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Jan 21, 2019
4 min

Remembering my mother Zeenat

“Bliss it was in that dawn to be alive. But to be young was very heaven!” These words of William Wordsworth (describing the French Revolution) are what my mo...

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SYRA VAHIDY

Oct 27, 2019
27 min

Strong arms: the story of Pakistan women's cricket

KAMILA SHAMSIE | OCTOBER 16, 2019 published in CRICKET MONTHLY Receiving death threats, dodging border control, breaking world records, and changing minds ...

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SYRA VAHIDY

Jul 9, 2019
0 min

For all the courageous, beautiful women who are sharing their stories with us.

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SYRA VAHIDY

May 28, 2019
4 min

Pakistan: where the daily slaughter of women barely makes the news

By Mohammed Haneef From The Guardian Thu 9 May 2019 The stories of murdered women are recorded with grim regularity in one and half inches of a single newspa...

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SYRA VAHIDY

May 22, 2019
3 min

Man Booker International prize: Jokha Alharthi wins for Celestial Bodies First female Omani novelist

From The Guardian Jokha Alharthi, the first female Omani novelist to be translated into English, has won the Man Booker International prize for her novel Cel...

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