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Images of Pakistan

timfrakes — Mon, 13 May 2013 20:06:35 +0000

Here are a few images from my brief visit to Pakistan with Intersections International. The music is a Sufi poet who agreed to sing for me one evening at Lahore University. I’m not sure about the lyrics, however, I suspect it’s a love song. I added the tabla and flute.

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Everyone Loves Ice Cream

timfrakes — Mon, 06 May 2013 13:45:49 +0000

A man enjoys an ice cream cone purchased from a market stall in Islamabad, Pakistan

Everyone loves Ice cream. Even in an Islamabad, Pakistan market. Travel teaches me that you see what you look for. If you expect terrorist, plan to be frightened, and assume the worst, that’s probably what you will see. On the other hand, if you look for kindness, humor, and hospitality, that is most certainly what you will find anywhere in the world.

This image was taken while recording footage for a documentary about the US-Pakistani Interreligious Consortium. Facilitated by Intersections International, and in collaboration with the International Islamic University in Islamabad (IIU) and the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), the visit was part of the US-Pakistan Interreligious Consortium (UPIC), an effort to cooperatively set an action agenda toward policy change on both sides and building bridges of understanding and respect between Pakistan and the United States.

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Building Bridges with Pakistan

timfrakes — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 14:39:50 +0000

Tim Frakes Productions recorded stories documenting 20 leaders (approx. 10 US, 10 Pakistani) who met in Islamabad and Lahore, Pakistan April 22-27 2013 to cooperatively set an action agenda toward policy change on both sides, building bridges of understanding and respect between our two countries.

Facilitated by Intersections International, and in collaboration with the International Islamic University in Islamabad (IIU) and the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), UPIC addressed these issues by creating an interreligious consortium consisting of key leaders of Pakistani and American religious organizations.

The Objectives of UPIC are to

1. Create personal and institutional relationships between delegates’ communities and organizations.

2. Develop delegates’ capacity to substantively advance peace in their communities.

3. Facilitate collaboration on initiatives addressing issues of mutual concern—these issues will be decided by the delegates and likely involve intercultural understanding, peace and security, education, youth, women’s rights, US-Pakistan relations or other areas.

4. Influence policymakers on both sides to improve US-Pakistan relations and advance delegates’ collaborative initiatives and goals at the national and state levels.

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