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The 1500-year-old search for identity: how the Hagia Sophia became a mosque

Last Friday, the Hagia Sophia’s 86-year-old stint as a museum came to a fateful end as the 1500-year-old architectural masterpiece was reopened to the public as a mosque. Ju Young Han made the journey across the Bosphorus to witness this historic day.

Posted on July 30, 2020July 30, 2020 Author Ju Young Han Comments Off on The 1500-year-old search for identity: how the Hagia Sophia became a mosque

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“Recent years have seen Baloch separatists attac “Recent years have seen Baloch separatists attack the Chinese consulate in Karachi City (2018), the Pearl Continental Hotel in Gwadar (2019), which was known to house Chinese businessmen working on the project, and the Pakistan Stock Exchange building (2020), where they claim that China holds about 40% equity. 

It is attacks like these that have led to the latest controversy in the situation: Pakistan building a barbed wire fence around Gwadar. The provincial government plans to fence off 24 sq. km of the city with only two entry points, and more than 500 high-definition cameras. The fencing will include China’s deep seaport but will not cover the China-funded New Gwadar International Airport and 80 of the newly built housing projects.

Interestingly, the government claims that the fencing is in place to protect locals...”

Rohena Buckland writes about rising tensions between China and Pakistan for our Global Affairs team. 

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