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Pakistani native named as preferred candidate for WWU president

March 31, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The Western Washington University Board of Trustees named Oregon State University Provost and Executive Vice President Sabah U. Randhawa as the preferred candidate in their search for Western’s president. Randhawa currently serves as Oregon State University’s provost and executive vice president. “I am honored and excited to be considered as the preferred candidate for president […]

Filed Under: Features, Profiles, Community News Tagged With: 2016, Arizona State University, Bruce Shepard, Oregon State University, Pakistan, Presidential Search Advisory Committee, Trustee Sue Sharpe, Vol 35 No 14 | April 2 - April 8, WWU, Western Washington University

Oregon aviation firm tackling its first project in India

February 28, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Greg Stiles Mail Tribune MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) — Erickson, an American aircraft manufacturing and operating company based in Oregon, is gearing up for its first project in India, where they’ve signed a deal to install nearly 160 power transmission towers. In typical Erickson fashion, the project is in a remote region fraught with challenges […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2016, Andy Mills, Beas River, China, India, Jhelum River, MEDFORD, Mail Tribune, Middle Himalayas, Pakistan, Pir Panjal, S64 Aircrane, Silk Road, Sterlite Grid Ltd, Sterlite Technologies, Three Erickson, Vol 35 No 9 | February 27 - March 4, Zaskar Range

Japanese mountaineer Kei Taniguchi falls to her death from peak

January 3, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Elaine Kurtenbach Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Mountaineer Kei Taniguchi fell to her death while climbing this week in the snowy Daisetsuzan range in northern Japan’s Hokkaido. She was 43. Taniguchi, who climbed Mount Everest in 2007, became the first woman to win the prestigious Piolet d’Or (Golden Ice Axe) mountaineering award in 2009. […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2009, 2016, Alpinist Magazine, Associated Press, China, Hiroshi Hagiwara, Kazuya Hiraide, Kei Taniguchi, Mount Everest, Nepal, Pakistan, Vol 35 No 1 | January 2 - January 8, japan

Squash, the sport, on the rise — World Championships held in Bellevue

November 25, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Jason Cruz Northwest Asian Weekly An overlooked sport that is seeking to gain more popularity held the biggest event of its sports year in Bellevue last week. The men’s squash World Championships came to the Meydenbauer Center in Bellevue, Wash., from Nov. 11-22. The world championships brought the best in men’s professional squash to […]

Filed Under: The Layup Drill Tagged With: 2015, Egypt, England, Gregory Caultier, Hong Kong, India, Meydenbauer Center, Mohamed El Shorbagy, Pakistan, Pro Sports Club, Qatar, Ramy Ashour, Seattle Athletic Club, Shabana Khan, Vol 34 No 49 | November 28 - December 4, Washington Athletic Club, World Championships

Spotlight on Sri Lanka — 10th Annual Seattle South Asian Film Festival

October 9, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly The 10th Annual Seattle South Asian Film Festival (SSAFF), opening on October 15th, showcases Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon), an island country near southeast India. The Tasveer organization, parent organization of the SSAFF, chose Sri Lanka to showcase for several reasons, according to Dr. Alka Kurian, co-director of the Festival.  […]

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Features, Profiles, At the Movies Tagged With: 2015, Alka Kurian, Andrew Hamlin, Annual Seattle South Asian Film Festival, Hemal Trivedi, Human Rights, India, Mister Comes Tomorrow, Northwest Asian Weekly, Pakistan, Prasanna Vithanage, Rucha Humnabadkar, SSAFF, Shamas Nawab Siddiqui, Sri Lankan, USA, Vol 34 No 42 | October 10 - October 16, technology

VISIONARY: Patsy O’Connell knows a bit about diversity

September 18, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Zachariah Bryan Northwest Asian Weekly As board president and founder of the Asia Pacific Cultural Center (APCC) in Tacoma, Patsy O’Connell sees diversity every day. The APCC, founded in November of 1996, is the only Asian and Pacific Islander cultural center located in Pierce County, representing an impressive 47 countries. Moreover, it’s brimming with […]

Filed Under: Profiles, Community News Tagged With: APCC, Asia Pacific Cultural Center, Australia, Korean, Lunar New Year, New Zealand, Pacific Islander, Pakistan, Philippines, Pierce County, Point Ruston, Tacoma Art Museum, Taiwan, Vol 34 No 39 | September 19 - September 25, WNPA2016, culture, japan, language

Helping historically hidden communities — State of undocumented APIs three years after DACA

September 4, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Marissa Vichayapai Special to Northwest Asian Weekly Three years after the start of Deferred Action for Child Arrivals (DACA), a federal program which provides certain undocumented immigrants protection from deportation, a social security number, a work permit, and other benefits, enrollment of eligible Asians and Pacific Islanders continue to be disproportionally low, while gaps […]

Filed Under: Community News Tagged With: 2014, API, Brookings Report, China, DACA, DAPA, FAIR, India, Pakistan, Philippines, Professor Tom Wong, Professor Wong, Undocumented Chinese, Vietnam, Washington State

India finalizes long-delayed land swap deal

June 14, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Julhas Alam Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — India and Bangladesh finalized a much-delayed land swap agreement to settle a long-running border dispute on June 6. The deal — initially reached in 1974 but only recently ratified by India’s Parliament — calls for the transfer of 111 border enclaves to Bangladesh in exchange for […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, Adani Power Limited, Associated Press, Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, DHAKA, Energy-starved Bangladesh, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Mahmood Ali, Pakistan, Reliance Group, Vol 34 No 25 | June 13 - June 19

SIFF 2015 *DID* represent — A recap of featured Asian and Asian American films

June 12, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Tiffany Ran Northwest Asian Weekly Few film festivals in the country can rival the diversity and caliber of films than our own Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF), which has for the past 41 years also spotlighted a wide range of Asian and Asian American films. This year, the themes touched on by Asian films […]

Filed Under: At the Movies Tagged With: 2015, Asian American, Forgotten Cambodia, Hiromasa Yonebayashi, India, John Hughes, Nepal, Northwest Asian Weekly, Pakistan, SIFF, Satyajit Ray, Steve Liang, Taiwanese Tourism Board, Tiffany Ran, Vol 34 No 25 | June 13 - June 19, culture, technology

Video purports to show kidnapped Chinese tourist in Pakistan

May 31, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Ishtiaq Mahsud Associated Press DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) — A militant video released Sunday purported to show a Chinese tourist kidnapped by Taliban-allied fighters in Pakistan a year ago asking for his government to help him be released. A militant known to belong to a Taliban splinter group called Jaish al-Hadeed, or the […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, AP, Abdullah Bahar, Associated Press, Chinese, Chinese Embassy, Dera Ismail Khan, Following Hong, Hong Xudong, India, Islamabad, Pakistan, Shehryar Mehsud, Vol 34 No 23 | May 30 - June 5

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