbooks:International Comparative Perspectives. Santiago de Compostella: Universadadede Santiago de Compostella, pp. 7-12.
Arshad-Ayaz, A. & Naseem, M. A. (2016). Motherhood as acounter-hegemonic reading of citizenship and agency. In A. Abdi & L. Shutz(Eds.). Decolonizing Global Citizenship Education. Rotterdam, Boston, Taipei: SensePublishers, pp. 81-04
Ghosh,R., Naseem, M. A., Vijh, A. (2012). Tagore and education: Gazing beyondthe colonial cage. In A. Abdi (Ed.). Decolonizingphilosophies of education. Rotterdam, Boston, Taipei: Sense Publishers, pp.59-71.
Naseem, M. A. (2009). Allah, America and the army: Impact of the USinvolvement in South Asia on Pakistan’s educational policy. In N. Sobe (Ed.), By the Dawn's Early Light: Americanpost-conflict educational reconstruction from the Spanish-American War to Iraq.New York: Palgrave-McMillan, pp. 208-228.
Ghosh, R., Abdi, A. A. & Naseem, M. A. (2008). Identity incolonial and postcolonial contexts: select discussions and analyses. In A. Abdi& G. Richardson (Eds.), Decolonizingdemocratic education: trans-disciplinary dialogues. Rotterdam, Netherlands:Sense Publishers, pp. 57-66.
Abdi, A. & Naseem, M. A. (2008). Globalization asan educational framework of convergence: globalizing the local and localizingthe global. In A. Abdi & G. Richardson (Eds.), Decolonizing democratic education: trans-disciplinary dialogues.Rotterdam, Netherlands: Sense Publishers, pp. 97-106.
Naseem, M. A. (2008). Peace-Educational Value of the World WideWeb: Dialogue and Confidence Building in the Cyber Space; an Analysis ofChowk.Com. In J. Lin, E. Brantmeier and C. Bruhn (Eds.), Transforming Education for Peace. Greenwich CT: Information AgePublishing, 185-202.
Naseem, M. A. (2006). DeconstructingMilitaristic Identities in Language and Social Studies Textbooks in South Asia:The Case of Pakistan. In Éric Bruillard, Bente Aamotsbakken, Susanne V. Knudsenand Mike Horsley (Eds.). Caught in theWeb or Lost in the Textbook? Paris: Jouve, STEF, IARTEM, IUFM deBasse-Normandie. Pp. 179-186.
Naseem, M. A. (2004). State, education, and citizenship discourses,and the construction of gendered identities in Pakistan. In P. Ninnes & S.Mehta (eds.) Re-Imagining the Discourse:Post Foundational Ideas for Comparative Education. London: Routeledge. Pp.85-106.
Naseem, M. A. (1989). Pakistan’s Security Predicament and ForeignPolicy Options. In M.A. Naseem (Ed.) International Relations: A NewPerspective. Lahore: Progressive Publishers, pp. 109-143.
Arshad-Ayaz,A. & Naseem, M. A. Engineering and HumanitarianInterventions learning from the failures. Humanitarian Engineering workshop2019. University of Groningen, The Netherlands. May 14, 2019.
Naseem, M. A. and Arshad-Ayaz, A., Creating actionablecounter radicalization and counter-extremism education. Canada Research Chairin Race, Inequalities, and Global Change, University of British Columbia.November 14, 2018.
Naseem, M. A. and Arshad-Ayaz, A., Countering ViolentExtremism and the Role of Education: Reclaiming ‘spaces’ for creating learningagainst radicalization. Invited address NOVA Southeastern University, Miami,Fl. February 17, 2018.
Naseem, M. A. Reclaiming ‘spaces’ for creating learningagainst radicalization: Creating praxis between theory and practice. Invitedlecture, Gadjah Mada University, Yogjakarta, Indonesia,October 23, 2017.
Naseem, M. A. Peace Education through Social Media, Invited lecture, State IslamicUniversity Sunan Kalijaga, Yogjakarta, Indonesia, October 23, 2017.
Naseem, M. A. Making Education in the 21stcentury relevant to the local needs in the Muslim world: Setting up a dialoguebetween the dominant and the marginalized knowledge systems. Aaddress at thePlenary Panel at the 3rd International Conference on Education inMuslim Societies, October 24-26, 2017, Universitas Islamic Negri, Jakarta,Indonesia.
Naseem, M. A. Critical thinking and Counter-radicalizationEducation: Thinking from the outside. Plenary address, Institute for criticalpedagogy and transformative leadership, October 6, 2017, Turin, Italy.
Naseem, M. A. Shadows of Knowledge/Knowledge of Shadows:Decolonizing Plato’s Parable of the Cave. Presented at theKeynote Panel 2015 Graduate Student Conference in Philosophyof Education, McGill University.
Naseem, M. A. Peace 2.0: Social Media as a Space for PeaceEducation. Plenary Address presented to the First Georg Arnhold Symposium onEducating for Sustainable Peace, Braunschweig, Germany, July 29, 2014.
Naseem, M. A. Decolonizing the ‘subject’ inqualitative research: Doing qualitative educational research from decolonialperspectives. Paper accepted for presentation at the 11th TheQualitative Report Conference, NOVA Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale,FL. January 2019.
Naseem, M. A. & Arshad-Ayaz, A.Education beyond the Human:Nature, machine, and the human in the Kenyan Curricular Reform. Paper acceptedfor presentation at Comparative and International Education Society Conference,Miami, Fl. March 2019.
Arshad-Ayaz, A.& Naseem, M. A., Posthumanism, are we there yet? Howrelevant is the concept to develop anti-extremism education? Paper accepted forpresentation at Comparative and International Education Society Conference,Miami, Fl. March 2019.
Naseem,M. A. & Arshad-Ayaz, A. Can educational technology act as a bridge betweendifferent educational and societal milieus in the overall context of transferof knowledge and skills? Accepted for presentation at 2019 WEFLA Conference.Holguin, Cuba, April 24-26, 2019.
Arshad-Ayaz, A.& Naseem, M. A., Perspectives of Canadian youth on extremism andcounter-radicalization education. Paper presented at the 2019 World Congress of Comparative Education SocietiesConference. Mexico, May 20-24, 2019.
Naseem,M. A. & Arshad-Ayaz, A. Educational technology for the future: Bringing outthe voices of key stakeholders in Kenya. Accepted for presentation at the 2019World Congress of Comparative Education Societies Conference. Mexico, May20-24, 2019.
Naseem,M. A. and Arshad-Ayaz, A., Creating educational spaces for praxis andrelationality. Paper accepted for presentation at Oceania Comparative andInternational Education Society, Wellington, New Zealand. November 21, 2018.
Arshad-Ayaz, A. & Naseem, M. A. Relational Futures for apeaceful, prosperous world. Paper accepted for presentation at OceaniaComparative and International Education Society, Wellington, New Zealand.November 21, 2018.
Naseem,M. A. and Arshad-Ayaz, A., Historical, political and societal relationalitiesin Kenyan educational and curriculum reform. Paper accepted for presentation atOceania Comparative and International Education Society, Wellington, NewZealand. November 21, 2018.
Naseem,M. A. and Arshad-Ayaz, A., Promise of education for counter radicalization andcounter-extremism education. Comparative Education Society of Europe, Nicosia,Cyprus, May 29-June 01, 2018.
Arshad-Ayaz, A. & Naseem, M. A. The age of uncertainty: Silencingthe knowledge of the ‘other’ and unmaking of identities in the contemporarymoment. Comparative Education Society of Europe, Nicosia, Cyprus, May29-June 01, 2018.
Naseem,M. A. and Arshad-Ayaz, A., Creating pedagogical deliverables for counter-radicalizationeducation. Paper presented at the 2018 WEFLA Conference, Holguin, Cuba, April2018.
Naseem,M. A. and Arshad-Ayaz, A., Epistemo-spatial dimension of peace education:Creating learning against radicalization in reclaimed peace education spaces.Paper presented at the Highlighted Session of the Peace Education SIG,Comparative and International Education Conference, Mexico City, March 2018
Arshad-Ayaz, A. & Naseem, M. A. Counter-extremism andcounter-radicalization education: Learning from the South. Paper presented atthe Comparative and International Education Conference, Mexico City, March 2018
Naseem,M. A. and Arshad-Ayaz, A., Glocalizing Humanitarianism: bringing in localknowledges in conversation with the global knowledge on humanitarianism.Presented at the Liberal Arts International Conference, Texas A&MUniversity, Doha Qatar, February 2018
Arshad-Ayaz, A., Naseem,M. A., Maitra, S., Gupta T. Pedagogical Potential of Documentary and SocialMedia in Creating Conditions for Critical Pedagogy. XLV Annual Conference ofthe Canadian Society for the Study of Education. Toronto, May 27-June 1,2017.
Naseem, M. A.,Arshad-Ayaz, A., Issues concerning diversity, immigration, integration andsettlement: Limitations of current frameworks. Paper presented at the 19thNational Metropolis Conference, Looking Forward: Migration and mobility in 2017and beyond, Montreal, March 16-18, 2017.
Arshad-Ayaz, A. Naseem,M. A. Creating ‘invited’spaces for counter radicalization and counter-extremism education. Paperpresented at the Religious Education SIG Highlighted Panel at the 60th AnnualConference of the Comparative and International Education Society. Atlanta,March 6-10, 2017.
Naseem, M. A.,Arshad-Ayaz, A., problematizing extremism and radicalization in“claimed-created” educational spaces. Paper presented at the Peace EducationSIG Highlighted Panel at the 60th Annual Conference of the Comparative andInternational Education Society. Atlanta, March 6-10, 2017.
Naseem, M. A. Rapporteur: Education for Social Justice: When, With Whom,and With What Implications? Roundtable for the Human Rights SIG. 60thAnnual Conference of the Comparative and International Education Society.Atlanta, March 6-10, 2017.
Naseem, M. A. Education and exacerbation/prevention ofconflict: The role of curricula, pedagogy and textbooks. Paper presented atCSSE conference, Calgary, May 2016.
Naseem, M. A.Textbooks and Curricula as Sites for Peace Education. Paper presented at the59th Annual Conference of the Comparative and International Education Society.Vancouver, March, 2016.
Naseem, M. A.Critical deconstructions of Islamophobia. Annual Congress of Institute ofcritical pedagogy and transformative leadership, Cadiz. Spain, November, 2015.
Naseem, M. A.Decolonizing epistemic spaces: Bringing in global knowledges and voices inGlobal Citizenship Education. Paper presented at the CGCER conference on GlobalCitizenship, Edmonton, October 2015.
Naseem, M. A.National security state and construction of the other in social mediaenvironment in Canada. Paper presented at the seventh Canadian Studies Seminarof Conferencia cientifica Internacional, Holguin, Cuba, April 27-29, 2015.
Arshad-Ayaz, A., Naseem,M. A. Social media and civic participation: Exploring the impact of socialnetworking on youth’s civic engagement. Paper presented at the 11th Technology,Knowledge and Society Conference, University of California at Berkeley, March2015.
Naseem, M. A. Religiopoly and the constructions of the religious ‘other’ in educationaldiscourses in the global South. Paper presented at the VW Stiftung InterdisciplinarySymposium on ‘Religious Other’. Hannover, Germany, June 2014.
*Savard, M. & Naseem, M. A. “Navigating the Minefield of Child SoldierResearch. Paper presented at Children, Youth, and Security: Intersections ofResearch and Practice Graduate Student Research Symposium, Dalhousie University, Halifax NS, March 6-8, 2014.
Naseem, M. A. An autoethnographic account of thejourney to the culture of peace. Paper presented at the annual meetingof the Comparative and International Education Society, Toronto, March 2014.
Naseem, M. A. Philosophy and Ecology: Case for anEcosophic Framework for Environmental Sustainability. Paper presented at the NortheasternRegional Conference of the Comparative and International Education Society, November1 & 2, 2013, UMass Amherst.
Naseem, M. A. Conflictsensitive indicators for the educational sector in conflict and post-conflictenvironments. WCCES, June 24-28, 2013, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Naseem, M. A.Word and the World: Actors-Discourses-Practices in textbook analysis. Keynote Address to the InternationalSummer School, Georg Eckert Institute, Braunschweig, Germany, September 23,2013.
Naseem, M. A. Post-structuralist methodologies for textual analysis: CriticalDiscourse Analysis. International Summer School, Georg Eckert Institute,Braunschweig, Germany, September 24, 2013.
Naseem, M. A. Social media,multivocality and regeneration of national and community identities:Blogosphere and Facebook as educational spaces for peace education. GeorgEckert Institute Colloquium, Braunschweig, Germany, August 7, 2013.
Naseem, M. A. Education, identity and violence: Textual sources ofdevelopment and conflict: A case study of Pakistan. Keynote Address to the South American Chapter of the InternationalAssociation of Research on Textbooks and Educational Media (IARTEM), Curitiba,August 29-31, 2012.
Naseem, M. A. Education and gendered citizenship in Pakistan: Apost-colonial investigation. Center for South Asia, University of Wisconsin,Madison. September 23, 2010.
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