Month: November 2012
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Sectarian violence, blasphemy, and acid attacks
It has been a little while since I updated this site, so here are links to some of the things I’ve been writing for various publications. New Statesman A bad…
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Another schoolgirl threatened by the Taliban
Hina Khan is 17. Like Malala Yousafzai, she publicly speaks in favour of women’s education in her native Swat valley. Like Malala Yousafzai, she has receieved death threats. On 25…
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Censoring the internet
YouTube has been banned in Pakistan since 17 September, after riots triggered by the “Innocence of Muslims”, an inflammatory clip on the video-sharing site. Last week, I wrote a short…