I sat with these thoughts for a long time, a rant until I realised it had to be more — I wrote about shamelessness, shame, and silence about Palestine in Pakistan’s literary scene today, and how this could be different — for my column at Dunya Digital: dunyadigital.co/columns/will...

True crime in Pakistan! www.dawn.com/news/1898250...

On Society Girl, our podcast Notes on a Scandal, and the true crime genre in Pakistan! societygirlbook.com

New work! I profiled the genre jumping, playlist fixture Pakistani musician Natasha Noorani; this is a piece about ambition and archives, an innate sense of what it is to burn, be burned, and to make music about it all. For Dunya Digital: dunyadigital.co/blog/the-irr...

delighted to have contributed a true gem of a book from Pakistan for this!

Our first Sunday supplement is out today and it’s all about cookbooks - why we love them, why sometimes we don’t, and the feeling there may be too many. Five essays and guides, featuring Jonathan Meades, Yemisi Aribisala, Rosa Lyster, Ruby Tandoh & more! www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/too-many-c...

Got back into coding while knitting and thinking through the question: how long does it take to knit a sweater? sabaimtiaz.github.io/knitting-blo... #knitting #cursor

Ibtisam Azem’s ‘Book of Disappearance’ Makes 2025 International Booker Longlist FEBRUARY 25, 2025 -- Ibtisam Azem's Book of Disappearance, translated by Sinan Antoon has made the thirteen-book longlist for the 2025 International Booker. Azem's Book of Disappearance was published in Antoon's…

"A fluid, immaculately researched text, Society Girl opens the portal for a discussion about an interesting facet of our social history." -- Society Girl: A Tale of Sex, Lies, and Scandal reviewed in The News on Sunday www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/1...

“‘I will not leave even if they bring a bulldozer and bury us.’ she added. ‘Let it be our tomb.’” Today’s essay by Manal Shqair is about nomadic-pastoralist communities in Masafer Yatta in Palestine, and Israel’s destruction of their food sovereignty. www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/starving-p...

Today's feature on @vittles.bsky.social , essential reading www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/starving-p...

A little over two months since my latest book came out! Society Girl — A Tale of Sex, Lies, and Scandal, with Tooba Masood Khan; a true crime story wrapped in a social history of Pakistan in the 70s. Available now in India and Pakistan, and on the Kindle store societygirlbook.com

making little #knitting supercuts with 2000s blogspot energy

A little over two months since my latest book came out! Society Girl — A Tale of Sex, Lies, and Scandal, with Tooba Masood Khan; a true crime story wrapped in a social history of Pakistan in the 70s. Available now in India and Pakistan, and on the Kindle store societygirlbook.com