Saiyna Bashir
@saiyna
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Photojournalist based in Pakistan. Contributor to NYT, Reuters and Telegraph among others. Consultant Photographer Unicef. TEDx speaker.
Islamabad, Pakistan
Joined June 2009
The new album by @nusratofficial, Chain of Light, is out today on @RealWorldRec. Here's an excerpt from a short film that tells the story of the album's re-discovery in the Real World Records archive. The film was produced by @saiyna Bashir Studios with support from @pkBritish.
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Read the full story in our new feature by M. Z. Adnan, with photography by @saiyna Destined for Clicks: YouTube is driving an astrology boom in Pakistan
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Pakistanis are looking for certainty. Astrologers on YouTube want to help.
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Destined for Clicks: YouTube is driving an astrology boom in Pakistan Read our new feature by M. Z. Adnan, with photography by @saiyna
https://t.co/PrRglkj1hv
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Pakistanis are looking for certainty. Astrologers on YouTube want to help.
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How YouTube is catapulting Pakistani astrologers to the stars Read our new feature, with photography by @saiyna
https://t.co/PrRglkj1hv
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An evening celebrating legendary Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan's music was held at Silencio des Prés, Paris where Nusrat’s ‘lost album’ *Chain of Light* premier was arranged by Saiyna Bashir Studios in coordination with British Council & Real World 🇵🇰 Chain of Light includes
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We were delighted to attend an evening in celebration of the legend Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan @nusratofficial which took place at @mac_birmingham featuring Chain of Light, an album of previously unheard recordings. @pkBritish @RealWorldRec @saiyna
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1/5 Loved attending an exclusive evening celebrating global icon & Qawwali Ustad, #NusratFatehAliKhan on Tue night in Manchester! We had an exclusive viewing of #UstadTheFilm, a biopic with rare & unseen footage, produced by the brilliant @saiyna supported by the @BritishCouncil
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The Manchester preview of @nusratofficial the late Us. Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan’s “lost album” from the ‘90s “Chain of Light” uncovered by @RealWorldRec last night was pure magic. Paired with an upcoming documentary on his life by @thaver_zakir @saiyna @pkBritish @fatimamullick84
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Because even the smallest connection to the late great Us Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan must be cherished. @nusratofficial @saiyna @thaver_zakir @fatimamullick84 @RealWorldRec
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A deeply moving night listening to Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan’s lost album, “Chain of Light”. Incredible seeing the painstaking work by @RealWorldRec to restore these incredible qawwalis, 34 years after their recording, beautifully documented by @saiyna, supported by @pkBritish
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In Pakistan’s elections, the PMLN look set to be the biggest party, thanks to support from the army & a crackdown on the PTI Spoke to senior politician @kdastgirkhan “You’ve played this game before & know how it ends, in a couple of years time the military will push you out?”
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I, @cegoldbaum, and @saiyna traveled along G.T Road, a famed highway in Pakistan’s most heated political battleground, to understand how Pakistanis are feeling before #PakistanElection. Our dispatch
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The Grand Trunk Road is buzzing with talk of the coming vote, and of the country’s future.
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📰🗞️What we're reading: How #climatechange is impacting #globalhealth by fueling disease, malnutrition and death. Reporting from @anniegowan and @saiyna with the @washingtonpost. https://t.co/ckLZLXXyNb
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Climate-fueled disease — tied to heat, pathogens and toxins — is an emerging, lethal threat that countries are ill-prepared to confront. The Post visited ground zero for this new era, Pakistan, to...
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I'm not an expert in much, but I do have quite a lot of experience in treating exertional heat illness. Below my experience learning distilled into a Twitter thread.
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There’s no doubt: climate disasters and scientific data confirm we're in a new era of climate-fueled illness. 🤒 @anniegowen, @niko_tinius, & @saiyna overview the evidence in an impressive analysis for @washingtonpost. ⏱️ 47 minute #LongRead
https://t.co/Td2SnVB17J
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Climate-fueled disease — tied to heat, pathogens and toxins — is an emerging, lethal threat that countries are ill-prepared to confront. The Post visited ground zero for this new era, Pakistan, to...
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This is the best reporting on heat and how people exist with it I've ever seen. Give it a scroll. @anniegowan @saiyna props No paywall--Check out this gift article, at no cost to you. Read here:
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Climate-fueled disease — tied to heat, pathogens and toxins — is an emerging, lethal threat that countries are ill-prepared to confront. The Post visited ground zero for this new era, Pakistan, to...
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On today’s front page: the @washingtonpost kicks of its series “The Human Limit” about the deadly health consequences of climate change. I reported from Sindh, Pakistan with @saiyna and @niko_tinius in London
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