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Zainab Mubashir
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Jul 31, 2022

The Dangers of Doxxing in Pakistan: A Case Study

This case study was commissioned to me in August 2021 by a digital rights organization in Pakistan as part of a global report to be submitted to the Meta (then Facebook) Oversight Board. …

Facebook

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The Dangers of Doxxing in Pakistan: A Case Study
The Dangers of Doxxing in Pakistan: A Case Study
Facebook

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Nov 2, 2020

Recovery

or experiencing hurt as regeneration A heart torn asunder, a wound holding stitches in place; A sky cracked open, glued shut with streaks of liquid gold Flawed, and barely short of full — like faulty literature and the faultlines of your heart. How long does it take to break apart; break through, break even? Body built of thread-bare necessities, deconstructed under downpour Woes shed like water-weight

Poetry

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Recovery
Recovery
Poetry

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Oct 15, 2020

In transit.

I first learned of liminal spaces in an introduction to anthropology class in my first semester of college. I do not fully recall what was being discussed — something about sacred spaces and thresholds in cultural rituals — but I have visceral memories of being in the front row, second…

Prose

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In transit
In transit
Prose

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Aug 19, 2020

The Magical Realism of Miyazaki’s My Neighbour Totoro (1998)

This essay was originally written as a university assignment. Since the term was first coined in 1925 by Franz Roh, magical realism has come to encapsulate and transcend a variety of genres and media of expression. While Roh’s conception of “magic realism” specifically referred to Post-Expressionist German art, the popularity…

Studio Ghibli

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The Magical Realism of Miyazaki’s My Neighbour Totoro (1998)
The Magical Realism of Miyazaki’s My Neighbour Totoro (1998)
Studio Ghibli

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Aug 17, 2020

Review: Max Porter’s Grief is the Thing with Feathers (2015)

This review was first written as a university assignment in May 2019. In her poem “Acquainted with Grief,” Helen Hunt Jackson asks: “Dost know Grief well?” This is a question of importance, for it aptly translates the need for grief, like all human emotions, to be acquainted with in order…

Book Review

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Review: Max Porter’s Grief is the Thing with Feathers (2015)
Review: Max Porter’s Grief is the Thing with Feathers (2015)
Book Review

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Aug 20, 2019

What the Oldest Indian Restaurant in Kyiv Taught Me About Identity

Can you find belonging within the contents of your plate? An edited version of this article was first published on 18th January 2019 in the Kyiv Post as a food review. Stepping in through the doorway, you are sucked into a vacuum; all connection to the bustling street outside is…

Diaspora

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What the Oldest Indian Restaurant in Kyiv Taught Me About Identity
What the Oldest Indian Restaurant in Kyiv Taught Me About Identity
Diaspora

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