Ruqaiya Hasan, Hong Kong, Feb 2015. Photo by Lexie Don
Tweets
- Think of #Sabeen whenever I feel undecided about what font to use. "F' it. Just use Helvetica!" she'd say. Miss y… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… Tweeted 37 minutes ago
- RT @AbdullahhZahid: “#Resistance to #dictatorship is #activism. In such situations, journos simply trying to do their job fairly r forced t… Tweeted 14 hours ago
- If a woman says, ‘Mera jism, meri marzi,’ then a man can’t rape her in marriage. She is claiming authority. So the… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… Tweeted 22 hours ago
- RT @sethimirajee: Are you tempted to ask what I was wearing each time I was harassed? To be a woman in Pakistan is to encounter this ques… Tweeted 22 hours ago
- RT @SapanNews: Curtain raiser: Women step up for peace in South Asia sapannews.com/2021/09/30/wom… Tweeted 1 day ago
- RT @SapanNews: Oscars 2023: Southasia shines bright sapannews.com/2023/03/20/osc… Tweeted 1 day ago
- RT @SapanNews: Celebrating love: Beyond borders and boundaries of religion, caste, and nationality sapannews.com/2023/03/08/cel… Tweeted 1 day ago
- RT @JudeeeC: @beenasarwar @bbclysedoucet Lyse deserves EVERYTHING, an absolutely brilliant journalist (and a rare gem, insomuch we see a hu… Tweeted 1 day ago
- RT @beenasarwar: Delighted to announce that we will honour @bbclysedoucet at the event #journalist #award Tweeted 1 day ago
- RT @QaseemSaeed: From Paws to Heart: Be the person your dogs think you are. https://t.co/UjFWk3908b Tweeted 1 day ago
- RT @snigdhasur: Two journalists today told me they were surprised by how competitive @bethejuggernaut’s salaries are. No we do not underpay… Tweeted 1 day ago
- Delighted to announce that we will honour @bbclysedoucet at the event #journalist #award twitter.com/southasiapeace… Tweeted 2 days ago
- RT @AmberRShamsi: Condemnable. It wasn’t right then and it isn’t right now. Tweeted 2 days ago
- RT @AmberRShamsi: What a pro Tweeted 2 days ago
Beena Sarwar
-
Recent posts
- Two years of Sapan, honouring Lyse Doucet, a music competition, and more
- ‘Can journalists be activists?’ – Razia Bhatti Memorial Lecture 2023 – II
- ‘Can Journalists be Activists?’ Razia Bhatti Memorial Lecture 2023
- A personal tribute: Zia Mohyeddin, truly one of a kind
- A Bollywood lyricist’s daughter in Pakistan and other stories
- In Cambridge MA, where BLM protestors have been demonstrating since the 2020 police killing of George Floyd, more protests over police shooting of a Bangladeshi student
- Opinion / India: A tale of two pardons
- Lessons from journalism, tai chi, and life
- Three events and a report
- Asma Jahangir Conference; Pakistan-India cross-border collaborative reporting; a cautionary tale from Sri Lanka; and a Bhutan peace initiative – Sapan News Network
- Writing for peace. And activism in Himachal Pradesh
- Southasian solidarity for flood-hit Pakistan
- Floods in Pakistan: Many eager to help held back by restrictions
- India-Pakistan @ 75 and graphic images from Ukraine: Two articles and some context
- A peace pilgrimage from Pune, political prisoners, Bhutan, Gulzar and more
Archives
Even tag clouds have silver linings
'War on terror' 1971 Activism Afghanistan aman ki asha art Asma Jahangir Balochistan Bangladesh blasphemy blasphemy law censorship cfd democracy Dr Chishty Dr Mubashir Hasan Dr Sarwar DSF Education Faiz flood relief floods Gen. Zia Gender HRCP Human rights I.A. Rehman imran khan India isi Jatin Desai Jinnah journalism journalists Kanak Dixit karachi Kashmir Kavita Srivastava Lahore Mahesh Bhatt Malala Media memogate Modi musharraf nawaz sharif Nepal Pakistan Pakistan-India Peace Peace activism PIPFPD PMA Politics prisoners rule of law sabeen mahmud salmaan taseer shahbaz bhatti Shahidul Alam sindh social media Southasia south asia Swat T2F Taliban Talibanisation terrorism Trump VAW violence Violence against women women Zakia SarwarTop Posts
- 'Can journalists be activists?' - Razia Bhatti Memorial Lecture 2023 - II
- Two years of Sapan, honouring Lyse Doucet, a music competition, and more
- 'Can Journalists be Activists?' Razia Bhatti Memorial Lecture 2023
- Detained fisherfolk: Denial of consular access is denial of justice
- In Cambridge MA, where BLM protestors have been demonstrating since the 2020 police killing of George Floyd, more protests over police shooting of a Bangladeshi student
- Rest in peace, Shahab Ahmed, prominent Islamic scholar from Pakistan
- R.I.P Ruqaiya Hasan: A life well lived
- Films
- Floods in Pakistan: Many eager to help held back by restrictions
- A Bollywood lyricist's daughter in Pakistan and other stories
Art
Blogroll
- AA@Counter Terrorism, Imperialism, Extremism and Bigotry
- beena-issues
- Cafe Pyala
- CHUP! – Changing Up Pakistan
- Citizens for Peace (Mumbai)
- Common Language Project
- Countercurrents
- Courage to differ
- Covid Relief Pakistan
- Danka – cultural happenings in Pakistan
- Ethan Casey – Alive and well in Pakistan
- Hardnews
- Himal Southasian
- HRCP
- Husain Haqqani
- Ibrahim Sajid Malick
- In the Line of Wire
- IPS – InterPress Service
- Jahane Rumi
- Jazbah magazine – Women of Pakistan
- Kalpana Sharma – 'ulti khopdi'
- Mehreen Kasana
- Nukta Art magazine
- Pak Tea House
- Pakistan – the World Affairs Blog Network
- Pakistan Media Watch
- Pakistan Paindabad by a Dilli wala
- Pakistaniat
- Panos South Asia
- Saneeya Hussain Trust
- Say No to the State Religion
- Sehba Sarwar – author, activist, artist
- Shahidul Alam/Drik
- Siddharth Varadarajan – Reality, one bite at a time
- South Asia Citizens' Wire
- Teabreak
- temporal’s baithak
- The Collective for Social Science Research
- The Hoot
- The life and times of two Indians in Pakistan
- Truthout
- Video Journalism Movement
- Watandost
- Women Living Under Muslim Laws
- zak – windmills of my mind
Music
Video
Nice to see you here
- 609,631 hits
-
Join 259,771 other subscribers
Contact me
- Via email Contact Beena Sarwar
- On Twitter @beenasarwar
- Via my Facebook Page
Your comments
Website Powered by WordPress.com. WP Designer.
Journeys to democracy 
Leave a Reply