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Before the pandemic, thousands of people would gather on Coney Island Avenue to celebrate Pakistan’s independence in August. (Photo via Bklyner)MIDWOOD – The annual Pakistani Independence Day mela will not be taking place this year because of COVID-19, but don’t fret, there will be a Cultural Caravan to
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Farhad Muhammad wearing one of his signature Modern Ummah hoodies. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)LITTLE PAKISTAN – Farhad Muhammad is a young brown man in Brooklyn who has wanted to give back for as long as he could remember. He believes every person has their own way of doing so. This
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A man holding the Azad Kashmir flag. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)MIDWOOD – Makki Masjid has long served as a place for activism and this afternoon was no different. After Jummah prayer, congregants and community members gathered outside the mosque to hold the Azad Kashmir flag, chant, and show their support
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Kashif Hussain speaking at New Zealand vigil. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner) LITTLE PAKISTAN – Neighbor Kashif Hussain was appointed the Deputy Public Advocate of Infrastructure and Environmental Justice last week. His new role makes him “responsible for advocating the resiliency of cities, environment, and infrastructure including transportation, food, air, and water
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Photo: BklynerLITTLE PAKISTAN – After neighborhood drama canceled it last year, the annual Pakistani Independence Day mela is back. The 2019 mela will take place on Coney Island Avenue between Avenue H and Foster Avenue on Sunday, August 18 at 12:30 p.m. Famous guests include singers Nouman Khalid, Fizza
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Makki Masjid located at 1089 Coney Island Avenue. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner) MIDWOOD – The fight for accountability at the beloved Makki Masjid in Little Pakistan has found its way out the doors of the mosque and into the court. Makki Masjid, officially the Muslim Community Center of Brooklyn (MCCB), has
Arts & Culture
Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerLITTLE PAKISTAN – Naseem Khan Alizai for the last 28 years has spent his days selling gold jewelry on Coney Island Avenue. Some days, he closes his shop making zero bucks. Yet, every day (except on Fridays) he comes back. Alizai, 50, owns the property located at 1064
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Here’s how the street signs would look like. (Photo via PAYO)DITMAS PARK – The Coney Island Avenue strip between Avenues C and H, also known as “Little Pakistan,” will be co-named “Muhammad Ali Jinnah Way,” after the founder of Pakistan. “This is a really great achievement of the Pakistani-American
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The NYPD congratulated Pakistani-American’s on the historic win. (Photo: Hassan Iqbal)About 100 Pakistanis and cricket fans, old and young, gathered at the corner of Foster and Coney Island Avenues to celebrate Pakistan’s historic win against its long-time rival, India, in the International Cricket Council (ICC) Champions Trophy
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English literacy students at BRICK. (Photo: Ditmas Park Corner)A program that serves — and empowers — immigrant women in our community may be in danger of closing. The Female Literacy Center [/blog/neighbors/brick-opens-female-literacy-center-in-response-to-the-loss-of-adult-literacy-classes/] housed at Brooklyn Rebuild Immigrant Community and Knowledge (BRICK) [/blog/neighbors/breaking-barriers-new-community-center-aims-celebrate-pakistani-culture-connect-neighbors/] has a funding gap of
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Photo: Ditmas Park CornerIt was a call for peace, from Coney Island Avenue to the streets of Lahore. Borough President Eric Adams, along with other elected officials and leaders of our local Pakistani community, held an interfaith candlelight vigil last night to honor the victims of Sunday’s terrorist attack
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Coney Island Avenue. (Photo: Google Maps)Kensington’s Pakistani community [/photos/thousands-of-people-celebrate-pakistans-independence-day-at-brooklyn-mela-on-coney-island-avenue/#.VrO7yDYrJ8c] is taking a leading role in keeping the area safe. A civilian patrol, created last summer to protect the Little Pakistan commercial district along Coney Island Avenue following a series of armed robberies in 2014, reports that