Hajira Maryam
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Bilawal becomes “the youngest” FM in Pakistan’s history. Which is also his first ever actual job. Why? Because dynastic politics allowed him to be one. There’s nothing to celebrate here.
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It's 2022, this country is 75 years old and Pakistan still didn't have a prime minister completing their full term
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A leftist German publication claims that the Moroccan team holding the Palestinian flag is anti-Semitic.
I’m speechless
WM-Außenseiter Marokko muss man einfach mögen – oder etwa nicht? Dass der Freude eine antisemitische Note beigemischt wird, macht die Sache schwierig.
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I’d rather see
#Pakistan
lose cricket matches over and over again rather than support ethnic cleansing of Palestinians.
#EndApartheid
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Obama is a war criminal. He ramped up on drone strikes killing over 3000 people in Pakistan
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We can speak up for Palestinians, and we can also speak up for Afghans.
No oppression is less than the other.
I’m ashamed at how Pakistani public and state is dehumanizing Afghan refugees and innocent Afghan children.
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I spoke to Pakistans cricketing star
@iShaheenAfridi
. Sketching his emergence from a village to donning the national colours and taking the world by storm.
Shaheen Shah Afridi: From Landi Kotal to top of cricketing world via
@AJEnglish
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Hi everyone! I am a 26 year old
#Pakistani
who just got accepted into
@UniofOxford
! Unfortunately the fees are very expensive and I need all the help I can get. If you can contribute at all here's how you can donate towards my education
#HajiraToOxford
:)
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Ironic to see how gulf countries are condemning violence against Indian Muslims. I mean that’s great, but what about Indian Muslims who work as laborers under scorching heat with hardly getting paid and their passports taken away? Is anything being done on that? Curious
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1/ This year, I’ve been constantly reporting and working on plight of stateless Bengalis in Pakistan. And I can assure you, not a single political body wants to talk about it, be questioned and address the pressing issue of their plight and forced statelessness
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Pakistan is again and again guilty of inflicting serious human rights violations against Afghans migrants and refugees. Deporting 1.7 mil of them. Sheer brutality. I feel sick.
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I have met and spoken to so many Afghans in Pakistan who consider Pakistan their only home. Watching this grave injustice being done to them is crushing..
“There's nothing for us there.”
A deadline has arrived for undocumented Afghan refugees in Pakistan to leave or face deportation ⤵️
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This is such a poor piece and an elitist babble. If you are describing what Karachi is by talking about Okra then you don’t know what Karachi is..that and everything else in the piece
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Everyone parroting how Afghans living in Pakistan are all illegal, do note Pakistan has a birthright citizenship law that accounts for everyone born in Pakistan to receive citizenship. Afghan children and many other marginalised groups, including Bengalis, remain deprived of this
At Torkham, Pakistan.
Journalist asked: Boy, aren't you happy to go to your country?
He said, "Which country, I was born in Pakistan, have just heard the name of Afghanistan, how is that my country. I am leaving my friends here. What will I do in Afghanistan?"
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I love how Pakistani Twitter is triggered for me calling out folks going to Okra or Flo an elitist experience. Because that’s so not true, right?
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Personal Update: After almost two years freelancing as a journalist, I’m happy to announce that I will be joining
@Amnesty
as a communications manager for
@AmnestyTech
and their Algorithmic Accountability Lab.
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1/2 For past week I have been visiting colonies of ethnic Bengalis in Karachi, and nothing has churned by conscience so much. Millions in numbers, these individuals and their ancestors are living in these houses before 1971 war and are not granted any IDs.
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Muslim women (from journalists such as
@RanaAyyub
and students like Muskan) are first hand targets of Islamophobia, and far-right Hindutva politics under PM Modi. The politics of hijab and what/how a Muslim woman should dress is also not confined to India alone
Hijab is fine as long as it is about winning approval from the powerful arab world, as long as it helps in getting the votes of muslims in India or for optics in your ‘sadbhavna mission’
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Today I finally graduated from
@UniofOxford
getting a Distinction in my Thesis!!!! End of this year feels like a milestone now. The journey has been so challenging, crowdfunding, my compromising health and a challenging environment but I'm so grateful to everyone!!
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Just heard that a child held his pet bird under the rubble for 40 hours. Both survived 💕
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@MichaelKugelman
Why are you ignoring the CIA backed operations in Afghanistan that has ‘’mistakenly” killed Afghan civilians for years? Did that not sustain the insurgency for years as well? I’m curious.
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My first ever TV report, and it was about
#PIAPlaneCrash
..who ever knew..
Our colleague Hajira Maryam is at the site of plane crash in Karachi and gives us the latest situation
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There is countless human rights work, research and analysis literally a google search away on refugee and migration crisis in the EU and beyond but Hoodbhoy uncle picks one study, twists and turns to ensure it fits his frantic Islamophobic discourse 🫠
Pervez Hoodbhoy is a turd. Anyone who disagrees is also a turd. Those who platform him are also turds.
600 ppl dead. He decides to invoke every last racial and Islamophobic trope of the fanatic, horny brown man who is desperate to get to Europe so he can access white women.
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I remember doing a story on
@SaraWahedi
the same day Taliban took over Kabul about her crisis alert
@EhtesabApp
So glad to have finally met my dear friend at
#TRTWorldForumNEXT
where she will be talking about the app in a panel discussing pathways to a sustainable future
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War-mongering journalist (so called) Arnab Goswami is blaming
#Pakistan
for sending a swarm of locusts in their fields. I’m embarrassed that he’s an alumni of my college at Oxford...
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An insightful read by
@RanaAyyub
.
#Covid19
is a global health emergency. And instead of working together, far-right Hindu nationalist in India are using it to instill hate against the Muslim minorities, further polarizing the region and communal divide
A young muslim man commits suicide after he is boycotted, a newborn dies after hospital refuses to accept a muslim patient, news channels talk of corona jihad by Muslims. Islamophobia taints India's response to the virus, exposing a crisis of morality.
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I know a 26 year old Afghan woman who got accepted at
@Columbia
but due to recent situation any means for her to secure tuition is disrupted. She is need of financial assistance if you know any possible sponsors/donors or a way can reach governing body of the Uni will appreciate
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If you are having a bad day, remember that there are people who call themselves writers and the only thing that they have ever written are tweets
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@DarakhshaanAwan
Can’t believe the only thing people are concerned about with this post is how hurt they are because well “all Pakistanis aren’t like this”. An innocent life is not accepted but their dumb nationalism blinds them.
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2/2 They have nothing. No education, no access to health, nothing at all. Mostly part of fisheries and garments, their contribution to the economy shouldn’t be neglected. They are born here, citizenship is their fundamental right.
@BBhuttoZardari
@ImranKhanPTI
please wake up.
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This world, and the Pakistani state, has no mercy.
This 7-year-old girl and her family are among thousands of Afghans fleeing Pakistan's mass deportation drive. Now they are stuck at the border with little food or shelter.
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Thread: I see alot of people comparing the airing of
#Ertugrul
to the airing of Mahabharat in India back in the 80s. In my view, it's a lazy argument. The context and content of both shows, be it political or not is POLES apart. Heres why:
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Covering for
@trtworld
#Karachi
protesting for
#Palestine
at
#KarachiPressClub
. Protesters demanded peaceful resolution & assert
#Pakistan
to make a stronger stance for the Palestinians condemning
#Israels
actions. I also state
@fawadchaudhry
statement sending aid to
#Palestine
Thousands of Pakistanis have taken to the streets in Karachi to protest Israel's continued attacks on Gaza. Journalist Hajira Maryam Mirza reports from Karachi
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Fatima Bhutto is truly something else. In her book, Songs of Blood and Sword, she has praised father of Bashar Al Assad, Hafez Al Assad, many times.
We all know what the Assads have done to Syria. And now she tries to show that her moral compass is mighty of all.
Tell me the names of all the feminists who have said ONE WORD about this? You can count them on one hand, maybe two. The rest are frauds, performative feminists, attention seekers.
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Been observing media discourse on how UAE is getting rid of “Islamic laws”..sad to see the mention of honour killings—which aren’t a part of Islamic law in any sense. Then ofcourse, I question when was UAE Islamic anyway? The place is the most unjust country in this world
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The amount of hate I’m getting for posting this is appalling. There are countries who have processes running to register refugees. The fact you see Afghans as “illegals” and not “refugees” is the root problem, a narrative which fans hate and lacks humanity
Pakistan is again and again guilty of inflicting serious human rights violations against Afghans migrants and refugees. Deporting 1.7 mil of them. Sheer brutality. I feel sick.
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My reporting. Yesterday’s protest in Karachi by Nizam-e-Mustafa—protesting solidarity with the Palestinians due to the ongoing attack on
#Palestine
by
#Israel
.
@SMQureshiPTI
in his statement addressed this, raising
#Turkey
&
#Pakistan
will jointly speak at the UN on the issue
Protesters in Pakistan are demanding more action from the international community to help stop the Israeli bombardment of Gaza. TRT World's Hajira Maryam Mirza reports
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As I matriculate today from the University of Oxford, I want to genuinely thank each and every individual who contributed towards my education.
#Hajiratooxford
couldn’t have been a success without you or your genuine support and prayers.
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My latest with
@AJEnglish
how football offers solace for
#Hazara
women battling trauma, fear
@Advjalila
says “double-jeopardy exists for Hazara women: Because they are Hazara and a woman”
via
@AJEnglish
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I had 5 plates of biryani today. Why am I doing this to meself
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My recent report w/
@trtworld
regarding off the pitch politics after the Ashfaq group took over
@pakistanff
office on Saturday. And the possibility of
#football
ban by the
#FIFA
in Pakistan. Looking at how it impacted the
#WomensChampionship
, and players morale w/
@hajrakn
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THREAD: I need all the support I can get to gather funds for
#HajiraToOxford
I have taken leaps for most of my life-being from
#Pakistan
studying in
#Turkey
and establishing myself here professionally as a researcher on
#SouthAsia
.
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I lived in the UAE for most of my life I saw laborers sleeping on streets, living in squalid conditions, hearing incidents of some of them committing suicides..Where were basic teachings of Islam then? Did it disappear under the flecks of Dubai mall, Burj Khalifa?
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In my latest for
@AJEnglish
I look at the simmering tensions between Pakistan & Afghanistan and how the recent spat after Pakistan's airstrikes will impact Pakistan and Taliban ties
Deadly border attacks test Pakistani gov’t relations with Taliban
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4/ Many people I’ve met have been living in the country, mostly in Karachi, even before 1971. Generations have passed and their marginalization won’t end. Today, our leaders only provide sensationalist lip-service, but never address realities on the ground.
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Wow, this is such a revolting stance. Disgusted. A Pakistani journalist died in cold blood for expressing his opinion and if this is how politicians are perceiving his death I’ve really lost my faith in them. Never had one to begin with
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My recent piece with
@AJEnglish
about the attack on
#PakistanFootballFederation
last night. The event has led to cancellation of the ongoing
#WomensFootball
championship
‘Dark day’: Pakistan football HQ attacked, women’s event scrapped via
@AJEnglish
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We live in a world where unlimited resources were deployed to rescue 5 millionaires lost at sea. But no one gives a sh”t when 2.2 million people are left in the dark, as bombs of hate unleash on them.
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My latest for
@ForeignPolicy
looks at the furor regarding
#NoorMukadam
killing, and how reliance on social media, to highlight gender-based violence, reveals gaps in Pakistan’s justice system when it comes to saving women.
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Also, let's face it. Hollywood and Bollywood come with their own knack of anti-Muslim exoticized plots or Bollywood being stuffed with the grandeur of candy-pop romances. Turkey has filled this gap by producing with their own aesthetics and cultural content.
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3/ Pakistani Bengalis contribute billions in revenue by working in the garments and fisheries, and they are not even paid minimum wage. Their family sizes are big, and everyone is deprived of getting higher education, any form of relief, healthcare and the list goes on
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“They label us as aliens, refugees, foreign, depriving us of our rights.”
For
@AJEnglish
I wrote about young Bengali gymnasts in
#Karachi
who cannot proceed in the sport they love due to no implementation of birthright laws
via
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So an Arab, African, Muslim country kicked a former colonizer out. Hala Morocco!
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@rogueonomist
I literally brokedown once at a bank because receiving my remittance in dollar means I’ve to show excess proof on WHY I’m receiving that amount. It was less than a 100 usd 😌 and the bureaucracy killed me
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Also let’s not forget Modi being awarded highest civilian award by MBZ last year when Kashmir lost its special status. I mean...?
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@SanaSaeed
Same thoughts! I really don’t get where is the international media here. I’ve been told a lot of times that a lot of intl outlets are not interested in covering Pakistan as they used to. Such nonsense
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Since there’s so much hype around men’s cricket in Pakistan and South Asia, I wrote something about Pakistan’s women in green—less hype and the lack of visibility that surrounds them
In Pakistan, can cricket be a celebration for its women?
@TRTWorld
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Far right racist trolls calling me a piece of dirt who should go back to her country don’t know that my mom is from the Black Sea region, my great grandfather was in the Ottoman army and my grandfather was a journalist at Hurriyet. Please hate more.
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Exciting announcement. I’ll be teaching students about urban planning and the historical significance of public parks in the city of Istanbul.
It is for this years International Geography Olympiad being held in Istanbul itself! Teaching has always been one of my dream jobs!
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For past few months, my inbox is flooded with queries from young journalists from Pakistan wanting to get published. I can’t reply to everyone individually, so here’s a thread and few tips that may help you.
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Is this even legal?
In Pakistan, you can buy lions cheaper than buffaloes
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I lost my dear Bangu three days ago—my family in Karachi hid this news from me until yesterday. He was born in our backyard in Karachi four years ago, and was the most loving and gentle soul I’ve ever seen. I pray that you are in a better place now. I’ll love you always ❤️
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Can rich South Asian kids stop accepting/applying to scholarships? You accepting one takes an opportunity away from someone who GENUINELY needs it. About time scholarship programs do rigorous background checks on who really needs the funds. (:
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🚨🚨BREAKING: Major new investigation by
@EICnetwork
and technical support from
@AmnestyTech
exposing the ubiquitous presence of surveillance tools, including
#Predator
spyware, being used to target human right defenders and journalists globally
#PredatorFiles
How European companies supplied dictators cyber-surveillance tools for more than a decade
#PREDATORFILES
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I’m not Palestinian yet I feel sick to my stomach seeing horrors & crimes being committed by Israel. I feel fucking sick at how Israel, an apartheid state, has a free pass to do this. I really can’t fathom what Palestinians are feeling and going through at this point, I can’t…
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On 6th day, Israel proudly announces it dropped 6000 bombs on Gaza, that’s 1000/day. Yet, OSINT flips about the misfire & being impartial. Like those 6000 bombs didn’t kill innocent Palestinians. Like Israel has never been an aggressor. Like there is no apartheid. Shame.
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There’s a thing called self abuse, which I have been relentlessly doing for years, so many years that now as I get older I realize how much it broke me. So heal, it’s important. Career and materialistic meaningless politics can wait.
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I actually miss working in libraries. Trying to find some strength to meet some upcoming course deadlines is such a marathon. People need to stop equating being in quarantine = productivity..you will kill your head
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I’ve a mango tree in my house in Karachi. We have crates full of organic mangoes. Thank you grandpa, for leaving us with this treasure.
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2/ Many individuals of this community have been forced to get NARA cards, forcibly categorizing them as aliens. It’s a form of ethnic cleansing conducted by the state and their fellow NADRA.
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It is not "rare". Journalists on the ground & AJ have been reporting about the cruelty of Israel's bombardment on innocent Palestinians for months!
I appreciate that Clarissa reported on this, & it is a good report, but parachute journalism is not the only form of journalism
A newly orphaned baby with a forehead wound. An 8-year-old in a full body cast. A 13-year-old missing a leg.
@clarissaward
was given a rare look inside a Gaza hospital.
Full report here:
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Saw a video of PTI supporters using a begging-bowl as a prop to mock the Sharifs. Let’s think about millions of people who resort to actual begging bowls to make ends meet? Disgusting classist stunt
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My job around streets of Istanbul is petting stray cuties :( ❤️
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White people going berserk after finally discovering that climate justice and decolonization go hand in hand is peak White fragility
Is Greta Thunberg anti-Semitic, or just incredibly naive? Her comments in Amsterdam last weekend left little doubt as to where she stands on the Middle East conflict. The iconic activist's actions now threaten to divide the climate movement and the left.
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27 years studying English and yet I have to give IELTS is a major lol moment
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White/Western feminists happily chop their hair to protest against forced hijab, but dead silent when women in France are denied to wear the abaya. The hypocrisy of Western double-standards is disgusting
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Wow, this blew up. My point here is not comparing Khan to Bilawal—I’m critical of both. It is about how elitism is deep rooted in Pakistan’s political place where a normal civilian can’t climb up the ladder in any organizational structure. Be it politics or daily work 😐😐
Bilawal becomes “the youngest” FM in Pakistan’s history. Which is also his first ever actual job. Why? Because dynastic politics allowed him to be one. There’s nothing to celebrate here.
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Turkey is just so WHOLESOME. My cat is missing for a few days, went to a bookstore to get some colour printouts and the shop keeper literally did them for FREE. Because a CAT is missing. Like <3
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My dms are open. Any Columbia alum, anyone who can help please reach out to me.
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Morocco you have done the unimaginable and united the Muslim Ummah! ❤️❤️❤️🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦
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I grew up with an absent mother who was constantly ill and the society crushed me with taunts and doubts. So I left my house when 16 and buckled up on my own. Now 29, i’m back home and it’s heartbreaking that society will still find reasons to crush you despite your strength .
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DONATION: Someone I know from Orangi Town is looking for donations to fund their mother’s healthcare. She has electrolyte imbalance, is currently in the ICU and need 70,000 rupees immediately for MRI. The family literally has nothing and they have spent 600,000. DM for details
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Today: scene from
#Pakistan
women’s
#football
. Delighted to have met young women of
#HazaraQuetta
who are visiting Karachi for the first time. Asking re their life back home—they remain quiet or nervous, it’s a challenge to live and play football in an insulated space they say
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So here it is, a little advice regarding my
#Hajiratooxford
crowdfund campaign I conducted last year.
@uniofoxford
is a dream school for many, irrespective of one’s background everyone deserves an opportunity to study where they want.
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The reason it is famous, yes there is a grand historic past attached to it. But what is more noteworthy is that Muslims/Islam, in general, have been demonized constantly across the world. The show in this sense becomes a soft-power asset to tackle Islamophobia.
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Besides the political mayhem, here’s an inspiring story I did for
@AJEnglish
on the Justin Bibis. The duo talks about their musical childhood, financial woes and their success in this years
@cokestudio
Special thanks to
@zulfiqarjkhan
via
@AJEnglish
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About time passport privilege is discussed and tackled on global platforms. Visa processes are racist and perpetuate bias rooted in colonialism.
Disappointed that 300+ human/digital rights defenders from 64 countries, including our Exec Director
@anne_ikiara
from Kenya, won’t be able to attend
#RightsCon
in-person in Costa Rica next week due to visa issues for global south countries.
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@theLahorewala
It’s about making sure every resource is mobilized for the rich. But nothing for countless migrants who cross the seas, are lost and die despite being under radar. We don’t hear stories of migrants fleeing in a desperate attempt for better life being lost, do we?
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In my latest TV report for
@dwnews
I look at the education barriers of Afghan children in Pakistan. Despite being born in Pakistan and existence of birthright laws in the country, Afghan children can't go to local schools.
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