For one odd, brief, and singular moment, the catastrophes of my family and my country had come together, showing me how they were woven together, knotted and inextricable. . . .
An excerpt from The Upstairs Wife: An Intimate History of Pakistan.
Is it possible that ISIS appeals to some Muslim women not because they are fooled by it, but because its political vision seems to offer solutions to some of their problems?
Followed by a debate.
Click here to read the rest of our election symposium. All the talk in Pakistan in the weeks before the U.S election was about divorce. The question posed to the two candidates in the last presidential debate—“Is it time for …
On my way back from the bakery, which was closing early because of the rally scheduled that afternoon, a car full of women pulled up in front of mine. Like many other vehicles weaving through Karachi’s dusty streets, it was …
Rafia Zakaria: Drones and the Theatrics of Power
Rafia Zakaria: Private Portraits – A Woman Named Honor
Rafia Zakaria: Private Portraits – ?Our Camping Trip to Abbottabad?
Rafia Zakaria: Private Portraits – An Exercise in Visibility
Rafia Zakaria: Private Portraits – A Pakistani Valentine
Rafia Zakaria: Private Portraits – Agents of Change
Rafia Zakaria: Private Portraits – The Deaths of Women
Rafia Zakaria: Private Portraits – The Birthday of the Prophet
Rafia Zakaria: Private Portraits – A Pakistan Diary
R. Zakaria: Sharia Charade
