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September 2012

September 26, 2012

Marriages in Pakistan: More than just a gamble

Recently, I’ve come across two articles on marriage, each published months apart in the New...

August 2012

August 02, 2012

Of Haircuts, Pakoras and Pink Lemonade

For me, growing up as an expat, Ramadan has been largely about celebrating my Pakistani...

July 2012

July 09, 2012

Pakistani Sous Chef Fatima Ali on “Chopped”

After spending the past few weeks delving into President Obama's foreign policy strategies, discussing the...

May 2012

May 15, 2012

Maria Toor Pakay vs. the World

In a 2010 television interview, quoted in a more recent article (I was not able...

May 02, 2012

Imran Khan on Women

With general elections expected in May 2013, Imran Khan’s political party, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) or...

April 2012

April 17, 2012

Inheritance Rights in Islam: Islamic Policies in Muslim and Secular States, Legal Systems and Media

During the past week, inheritance according to the precepts of Shari’ah was a hot topic...

April 02, 2012

The Truth about Shad Begum

When I first considered writing about Pakistan’s Shad Begum, one of the recipients of the...

March 2012

March 14, 2012

Updates from Elsewhere

We're sharing some excerpts today from a few different stories that relate to things we've...

March 12, 2012

I Heart Humsafar

This post contains some spoilers. While I was visiting family and friends these past winter...

March 08, 2012

Gender, Religion, Custody: The Case of Amina Tarar

Last month, the Lahore High Court made an interesting decision: to hand over a Pakistani...

March 06, 2012

Welcoming Intersections: How Pakistan’s Recent Changes in Civil Rights Legislations Bring Us Closer Together

Last month marked a positive milestone in Pakistan’s civil rights legislations. Transgendered citizens, known as...

February 2012

February 08, 2012

Maya Khan’s Marriage Police

When your everyday news consists of the purported collapse of your government and a small...

January 2012

January 31, 2012

Zarina Hashmi: Mapping Home

Susan Friedman has described the homonym roots/routes as "two sides of the same coin: roots,...

January 16, 2012

Reading Too Much into Veenagate

Veena Malik is a Pakistani actress with a special flair for controversy. She first made...

July 2011

July 13, 2011

Jamaat-i-Islami in Pakistan and the rape/adultery fallacy

This post was written by Aziz Poonawalla and originally appeared at City of Brass. I...

March 2011

March 28, 2011

An Interview with Nausheen Dadabhoy

The earthquake that shook Pakistan and Kashmir in 2005 killed thousands and left millions homeless....

December 2010

December 23, 2010

Women’s Voices Now: I Accept I Accept I Accept

Today's film "captures the true essence of the protagonist’s feelings getting into an arrange marriage."...

November 2010

November 30, 2010

Looking at the Mother of a Nation: Fatima Jinnah

When discussing prominent Pakistani women, references are usually made to former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto,...

August 2010

August 25, 2010

“Report from a Pashtun Teen” in the New York Times

After reading Nicholas Kristof and Sheryll WuDunn’s Half the Sky earlier this year, I began...

March 2010

March 04, 2010

Fashion Statements

This is an edited version of an article published at Café Pyala. You can read...

May 2009

May 13, 2009

The Sound of a Broken Record: Alibhai-Brown’s Essay for The Independent

Reading Yasmin Alibhai-Brown's commentary in The Independent reminded me a bit of a group of...

April 2009

April 14, 2009

The “Limit of Tolerance” of a white, privileged, non-Muslim man

I wrote a post last week on the flogging that took place in Pakistan's Swat...

April 09, 2009

The Whipping Girl: Examining the Video of the Flogging in Pakistan

The recent release of a video showing the flogging of a girl by the Taliban...

January 2009

January 15, 2009

“Chay” It Again: A Look at the Latest Issue of Chay Magazine

The latest issue of Chay magazine has come out and MMW is on it. For...

December 2008

December 23, 2008

“Forced to Marry”: A Look at the Documentary

Last week's "Friday Links" linked to a story of a documentary about forced marriages of...