Dragged, kicked & punched on July 24, 2019Allegations have surfaced: Mohsin Abbas Haider apparently viciously beat his pregnant wife last year. Images of his alleged violence were shared by his wife, Fatima Sohail, in a social media post entitled ‘Zulim Bardast kerna bhi Gunah hai’, literally ‘To Tolerate Abuse is also Haraam’. In the post, Sohail mentions that the abuse began when […]
Privileged and better silent on May 29, 2019I had an interesting conversation with a German woman a few days after the Aurat March. We were sitting by a pool in a beautiful house that was being prepared for anight-time pool party. It was one of those quiet but blurry nights, not too warm, not cold enough. Our friend had just come back […]
A crisis of masculinity on May 15, 2019What with the current momentum from the #MeToo movement, women the world over have been publicly listing many of the seemingly small but consistent ways in which patriarchal societies control and harass them. Terms like ‘mansplaining’ or ‘manspreading’ seek to highlight how women are not allowed to speak their minds without censure and aren’t encouraged […]
Dare you speak for them? on March 5, 2019In less than a week’s time, the second Aurat March will be held and tensions are high. Women are amassing and pushing back and it’s a wonderful and empowering thing to behold. Last year after the march, there was a surge in anti-feminist rhetoric, online and in real life social circles. Third world feminism found […]