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Day 8 Today, apart from trying to understand what’s going on, the question has been ‘how do you maintain normalcy when all of a sudden you feel like you’re in a vast open prison?’ My apologies to my American friends…
Day 6 Ok folks, today the madman in the White House signed an order that could mean that next time I travel outside the US (i.e. February 6th), they could bar me from entry on my return because…. I’m a…
I never believed in the so-called free market, free elections, democracy, humanity, peace, love, friendship, cooperation, civilization, or any of the other beautiful words which were used to hide the most brutal actions against women and the poor; actions used…
I can’t laugh at jokes the way I used to. I also cannot shop the way I used to. I was at a beauty products store during my trip in India. I was picking out a skin moisturizer and the…
I watch a video of a speaker accusing people like me of ruining society with immorality, condemning us to Hell. I feel fear and anger, but I’ve also heard all this before. The articles, books, and videos blur together in…
Domestic violence is a world-wide reality: a dark spot on the face of our so-called civilized world. In Asian cultures, specifically in Pukhtoon societies, the rate is alarmingly high. Most women in this society who experience domestic violence don’t even…
When the word ‘women’ is spoken in Pakistan, it carries ideas of responsibility, stigma and – most importantly, ‘honour’ amongst many other elements worthy of debate. In the end, it comes back to this question: who can fight against all…
Egypt: Hoping that the “Year of Women” will be nothing like the “Year of Youth.” President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi had declared 2017 to be the Year of Women in Egypt, but this is hardly good news for Egyptian women….
Multiculturalism – that great integrator that people strive to define as they keep calling for integration. As politicians try and define what a German or an American or a Dane is supposed to be, sometimes in unsubtle ways, there are…
This is part two of the post, The Highest Mountain. Click here for part one. II. Telling women’s stories is the answer In my home province of Sindh, bordering the sea is in the south of Pakistan, there was once a…
‘Verily, the most honored of you in the sight of God is the one who is most righteous.’ (Quran 49:13) Each one of us defines ‘righteous’ in a variety of ways, right down to the simplest things, like helping someone…
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