Tag: Pakistan

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    Homeland•وطن

      For a while, I was searching. searching for familiarity. searching for belonging. But I was searching on foreign land I call home. A home that has no trace of my other self. My other reality. My ancestors. But, I found what I was longing on a land known to me as home. Pakistan. I […]

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    Sexual abuse•جنسی استحصال

    Illustration from HeF Clothing On the 10th of January 2018, Zainab Ansari’s body was found in a pile of waste near her home in Kasur, Pakistan. A 7-year-old girl was abducted, raped and murdered. A child was sexually abused. Her body was used, tortured, and abandoned. Her death sparked fury across the nation. Protestors demanded […]

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    Home•گھر

    Immigrant Child by Hina SanaUllah (Skin Tones and Heart Beats) “I connected two lands like a human bridge. a token. a symbol. a moving ridge. Two languages, one tongue. Born to bring people together, yet an outsider among. Two cultures, two diets, too much reconciled. I am an immigrant child.” … Where is home? What […]

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    Caste•ذات (Part 2)

      I now want to address issues of zaat that directly affect young Pakistani women who live in the West. I want to point out that my words that will follow come from my personal experiences, from my family and from my surroundings. My words are from  various discussions that took place with close friends and […]

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    Caste•ذات (Part 1)

    Yes, the following post will be about caste or zaat, as it’s generally referred to in Pakistani society. I want to first provide a definition of zaat to understand how it plays a role in families and how it impact the way different communities and groups interact among each other. Zaat, its roots are derived from the […]