Publications
Recent
2021
Brown Jazz featured in the other side of hope | journeys in refugee and immigrant literature, a UK-based literary magazine, November 2021
Saving Mission on how white feminism’s savior syndrome, hijacking the cause of Afghan women, post America’s departure, is reminiscent of missionary colonial stereotypes from: DAWN
Anxious Citizens of the Attention Economy: In Conversation with Mohsin Hamid from: Wasafiri
Pink Tax, Book chapter in Mothers, Mothering and Covid-19: Dispatches from a Pandemic from: Demeter Press, Canada
Stifled imaginations, a stalemate for storytellers for World Book Day from: Khaleej Times
Navigating Ethics in the Digital Age: An Interdisciplinary Approach from: Sentio, an interdisciplinary social science journal
‘We need to normalise rage’: In Conversation with Asim Abbasi for: Wasafiri
In Conversation with LUMS Alumna and Debut Novelist, Saba Karim Khan | LUMS
2020
Celebrating Chaos: The Power of Untidy Realities in Ethnographic Research — Excursions Journal, Sussex
Soccer, Streets and Stardom: the sports movement that has taken Karachi by storm — in SportsIllustrated| En Fuego
The Social Experiment on photographing migrant workers in the Gulf during Covid-19 from: The Pandemic Lens
In Pakistan, sex workers face a cruel dilemma – feed their children or risk infection with coronavirus from: The Independent
The time to “sober up” has arrived: Could COVID-19 provide the global wake-up call the world needs? from: Verso
Am I Next? on how Floyd’s plea became a metaphor for the choking condition of minorities on the lowest rungs from: DAWN
Pink Tax on early warnings suggesting that women are rapidly becoming tongue-tied victims of the pandemic from: DAWN
Navigating Ethics in the Digital Age: An Interdisciplinary Approach from: Sentio, an interdisciplinary social science journal
Eulogy versus resume on the stark though mostly overlooked realisation that, when people die, their eulogies celebrate life very differently from the way we define success in daily terms from: DAWN
Limitations of human control: How Covid-19 has paralysed life in Dubai on the sound of silence during the pandemic in the Gulf from: DAWN
The brand that is Pakistani men on how, unearthing the topsoil and repurposing Pakistani men, their life and ambitions, towards discovering curiosity, companionship and consistency, sparking the realization that time doesn’t always have to mean money, must remain a dream deferred from: The Friday Times
Taj Mahal is a classic example of how, in a TV series, less can often be more from: DAWN
2019
Women are suffering silently in Pakistan – is #MeToo the answer? From: The Guardian
‘It has altered me forever’: trauma of child domestic workers in Pakistan from The Guardian
After a year of Imran Khan, Pakistan is finally stepping into its role as a world player from: The Independent
FICTION: Chronicles of a genius foretold from: DAWN
Ticking time bomb on what is triggering the decline in mental well-being from: DAWN
For a brief period before the Kashmir crisis, humanity in the subcontinent trumped propaganda – not anymore from: The Independent
A view from the bridge: Saba Karim on the form of happiness that Sydney has to offer from: The Friday Times
Pakistan has a domestic abuse problem – but there’s a way to turn the outrage into action from: The Independent
It’s time to talk about women being shamed for making the first move from: DAWN
Coming last on rediscovering maternal love from: The Friday Times
Academic Arms Race on how, “OPTING out” of the success treadmill appears impossible, particularly in the age of social media, where striving for meaningless perfection is the hallmark of a happy life from: DAWN
The Second Shift on women today who are desperate to keep the feminist flag high, but glib reassurances of ‘having it all’, gloss over realistic possibilities from: DAWN
Leading the Entertainment Revolution in Karachi from: The Friday Times
2018:
The brilliance that is Amir Khan from: Gulf News
2016:
There Are No Free Passes In The Pakistani Parents’ Club from: Huffington Post
2015
A Perversely Compelling Love Affair from: Huffington Post
The Road Not Taken: Notes From My Father’s Unfinished Book from: Huffington Post
The Middle East’s Secret Religion from: Huffington Post
A Blood-Soaked Love Letter To Pakistan from: Huffington Post
Unequal responses from: DAWN. April 16, 2015.
Childhood Lost: Pakistan’s underage workforce from: The Express Tribune
Rock Bands, Facebook, And The Crackdown On Digital Free Speech In Pakistan from: ThinkProgress
New dawn for young militants from: The Express Tribune
2014
Human trafficking in Pakistan: Not for sale from: The Express Tribune
Tackling the menace of Boko Haram from: The Express Tribune
Pariahs on the streets from: DAWN
2013
No fear of accountability from: DAWN
2012
The wages of pride from: DAWN
Between law and practice from: DAWN