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3 books to understand terrorism: Pakistan
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“The Reluctant Fundamentalist” by Mira Nair
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“Life of Pi” by Ang Lee
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Iram of the Pillars, the Atlantis of the desert
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The Necronomicon
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Abdul Alhazred, the “half-crazed Arab”
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