Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Talat Farooq is an educator, human rights activist, poet, columnist, and the executive editor of the research journal Criterion Quarterly in Islamabad, Pakistan. Criterion describes itself as a quarterly magazine that aims "at producing well researched articles for discerning readership," and indicates that "the editorial board is neutral in its stance." Farooq holds an M.Phil. in American Studies.