Mohammad Owais Sabri – 24020313 Dec 5, 2022 2 min read Education policy in times of conflict has been center-stage in our course. Through case studies, we tried to understand the role played by education in conflict and post-conflict zones. A common thread amongst our case studies was how the conflict was taught in schools […]
Sehar Abdul Majeed 25090005 Nov 28, 2021 1 min read Updated: Dec 12, 2021 In the movie Padman, Lakshmi discovers that his wife uses an unhygienic cloth during her periods. Since they cannot afford a branded pad, Lakshmi decides to make a sanitary pad himself and the embarrassment associated with this task compels his wife […]
Ahsan Qayyum Oct 6, 2024 4 min read Heard melodies are sweet, but Are sweeter; therefore, ye with soft pipes, play on; Not to the sensual ear, but, Pipe to the spirit ditties of no tone; –Ode on a Grecian Urn, John Keats Listening to Billie Holiday for the first time is an experience unmatched […]
Pakistan has 23 million children aged between 5 to 16 who are out of school. In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, alone there are more than two million of children out of school – two-thirds of them girls. In 2018 ,with the help of UNICEF, and funding from the Government of Japan through the Japan International Cooperation Agency […]
SHIREENA BAIG Nov 28, 2023 2 min read Vivah is a 2006 release of Hindi cinema. At the time of its release, was a huge commercial success. Almost three decades later, it is a cult classic starring Shahid Kapoor and Amrita Rao in lead roles, with the supporting cast including Anupam Kher and Alok Nath. […]
Maham Asif Oct 4, 2024 2 min read Education is used to build state narratives to promote national unity in post-conflict countries. The state homogenized the narrative of the dominant group to create a shared identity while not taking into perspective the experiences of the marginalized groups. This measure was adopted to consolidate political control […]
Tazeen Fatima Jun 8, 2024 2 min read In today’s world, we continually grapple with the questions of safety and empowerment for women. The 2014 Indian film “Highway,” directed by Imtiaz Ali, provides a compelling narrative that challenges our understanding of these issues. The film’s narrative offers a moving prism through which we can study […]
almeerakhan100 Jun 29, 2022 2 min read Girls’ education has always been a serious problem all over the world. Despite centuries of protests, three waves of feminism, and the struggle of thousands of women for gender equality still, women experience educational discrimination and various sorts of sufferings due to their gender in different regions of […]
21090077- Hamza Naeem Aug 9, 2021 2 min read Pakistan is set to mandate the Single National Curriculum. From where I see it, the very idea of “one nation, one curriculum” is based upon a flawed foundation that having the same curriculum would solve all the problems. It seems like another attempt by the federal […]
25020054 Eesha Habib Nov 1, 2023 2 min read Throughout the course, Education and Conflict, we have discussed time and time again the importance of schools as safe zones in conflict stricken areas and often wondered what education in schools look like in a state with ongoing violence. Begging the question, what does an academic […]
Being in lockdown with my mother, I dug myself a hole in the world of Pakistani dramas. Some were entertaining and engaging, but some were straight-up problematic. I came across this drama titled: Log Kya Kahenge? As a viewer, I felt like this was literally enforcing the validation of the prevalence of this thought process […]
In Iraq, where the security situation is once again extremely dangerous, Law observes that “some brave souls are still going [there], but what we’re trying to understand is how do you, when things get really bad and you can’t hop on a plane, best cooperate and help.” There’s Skype of course, or academics can meet […]
Niwal Zahid Dec 6, 2024 2 min read In Rwanda, after the horrors of the 1994 genocide, what I found unique was that healing the soul was actually given some importance. A million lives were lost in 100 days, leaving behind not just a view of hell but an entire generation of children scarred by […]
Dua Zahra Dec 4, 2022 3 min read The discourse around resumption of education, in post-conflict regions, often operates within two assumptive polarities: the martyred child and the surviving refugee child. Within these two extremities lies hidden the disabled child, and hence, the programs of educational rehabilitation that emerge, often fail to cater to these […]