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Amazing news! 'Democracy in Debt: Sri Lanka Beyond the Headlines' was just selected by Goa Short Film Festival Nov. 15 – 16, 2025, via FilmFreeway.com! #SriLanka #DemocracyInDebt #BeyondtheHeadlines @southasiapeace.bsky.social @pulitzercenter.org @sapannews.bsky.social

My first story for @cambridgeday.com - published with @sapannews.bsky.social (how do we get that dot com at the end?) #interfaith #Eid #Diwali #CambridgeMA

8 Oct. 2025 6 am Palestine time, the Israeli army captured 91 journalists, health workers and crew aboard the Conscience, including Bangladeshi photographer and activist Shahidul Alam. A statement calling for their release will be released Thurs. Oct. 9 am Dhaka time docs.google.com/document/d/1...

How lovely! Newport Jazz Fest, Days 1 & 2 - Photos by Maha Shahid eastgreenwichnews.com/newport-jazz...

What about a “buddy system” to support individuals who live alone, to check in from time to time? RIP actor #HumairaAsgharAli, 42. Had 728k followers on IG, no personal contact since Oct. ‘24, found dead in #Karachi apt after landlord with court orders broke in w police for nonpayment of rent

Join us this Sunday for this important and relevant discussion #Bangladesh #women #patriarchy @southasiapeace.bsky.social

Patriarchal Backlash: Bangladeshi Women Speak Out Date: Sunday, 29 June 2025 Time: 10 am ET, 3 pm UKT, 7:00 pm PKT, 7:45 pm NPT, 7:30 pm IST , 8 pm BDT Register to join via Zoom: Register Across Southasia, as women contribute to social and political movements and make significant strides, they…

Join us Sunday to talk about an issue relevant beyond #Bangladesh - #patriarchal challenges and #women #speakout

The unfulfilled creative promise and potential of Southasia through art and film Salima Hashmi and Manmeet K. Walia will participate in a panel at SOAS on 18 June. They will also conduct a curatorial walkthrough at the SOAS Gallery on 21 June, before the show closes

Our Sri Lanka documentary is going to Pune Film Fest. Our peace appeal is gaining traction. And India and Pakistan need to talk.

Amazing news! Democracy in Debt: Sri Lanka Beyond the Headlines selected by #Pune Short Film Festival. Also #Kerala Film Fest, and #Asian Talent International Film Fest 2025 Trailer here: youtu.be/ax1OvuWWqVE via FilmFreeway.com

For immediate release: Appeal for India and Pakistan to Stop Hostilities and Talk Gains Global Traction southasiapeace.com/2025/05/20/a...

Rally for peace: #India #Pakistan #Vancouver #Canada 12 May Organised by peace loving community organisations and individuals p.s. Join the appeal www.change.org/p/india-paki... #stophostilities #dialogue #accountability #Pahalgam #Kashmir

Relieved at #ceasefire #India #Pakistan, back from the #nuclear brink. Not trying to take credit for it but #Southasiapeace @southasiapeace.bsky.social online appeal got 5000+ endorsers in 48~ hours change.org/p/india-paki.... Must keep up the pressure - to quote #Hibuksha #Japan: #NeverAgain

Peace rallies taking place Saturday 10 May 2025 #Mumbai #Bangalore #London #Boston > #HarvardSq. #YesToPeace #NoToWar @sasiasolidarity.bsky.social @whyloiter.bsky.social @bsac-boston.bsky.social @southasiapeace.bsky.social

#India #Pakistan #YesToPeace #NoToWar

Peace rallies taking place Saturday 10 May 2025 #Mumbai #Bangalore #London #Boston > #HarvardSq. #YesToPeace #NoToWar @sasiasolidarity.bsky.social @whyloiter.bsky.social @bsac-boston.bsky.social @southasiapeace.bsky.social

#India #Pakistan #YesToPeace #NoToWar Thanks for sharing @freeha.bsky.social Nearly 4,000 signatures since being posted late Wed. night ET/morning #Southasia

Sign the Petition India, Pakistan: Stop the hostilities chng.it/xjwBrk7cRM via @beenasarwar.bsky.social & @sapannews.bsky.social

Request folks not to share unverified videos and photos out of context. There is no point, only adds to panic and morbid voyeurism. Please take 2 min to read the guidelines here - www.sapannews.com/social

TODAY @ Cambridge Public Library 2-4 pm #CambridgeMA

As war drums again beat between nuclear-armed Pakistan and India, remembering three departed comrades who stood for peace

As war drums again beat between nuclear-armed Pakistan and India, remembering three departed comrades who stood for peace

Heartbreaking. Massacre in #Kashmir. Indiscriminate violence whether on trains or tourists is condemnable and unpardonable. Whether committed on the pretext of religion or ethnicity. #NotAcceptable #Pahalgam #Muslim #Hindu #India #Pakistan #Balochistan #TrainHijacking

With all the talk about eggs being so expensive, time to revisit my friend Ali's piece from London about how he tackled this dilemma...

I forgot to plug my own piece!

With all the talk about eggs being so expensive, time to revisit my friend Ali's piece from London about how he tackled this dilemma...

Merging culture and tradition with contemporary and political, Mansoora Hassan drew upon the works of inspirations ranging from Sufi poet Rumi, to the Moroccan Islamic scholar Fatima Mernissi and Pakistani feminist poet Kishwar Naheed.

The centuries-old Galle Fort has emerged as a site for a literary festival bringing together authors, artists, and enthusiasts from the region and the world amid the island nation’s stunning landscapes and rich heritage.

The mudslinging against journalists with accusations of being ‘fake’ and ‘paid’ are common tactics in this polarised world, with women journalists being particularly vulnerable. Recent cases from Pakistan and India reflect this global trend and the failure of laws to protect women from such attacks.

How does a Mumbai-based curator create an act of peaceful yet powerful protest in New York? By taking a space long dominated by the patriarchal system and filling it with artists and poets whose work goes beyond traditional feminism. The show, extending through Women’s History Month, ends April 3.

The cuts in government funding to USAID, the U.S. Agency for International Development, have already created havoc in many areas.

Southasia’s diverse performance in the 2025 World Happiness Report highlights varying levels of well-being across the region that contribute to the region’s mixed results.

Tribute to a beloved community leader who passed away recently, a co-founder of Pakistan’s first nationwide student movement, a pioneering psychiatrist and mental health practitioner, founder member of the Pakistan-India People’s Forum for Peace & Democracy — and the Southasia Peace Action Network.

A recently published coffee table book by architect Naeem Pasha documents the social and cultural forces behind the nearly-30 year long process that culminated with the inauguration of Pakistan’s monumental National Art Gallery in Islamabad.

'Lawfare against Farhatullah Babar' - informative and clear piece by Dr Naazir Mahmood about the harassment of Farhatullah Babar, one of Pakistan's most upright politicians, former journalist and public intellectuals t.co/ncRMCgI5QP

@jenrubin.bsky.social This is My America! Diverse and beautiful!💙🇺🇸💙 www.youtube.com/live/T2449Ua...

Remembering the #journalism student #MashalKhan lynched and killed on fake #blasphemy charges in #Pakistan, 2017 'Owning Mashal Khan: Pakistan’s road to redemption' - my oped published in The News International, re-posted to my blog beenasarwar.com/2017/04/21/o... #USA #India #democracy

A #SapanNews syndicated feature - @sapannews.bsky.social

Dr. Haroon Ahmed, a pioneering psychiatrist, human rights advocate, and key figure in mental health reform, left a lasting legacy through his work and dedication to social justice. By Beena Sarwar @beenasarwar.bsky.social 👇👇 thefridaytimes.com/10-Apr-2025/...

If Haroon had not been a doctor, he would have been a photographer. He avidly recorded precious moments with icons like the poets Faiz and Faraz, historian Syed Sibte Hasan, and others at their social gatherings. By Beena Sarwar @beenasarwar.bsky.social Read more👇 thefridaytimes.com/10-Apr-2025/...

My personal political tribute to Dr. Haroon Ahmed, my late father's lifelong friend, a healer, comrade, psychiatrist, student leader, and peacemonger across #Southasia sapannews.com/2025/04/09/d... #SouthasiaBetterTogether #LetPeopleMeet #HaroonAhmed #PeaceBuilder #MentalHealthPioneer #SapanNews

This man from the tropics had recently determined to climb K2 - the 'savage mountain' in northern Pakistan - and wanted to meet some Pakistanis. He has visited Pakistan and is even learning Urdu (search sapannews.com for 'Dimantha')

"It felt like there were like 20,000 people at the Boston demo today!!! They’re waking up!!" - from a participant today. #handsoff2025 Coverage in Boston Globe: tinyurl.com/Bos-5Apr25

Sad news from Karachi. RIP Dr Haroon Ahmed. One of my late father Dr M.Sarwar’s dearest and oldest friends. Remembering him as he was in my documentary on the student movement led by DSF, headed by Sarwar in medical college, filmed in 2009 youtu.be/YJYSF7bFcN0

Thank Senator Booker and urge him—and other elected officials—to keep speaking out on behalf of the American people! sign.moveon.org/petitions/ke...

Sad news from Karachi. RIP Dr Haroon Ahmed. One of my late father Dr M.Sarwar’s dearest and oldest friends. Remembering him as he was in my documentary on the student movement led by DSF, headed by Sarwar in medical college, filmed in 2009 youtu.be/YJYSF7bFcN0

Harrowing account by #Canada actor/entreprenur detained by ICE for 2 weeks.. "felt like I had been kidnapped... stuck in a freezing cell without explanation." Shares stories of other detainees & how private companies profit from the system - Guardian tinyurl.com/Grd-Cd-ICE

Wonder if things have changed since I wrote this in 2012 Why should peace be excluded from St Patrick's Day? beenasarwar.com/2012/03/22/why…#StPatricksDayay