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Malala Terms Flashcards

1
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badal

A

revenge

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ANP

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  • Awami National Party

- Pashtun nationalist political party

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dyna

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truck with open back

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FATA

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  • Federally Administered tribal areas

- region of Pakistan bordering Afghanistan governed under system of direct rule (started in British times)

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Hadith

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sayings of the Prophet

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haram

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prohibited Islam

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hujra

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traditional meeting place for men

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IDP

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someone forced to flee their home but can stay within country’s borders

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ISI

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Pakistan’s biggest intelligence agency

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Jamaat-e-Islam

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Pakistani conservative party

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Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam

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  • Pakistan conservative political party

- strict enforcing of Islamic law

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jihad

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  • holy war

- internal struggle

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jirga

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tribal assembly

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kafir

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infidel

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khan

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local lord

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KPK

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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa “Area of Pashtuns”

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lashkar

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local militia

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madrasa

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school for Islamic instruction

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maulana

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Islamic scholar

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LeT

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one of Pakistan’s oldest, most powerful militant groups, close links with the ISI

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melmastia

A

hospitality

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nang

A

honor

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PPP

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Pakistan People’s Party

-founded by Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, led by Benazir and currently co-chaired by Asif Zardari

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Pashtunwali

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traditional behavioral code for Pashtuns

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pir

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hereditary saint

26
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pisho

A

cat

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qaumi

A

national

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sabar

A

patience

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swara

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practice of resolving tribal feud by handing over woman

30
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talib

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religious student, but now means member of Taliban militant group

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tarbur

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means ‘cousin’, but ironically ‘enemy’

32
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TNSM

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Movement for enforcement of Islamic Law

-Sufi Mohammed

33
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TTP

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Pakistan Taliban

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