Laiba Tariq 24090030 Nov 11, 2020 2 min read My fathers love for folk music introduced me to melodious songs of Madam Noor Jahan, Reshma, Attaullah Esakhelvi, Alam Luhaar and other Punjabi folk singers at a very young age. As a result, my current playlist is an unusual mix of Punjabi kalams and western pop. […]
I remember coming home to the news of the APS attack, killing 132 children and nine teachers on 16 December 2014. These are not just statistics. These were children trying to go to school and teachers who were doing their job; imparting education. According to the Global Terrorism Index, were 867 violent attacks on educational […]
Amna Shaikh 26090043 Dec 6, 2022 2 min read No, this post is not going have Skyler White hate speech. Although many, including myself, hated Skyler from the start of the show for being a Karen, in retrospect it was underserved because she was more of an underdeveloped feminist icon on television. Yes, you read […]
Annum Shehryar Nov 30, 2023 3 min read As most of us are aware of Muslim representations in Western media on how it manifests itself in popular stereotypes centring around terrorists, misogynistic men and oppressed women, many Muslim characters lack complexity and are stereotyped in crude and exaggerated ways. The media often portrays Muslims as […]
Amna Shahzad Sep 30, 2024 2 min read The APS Peshawar Attack, a horrifying event in the history of Pakistan, happened on 16th December 2014. On this day, terrorists stormed the Army Public School in Peshawar, where around 200 students lost their lives. This brutal tragedy did not just result in the deaths of young, innocent […]
Sarwat Omar-25020080 Jun 21, 2023 3 min read Pakistani advertisements have made their own mark over the years. Be it outsourcing popular meme content, highlighting pertinent societal issues or even reinforcing certain stereotypes, these ads have proven to have immense power when it comes to audience reflection. Often big brands dominate this arena and the […]
Muzna Amina 24090015 Nov 2, 2020 2 min read Updated: Nov 5, 2020 Twelfth Night is one of Shakespeare’s best plays, which challenges ideas of heteronormativity and strict gender roles. The characters transcend the limitations that are placed upon them by society. At the time when the play came out, people believed in conformity to […]
Mahnoor Mahmud 24020387 Oct 31, 2023 3 min read “If your bed belongs to another person (Pakistan), they have the power to take it away from you in the middle of the night,” an Afghan refugee on forcible return to Afghanistan. Despite various eviction extensions given to the illegal Afghan residents in Pakistan, to date […]
Maha Shahid Oct 25, 2024 3 min read Balochistan is Pakistan’s largest province by area and has much untapped potential in providing the youth with adequate education amid conflicts. Ethnic marginalization of the Hazara community and security threats by separatist groups such as the Baloch Liberation Army, alongside the resurgence of Taliban in Afghanistan, restrict […]
22020497 Mariam Ahmed Jul 1, 2022 2 min read We have all heard of Malala Yousafzai. The brilliant and brave Pakistani activist who was shot down in an attack by the Taliban for fighting for her right to an education. And yet what I also remember is that when she started getting recognition for her […]
Faizan Qureshi Jul 3, 2022 3 min read Silences of history can best be conceptualized as “the unintentional or purposeful absence or distortion of documentation” of historical events and the narratives present around them (Sakia 35). History thus is just a partial account of the past, however with the state’s manufacturing of history, it becomes […]
Sunaina Atif- 24090042 Dec 1, 2020 2 min read For my first post here, I wanted to talk about one of my favorite shows- NBC’s ‘This Is Us’. Though it may not be as popular as sitcoms such as Friends or Big Bang Theory, when I first watched this show, I found myself glued to […]
Sana Waqas 23100292 Jul 4, 2022 3 min read “I will make my body a bomb that will blast the flesh of Zionists, the sons of pigs and monkeys. I will tear their bodies into little pieces and cause them more pain than they will ever know.” A., age 11 “I joined the anti-Balaka for […]
Zainab Aamir – 21100113 Nov 24, 2020 1 min read If you’ve been avoiding studying by watching everything on Netflix like me, you’ve probably seen this show! And while I didn’t bat an eye at the kissing scene between Kabir and Lata, a Hindu and Muslim, it caused huge blacklash in Indian politics and #BoycottNetflix […]