The drive from Karachi to Jamshoro is more than two hours long, but we pass the time with chatting with each other. Even though we planned to be at...
Read more29 Jul, 2012
25 Jul, 2012
going to lyari…
25 Jul, 2012
The rental car turns onto Mai Kolachi road, and I look on both sides to mourn the loss of the mangroves that paid the price for easy access to...
Read more25 Jul, 2012
music outside our window…
25 Jul, 2012
Our bedroom window overlooks a lignum tree with fresh purple blossoms. I remember when my mother planted the tree in the back of our garden more than thirty years...
Read more25 Jul, 2012
port grand…
25 Jul, 2012
Like any large public space in Karachi, we have to go through metal detectors and purse searches before entering Port Grand near Kemari harbor, a new private enterprise designed...
Read more14 May, 2012
women under siege
14 May, 2012
For me, Spring 2012 has been about Women Under Siege, a Voices Breaking Boundaries production, which I’ve been working on since December 2011. We had an intense Part 1...
Read more28 Jan, 2012
op-ed in the houston chronicle
28 Jan, 2012
On January 27, 2012 my op-ed Observing social change, in Houston and Karachi appeared in the Houston Chronicle.
Read more28 Dec, 2011
departure…
28 Dec, 2011
I head to Karachi’s Jinnah International Airport on December 27, the death anniversary of Benazir Bhutto, who was murdered four years ago. Buildings and cars were set on fire...
Read more22 Dec, 2011
protecting space…
22 Dec, 2011
On an afternoon visit to the shrine of Abdullah Shah Ghazi, Karachi’s patron saint, I am not surprised that we have to go through a security gate, or that...
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18 Dec, 2011
daily living
18 Dec, 2011
We go for a walk late at night at General’s Park. I always cringe when we name the park — Pakistan certainly has a strong history with generals, and...
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