Malala is an exceptionally bright and committed young woman.

Malala is an exceptionally bright and committed young woman. Here she talks about the importance of education for empowerment, the refugees and why activism…

Malala-hating and our xenophobia-radicalisation complex

April 1, 2018: Malala-hating and our xenophobia-radicalisation complex The return of the Nobel Laureate and brave Pakistani icon Malala Yousafzai to her homeland is…

Kal bhi woh darte the

A few lines I wrote after Malala’s Nobel and some of the reactions of Pakistanis on social media (English translit. below) Kal bhi woh…

On Malala and ‘Who are the Pakistani Taliban’

I was quoted in these pieces at CNN. Attack on Pakistani schoolgirl galvanizes anti-Taliban feeling “There is a groundswell of sympathy for her and…

Fighting the existential battle

Published in The News, October 2012 What is the real, existential cause for concern – the imagined enemy, or a real, functional terror network…