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Monologue on getting water from the tap

Description: This monologue by Muhammad Aslam (a 36-year old male teacher) is about a story of a man who was visiting a village and saw people getting water from a tap in the wall. He returned to his own village and eagerly explained that he discovered a new way to get water that was much easier than their traditional way. He bought the supplies and installed the tap in the wall, but no water came out. One of his fellow villagers explained to him that, in order for the tap to work, one must install a pipe f… more
Date: July 12, 2019
Duration: 1 minute 37 seconds
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Partner: UNT College of Information

Performance of a poem about the Judgement Day

Description: This is a performance of a poem that warns about the brevity of life and the imminent arrival of the Judgement Day. Existence, including life, is ephemeral, so we would do better to prepare for the grave than pile up riches and seek pleasure in this life. The contributor Muhammad Aslam is a 36-year old male teacher.
Date: July 12, 2019
Duration: 3 minutes 17 seconds
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Partner: UNT College of Information

Personal narrative by Muhammad Suleman

Description: In this conversation with Atta-Ur Rehman, Muhammad Suleman recounts the personal experiences of his first ever journey to the Chitral district of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province where he attended a workshop on orthography and conservation of regional languages of Pakistan organized by the Project Director, Dr. Sadaf Munshi, in collaboration with the Forum for Language Initiatives, Islamabad (Pakistan).
Date: July 12, 2019
Duration: 9 minutes 04 seconds
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Partner: UNT College of Information

Personal narrative by Muhammad Suleman

Description: In this conversation with Atta-Ur Rehman, Muhammad Suleman recounts the personal experiences of his first ever journey to the Chitral district of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province where he attended a workshop on orthography and conservation of regional languages of Pakistan organized by the Project Director, Dr. Sadaf Munshi, in collaboration with the Forum for Language Initiatives, Islamabad (Pakistan).
Date: July 12, 2019
Duration: 8 minutes 18 seconds
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Partner: UNT College of Information

Performance of a poem about the Judgement Day

Description: This is a performance of a poem that warns about the brevity of life and the imminent arrival of the Judgement Day. Existence, including life, is ephemeral, so we would do better to prepare for the grave than pile up riches and seek pleasure in this life. The contributor Muhammad Aslam is a 36-year old male teacher.
Date: July 12, 2019
Duration: 3 minutes 17 seconds
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Partner: UNT College of Information

Elicitation of kinship terms

Description: Recording of a wordlist of kinship terms in Mankiyali, translated from English. The contributor is Gohar-Ur Rehman, a 38-year old male shop owner.
Date: December 12, 2019
Duration: 9 minutes 30 seconds
Creator: Iqbal, Javid
Partner: UNT College of Information

Monologue on getting water from the tap

Description: This monologue by Muhammad Aslam (a 36-year old male teacher) is about a story of a man who was visiting a village and saw people getting water from a tap in the wall. He returned to his own village and eagerly explained that he discovered a new way to get water that was much easier than their traditional way. He bought the supplies and installed the tap in the wall, but no water came out. One of his fellow villagers explained to him that, in order for the tap to work, one must install a pipe f… more
Date: July 12, 2019
Duration: 1 minute 29 seconds
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Partner: UNT College of Information
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[News Script: Mid-East]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: January 12, 1972, 6:30 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Retelling of Baadsha Zulqarneen

Description: Recording of Badshahi Khan, a farmer, reciting "King Zulqarneen," in the Yasin dialect. This is a popular story that followed Islam to the area, and the King represents a barrier from the apocalypse.
Date: May 12, 2010
Duration: 21 minutes 20 seconds
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Retelling of Tiliti Tham

Description: Recording of Badshai Khan, also known as Tatako, reciting "Tiliti Tham," a popular story in the Yasin dialect of Burushaski.
Date: June 12, 2010
Duration: 23 minutes 09 seconds
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Pakistan's Nuclear Weapons

Description: This report discusses Pakistan's nuclear arsenal, which probably consists of approximately 110-130 nuclear warheads, although it could have more. Pakistan's nuclear arsenal is widely regarded as designed to dissuade India from taking military action against Pakistan, but Islamabad's expansion of its nuclear arsenal, development of new types of nuclear weapons, and adoption of a doctrine called "full spectrum deterrence" have led to concern about an increased risk of nuclear conflict between Pak… more
Date: February 12, 2016
Creator: Kerr, Paul K.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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