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Distance Between Hearts: Why We Shout? 8 Jul 2013 | 09:01 pm
Why We Shout A Hindu saint who was visiting river Ganges to have a bath found a group of family members on the banks, shouting at each other. He turned to his disciples, smiled and asked,’Why do peop...
LOU DEKHU DHARNA JARI HAI! 19 Feb 2013 | 02:51 am
Dedicated to multiple sit-ins across the world in solidarity with Hazara Town sit-in. The world will not forget how even after recurring, unprecedented attacks, the persecuted community remained non-v...
Pakistan’s Youth Bulge: Gift or a Curse? 25 Sep 2012 | 05:17 pm
First published in South Asia Global Affairs magazine The youth of Pakistan is a force full of vitality and enthusiasm. However, if consistently distanced and belittled, it could lose its energy and b...
Pakistan: The New Radicals 3 May 2012 | 12:52 am
Cross posting documentary made on me & PYA by Al-Jazeera English, highlighting some of the work we do.
How Pakistan Sees the United States 9 Feb 2012 | 12:46 am
First published Council on Foreign Relations website The following was written by Syed Ali Abbas Zaidi, the founder of Pakistan Youth Alliance and a member of Khudi Pakistan. He tweets at @ali_abbas_...
Why Activism (Still) Matters | Ceasefire Magazine 24 Dec 2011 | 04:13 am
First published: Ceasefire magazine UK The past decade has seen millions marching against the Iraq invasion and other wars, millions more helping and being helped as natural and man-made disasters st...
Pakistan, Islam & radicalisation [published: Huffington Post] 21 Nov 2011 | 03:42 am
First published and cross-posted from Huffington Post I was in Kasur, a small town near Lahore, Pakistan, where the celebrated mystic poet Bulleh Shah is buried. Thousands gathered for the 254th anni...
Pakistan’s youth fight forces of history 24 Oct 2011 | 07:59 pm
First published: Al Jazeera English [for series of docu-films on youth activism in 08 countries, called 'activate'. Ours airs on 25th oct, at 1030 GMT I grew up in a country enshrouded in uncertainty...
Every man dies, not every man really lives 13 Oct 2011 | 02:55 am
Crossposted from my piece on Dawn on Yaser Abbas and mentions on Newsline Magazine’s blog reg PNS Mehran attack. The night of Sunday, May 22, 2011, will be remembered as one of the most haunting nigh...
Countering radical ideology 24 Jul 2011 | 08:19 am
First published in The Friday Times The war of ideology is inevitably a war that must be fought with opinions and ideas; it must encourage discourse and transactions of reason; it must develop spaces...
