The modernization of Pakistan is coupled with great social and political unrest. Yet one can see evidence of a cultural explosion that is going almost unnoticed by the rest of the world. Encouraged by new, independent television stations with contemporary fashion and music, young people have created their own art and media. These are at odds with Pakistan's strict Islamic traditions. Ed Kashi in MOVING BOTH WAYS (1998, 2004)photographed the sharp contrasts between the worldly, well-educated generation and their arch-conservative, illiterate predecessors. Such contrasts are not limited only to the cities, but also exist in the villages in the countryside.

Freelance photographer Ed Kashi (United States, b. 1957) has worked for magazines such as Time, Newsweek and National Geographic in over sixty countries. In 2004 his reports on modern Arab life were part of the Noorderlicht exhibition 'Nazar'.