HibaDec 27, 20209 min readDunk: Not the Slam Dunk Everyone Thinks It Is Fahad Mustafa’s recent production, Dunk, starring Bilal Abbas Khan, Noman Ijaz, Sana Javed, and Yasra Rizvi aired this week on ARY...
HibaDec 8, 20203 min read'It’s Called Acting' and More Sorry Excuses For Defending DisneyEarlier this year, Disney announced that a Pakistani-American, Iman Vellani, had been cast to play Ms. Marvel/Kamala Khan, the first...
HibaDec 2, 20203 min readBenazir Bhutto's Legacy and Aseefa's Debut: Nothing More Than Political TheaterThe political dynasty of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) debuted another family member this week. Aseefa Bhutto Zardari addressed her...
HibaNov 10, 20206 min read‘Ek Jhooti Love Story:' A True Tale of Pakistani SocietyPakistan’s collaboration with ZEE5 has proven to be the missing jigsaw in the complicated puzzle that is Lollywood. At a time where our...
HibaAug 14, 20202 min readan ode to a homelandlush green below a cloudy sky the rays of sun at fajr time, a hush across the roofs. faint buildings lead into the airport that would...
HibaAug 6, 20206 min readWhat really started the Kashmir conflict?Kashmir Timeline: From Sultanate to Partition Disclaimer: I dislike calling the Kashmir crisis a "conflict." Deeming it so reduces the...
HibaJun 29, 202011 min readUnpacking Brown Boy Misogyny Brown boys our age engage in the most violent projections of the patriarchy. The diaspora in New York City represents a microcosm of...
HibaJun 21, 20205 min readAn Open Letter to Selective ActivismBefore I start: HELP YEMEN, HELP KASHMIR, and HELP PALESTINE After years of being one of the select few people on my Instagram that would...
HibaFeb 26, 20203 min readWhat's Going On In India?WHAT'S HAPPENING? In August of 2019, India lifted it’s special “semi-autonomous” status of Kashmir, rendering the occupied region without...
HibaDec 19, 201911 min readAlienation, Mischaracterization, and Communalism: The Cumulative Failure of the PartitionIn 1947, two supposed monolithic post-colonial states, Pakistan and India, emerged from centuries of British Raj. The intentional...