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JOURNALISM
The Caravan, 2019: arts feature, Pakistani cinema’s tribute to Palestine.
The Guardian, 2017: feature on Zafar Lund, Saraiki activist (photo Asad Farooq).
The National, 2017: Curator’s preview of anthropoSCENE festival.
African Arguments, 2023: Feature on Pan-Africanism and Intra-African Migration (Link)
HBS, 2023: Editorial on Forced Evictions and Development-Induced Displacement in African Cities (LINK)
The Elephant, 2023: feature on the rise of Refugee-led Organizations in East Africa (Link)
The Elephant, 2022: feature on the Europe’s migration and asylum policies in Africa (Link)
Thema (Das Magazin der Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung) 3/2021: Op-ed on conflict, displacement, and hunger (German translation) (Link)
The Caravan, 2020: arts feature, Almagul Menlibayeva’s installation at LB02: (Link)
The Caravan, 2019: arts feature, Pakistani cinema’s tribute to Palestine raises awkward questions (Link)
The National, 2019: arts feature on Tape ball, the user-friendly alternative to cricket invented by Pakistan’s poor (Link)
The Guardian, 2019: Op-ed on ‘Why it’s okay for young Muslims to be radical’ (Link)
The National, 2018: Curator’s preview of Jamil Dehlavi at the BFI (LInk)
The National, 2017: Curator’s preview of anthropoSCENE film festival (Link)
The Guardian, 2017: feature on ‘The mysterious murder of an NGO worker in Pakistan’ (Link)
The Guardian, 2016: feature on avant-Garde Pakistani film ‘Day shall Dawn’ (Link)
The News, 2016: feature on ‘The vagaries of a new coal regime’ in Southern Punjab (Link)
The News, 2016: interviewed on migration and cinema (Link)
The Express Tribune, 2016: Op-ed on Terrorism in North West Pakistan (Link)
The Express Tribune, 2015: Op-ed on Terrorism and Social Media (Link)
The Express Tribune, 2015: Op-ed on Europe’s ‘migrant crisis’ (Link)
The Express Tribune, 2013: report on session court shooting (Link)
The Guardian, 2011: interviewed by Sukhdev Sandhu as co-curator of ICA film programme (Link)
BBC, 2011: featured on The Strand as co-curator of ICA film programme (Link)
The Guardian, 2009: report on women’s mental health (Link)
The Guardian, 2009: feature on social care (Link)
The Guardian, 2009: feature on youth theatre (Link)
The Guardian, 2009: report on children’s cancer services (Link)
The Guardian, 2009: feature on garden by prisoners and homeless at Chelsea Flower Show (Link)
The Guardian, 2009: interview with diabetes sufferer (Link)
The Guardian, 2009: interview with social care worker (Link)
The Guardian, 2009: report on domestic violence (Link)
The Guardian, 2009: report on adult education (Link)
The Guardian, 2009: interview with mental health care worker (Link)
The Guardian, 2009: report on ‘praying NHS nurse’ (Link)
Manchester Evening News, 2008: report on students quizzing MP over school closure (Link)
Manchester Evening News, 2008: report on death of Kathy Staff (Link)
Untold London/Dark Matter 2008: feature on LGBT History Month (Link)
Metamute, 2004: feature on Islamophobia and anti-immigrant discourse in the British press (Link)
The Journalist, 2001, March issue, Rapporteur’s report on Refugees, Asylum Seekers and the Mass Media Forum, February 1st 2001