Rafia Zakaria

Workers and FIFA in Qatar

The ‘kafala’ system amounts to a form of indentured servitude. Published 24 Mar, 2021 07:01am

The forever struggle

Global primitivism prevails where the lives, welfare and choices of women are concerned. Published 17 Mar, 2021 07:40am

India’s illiberal ‘democracy’

It appears that the Modi administration made the fatal mistake of putting Modi first and India second. Updated 10 Mar, 2021 08:32am

The dream of ending poverty

There are questions about how China has managed to reduce the number of poor. Published 03 Mar, 2021 07:40am

Reviving a moral universe

In a world rooted in the Persian language, aesthetics and ethics were intertwined. Published 24 Feb, 2021 07:26am

Ordinary killings…

It is questionable whether the environment is any safer for women than it used to be. Published 17 Feb, 2021 05:53am

The price of ‘youth’

What’s good for Hollywood and the rich housewives of New York is, of course, welcomed with open arms in Pakistan. Published 10 Feb, 2021 08:49am

Mental illness and possession

One wonders how many people with mental illness in Pakistan have been viewed as being possessed by a jinn. Published 03 Feb, 2021 06:58am

Biden’s world

Biden’s America is not going to be one that once again throws open visas so that the world’s brightest can easily immigrate. Updated 27 Jan, 2021 08:31am

Long arm of Big Tech

How many people would still be alive if Twitter and Facebook had denied Trump a platform to spread lies about Covid-19 a year ago? Published 20 Jan, 2021 07:57am

‘Safe haven’ for white terrorists?

The helplessness the Americans feel is the helplessness that Pakistani citizens felt — wanting to do something but not knowing. Updated 13 Jan, 2021 08:05am

Citizen journalist

Zhang Zhan became one of a few people who made videos of what was happening inside Wuhan for all the world to see. Published 06 Jan, 2021 07:52am

The Mughal feminist

It is a colonial myth that women’s empowerment struggles were initiated, theorised and maintained by white women in the West Updated 30 Dec, 2020 07:32am

The questions never asked

A close look reveals an erasure of the dirty origins of the great fortunes of men like Mr Darcy and Mr Bingley. Published 23 Dec, 2020 07:43am

Rich vaccine, poor vaccine

The People’s Vaccine Alliance has been lobbying emphatically for Covid-19 vaccines to be made available to every human being. Published 16 Dec, 2020 07:40am

Path to addiction

Young people, advertisers know, will only be attracted to products that are seen as cool. Published 09 Dec, 2020 08:04am

Desperate in Dubai

All of those who were undergoing the licensing process for Dubai have been left without answers. Updated 02 Dec, 2020 08:34am

Visas of the future

As a labour-exporting country, Pakistan needs to pay attention to emerging trends. Updated 25 Nov, 2020 09:21am

A case for cultural reconstruction

This truth has a direct impact on the ability of Pakistanis to truly understand the role of the land they walk and breathe and Published 18 Nov, 2020 07:46am

Kamala fever

The positioning of immigrants within American political discourse has been tested in the past four years. Updated 11 Nov, 2020 09:22am