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...Saturday violence has made Karachi residents wary of an all-out ethnic backlash. Says Faisal Edhi, whose family foundation run's Pakistan's ambulance service, "Everywhere there is fear. Suddenly people are afraid of each other...
...Directed by Manisha Munshi ’06 and produced by Gayatri S. Datar ’07 and Tanuj D. Parikh ‘09, the show consisted of a group of monologues and dialogues exploring different topics ranging from death to sexuality. All proceeds went to the Edhi Foundation for Earthquake relief in South Asia. An original and powerful mixture of humor and solemnity, the performances were as varying as their topics. “Musings” was a spicy mixture of pop culture, personal identity, South Asian heritage and tasteful ethnic humor, while...
...cold is already taking a toll, as hundreds of enfeebled men, women and children flock to medical camps each day complaining of chest colds, flu and other seasonal ailments. "The quake destroyed the entire private set-up of village doctors and paramedics," says Faisal Edhi, trustee of Karachi-based NGO the Edhi Foundation. "There is a shortage of doctors and nurses, so people now have to travel far to get to the doctors in makeshift medical camps." Because people have no money for fuel, they can't cook meals, adds Rana Khurshid Amed, a Neelum Valley forestry official, "so they...
...charitable nature of the show undoubtedly contributed greatly to its success. Because the seven stars performed voluntarily, the only costs of putting on the show were minimal production expenditures. The ticket profits, as well as the individual donations, which amounted to $1,100, will go directly to the Edhi Foundation, a Pakistani emergency service organization, jointly chosen by the ERC and HCC. Though we don’t doubt that students would have wanted to see a comedy show regardless of whether the proceeds were going to earthquake relief efforts, we would not have seen such great enthusiasm and generosity...
...with the Earthquake Relief Coalition. According to Director of the HCC Jack P. McCambridge ’06, less than 20 percent of the proceeds will go to the production costs of the show—sound, lighting, hospitality, and personnel services. The rest will go directly to the Edhi Foundation, a Pakistani emergency service organization, jointly chosen as the beneficiary by the Earthquake Relief Coalition and HCC. The HCC has been planning this comedy show since late August, but decided to team up with groups interested in earthquake relief in October, before the Wyclef Jean concert failed to materialize...