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Arrest Finally Made for 2008 Murder of Brooklyn Cabbie

Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerCONEY ISLAND — Eleven years later, a man has been arrested for the murder of a livery cab driver. On December 31, 2008, at around 5:10 a.m., 63-year-old Khadim Bhatti was found with a gunshot wound to his abdomen in his livery cab on West 33rd

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Farhad Muhammad Believes In Giving Back To The Modern Ummah

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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Little Pakistan Stands With Jammu & Kashmir

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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Local Bengali Community Celebrates Day Honoring Linguistic Freedom

Memorial honoring International Mother Language Day near the corner of Beverley Road and McDonald Avenue. (Photo: Nicole Levit)A reader contacted us today mentioning that every year, in late February, a flower-adorned memorial appears on Beverley Road very close to McDonald Avenue. We wanted to learn what this memorial was

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Pakistani Community Leader Shahid Khan Had A Long Road From Lahore To Brooklyn

Shahid Khan (Photo by Shannon Geis/Ditmas Park Corner)Shahid Khan has become an important local community leader in the past few years. Earlier this year, he opened the BRICK Community Center [/blog/neighbors/breaking-barriers-new-community-center-aims-celebrate-pakistani-culture-connect-neighbors/] . He helps run the Startalk Urdu language program [/blog/education/65-students-graduated-from-summer-urdu-program-on-friday/] for local students, and

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Pakistani Community Leader Shahid Khan Had A Long Road From Lahore To Brooklyn

Shahid Khan (Photo by Shannon Geis/KensingtonBK)Shahid Khan has become an important local community leader in the past few years. Earlier this year, he opened the BRICK Community Center [/blog/neighbors/breaking-barriers-new-community-center-aims-celebrate-pakistani-culture-connect-neighbors/] . He helps run the Startalk Urdu language program [/blog/education/65-students-graduated-from-summer-urdu-program-on-friday/] for local students, and recently started

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Officials Join COPO To Pray For Victims Of South Asian Earthquake

A local imam prays for the victims of the recent earthquake in South Asia. (Photo by Shannon Geis / Kensington BK)Borough President Eric Adams [http://brooklyn-usa.org], Council member Mathieu Eugene [http://council.nyc.gov/d40/html/members/home.shtml], and Comptroller Scott Stringer [http://comptroller.nyc.gov/] joined the

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Brooklyn Mela Will Be Celebrated On Coney Island Avenue This Sunday; Watch Out For Street Closures And Bus Changes

A food vendor at last year’s mela. Photo by Ditmas Park CornerMusic and food will fill Coney Island Avenue, between Avenue H and Newkirk Avenue, this Sunday, August 16, for the annual Brooklyn Mela [/blog/holidays/taking-a-bite-out-of-brooklyn-mela], which celebrates Pakistan’s independence day. Sponsored by the Pakistani American Merchants

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Hundreds Gather On Coney Island Avenue For Vigil In Wake Of Peshawar School Attack

Standing in front of a poster that read “the smallest coffins are the heaviest,” neighbor Tahir Rajput glanced at the sea of candles behind him and, like so many others at Wednesday night’s vigil for the victims of the horrific attack in Peshawar, Pakistan that killed at least 132

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Thousands Celebrate Pakistan’s Independence At Brooklyn Mela

Thousands of people flocked to Coney Island Avenue Sunday to celebrate Pakistan’s independence day with food, dancing, and an appearance by Mayor Bill de Blasio – the first mayor in 20 years to attend the Brooklyn Mela festivities in New York City’s largest Pakistani community. Photo by Rob Bennett/