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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
Central Brooklyn
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
Central Brooklyn
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
Central 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
Central 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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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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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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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 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/