Reaching across borderlines: collected essays from the University of North Carolina Wilmington and International Islamic University, Islamabad, Department of State partnership

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Preface from Wilmington: a transformational partnership / Caroline Clements and Diana Ashe -- Preface from Islamabad: the IIUI-UNCW link from partnership to friendship / Muhammad Sheeraz -- A moving empire: François Bernier's mosques, mausoleums, and monuments of 17th-century Mughal India / Pascale Barthe -- Colonial legacy and English studies / Mahmood ul Hassan -- Itinerant locals and globals: Hindi women's writing in late 20th-century Kolkata / Rahul Bjørn Parson -- Decentering religious traditions: a deconstructionist perspective of "Church Going" / Imran Adeel -- A dialogic approach to human relations in Moshin Hamid's "The Reluctant Fundamentalist" / Ubaraj Katawal -- Grace of strategic silence in postcolonial resettlement: a study of J.M. Coetzee's "Disgrace" / Muhammad Shahbaz Arif and Faiza Anum -- Evaluating what we know about politics, political science, and international relations: a cross-cultural assessment of political science and international relations education / Aaron S. King, Daniel S. Masters, J. Benjamin Taylor, Manzoor Ahmad, Sadaf Farooq, and Amna Mahmood -- The post-9/11 politicization of Sufi Islam and the rise of Barelvi extremism in Pakistan / Muhammad Suleman -- Globalization of Islamic law: a Muslim perspective on international law / Muhammad Khalid Masud -- World cultural heritage: does the world embrace "world cultural heritage"? Evidence from the online presence of UNESCO national commissions / David Graber -- Terrorism and politics: the strategic dimension of the Saudi-led Islamic military alliance / Naeem Qurban -- Pakistan's role in interregional connectivity between South Asia and Central Asia: opportunities and challenges in the age of globalization / Manzoor Khan Afridi -- The role of family systems on couples' life satisfaction and anxiety levels / Asma Shaheen and Nazia Iqbal -- Internationalization of classrooms through cultural hybridity: pedagogical design and challenges / Anirban Ray -- Acculturation, identity, and race relations while performing globalization / Michele Parker -- Implications of Urduization in Pakistani English to comprehend it as a second language / Hadeeqa Sarwar -- Rhetorical listening across borders: a report on attitudes and contexts around English for academic purposes at International Islamic University, Islamabad / Lance Cummings.