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#Eid prayers at the Islamic Cultural Center of New #Eid prayers at the Islamic Cultural Center of New York. The diversity among Muslims here is a powerful reminder that while united by faith, Muslims are not a monolith. Despite the stereotypes pushed by Islamophobes, this community is as varied and plural as any other. #NYC
Last weekend, my daughter graduated from @cornellu Last weekend, my daughter graduated from @cornelluniversity (as a College Scholar with distinction and the second major in Literatures in English) —and received an award in creative writing. There were multiple ceremonies, but the main commencement unfolded in a heavy downpour, which somehow made it even more memorable.

To say I’m a proud parent would be an understatement. My daughter is truly exceptional. And yes, I know every parent says that—but in this case, I’m not entirely biased :) —shine bright my laadli Rani.
Happy birthday my dearest sister @goharsadaf — lot Happy birthday my dearest sister @goharsadaf — lots of love and wishing a year of happiness, success and fulfillment.
Final class of Introduction to Human Rights last w Final class of Introduction to Human Rights last week.

We ended the semester discussing the UN human rights treaties—their promise, their limits, and the difficult question of what implementation looks like in a world shaped by power, inequality, and conflict.

What I will carry from this semester are the conversations.

Over the past few weeks, our discussions often moved beyond texts and treaties into the urgencies of the present. Iran came up repeatedly in class—as it had to. It brought strong opinions, disagreements, discomfort, and competing interpretations of history, law, sovereignty, and international responsibility. Students did not always agree—and neither did I expect them to. What mattered was how they engaged: thoughtfully, critically, and with respect. They listened to one another, challenged one another, and stayed with the conversation even when it became difficult. That felt meaningful.

A classroom cannot resolve the crises of the world. But it can become a space where complexity is not avoided, where disagreement does not become hostility, and where difficult questions are taken seriously.

I leave this course deeply grateful for the energy, openness, and intellectual generosity my students brought into the room every week.

Thank you for a wonderful semester. It was a privilege learning with you.

#Teaching #HigherEducation #HumanRightsEducation
Early May: a great afternoon in DC talking to Ahsa Early May: a great afternoon in DC talking to Ahsan Butt, a professor at @georgemasonu on #Iranwar, the U.S. policy and most importantly Pakistan’s global moment. This was an event organized by Pakistan Progressive Alliance and PBN.
Last weekend I attended a fundraiser in #NYC for t Last weekend I attended a fundraiser in #NYC for the Pakistan Children’s Heart Foundation (@pchfnaofficial), which is building a state-of-the-art medical facility dedicated to children suffering from Congenital Heart Disease (CHD), regardless of their financial means.

The OPD has already begun operations, and the foundation is now raising resources for surgeries, long-term care and research — all desperately needed in a country where access to specialized pediatric healthcare remains deeply unequal.

It was heartening to see figures such as actor @ahadrazamir, cricket legend @waqyounis and singer @mominamustehsan, among others, come together for this important cause.

Please support this initiative if you can, and help spread the word. Your contribution can help bridge a critical gap in healthcare and give countless children a chance at life.
The final session of my course on Genocide and Hum The final session of my course on Genocide and Human Rights ended last week. Teaching this subject is never emotionally easy. One cannot discuss genocide, memory and dehumanization as distant history when the world continues to witness violence and erasure in real time.

What stayed with me most was this remarkable group of students — curious, thoughtful and willing to engage difficult questions with empathy and seriousness. In an age of distraction and noise, that felt deeply hopeful.

The course also pushed me to reflect on collective trauma, memory and silence in my own part of the world, South Asia, where history is often unresolved and grief travels across generations.

Education cannot repair everything. But perhaps it can still expand our moral imagination and remind us of our shared humanity.

Grateful to these students for their compassion, rigor and openness throughout this journey.

#HumanRights #GenocideStudies #Teaching #CollectiveMemory #HigherEducation NeverAgain
Read this moving piece published in @timesofindia Read this moving piece published in @timesofindia by an IPS officer Jain on #friendship and the quiet ways in which people drift apart. No dramatic endings, no great betrayal — just the slow erosion of time, distance, exhaustion, and lives moving at different speeds.

It captures something many of us have felt but rarely articulate: the grief of losing people while “nothing happened.” In an age of constant connection, we somehow know less and less about each other beyond curated fragments and #Instagram stories.

An honest reflection on modern loneliness, memory, and the fragile #architecture of human relationships.
This Sunday I shall be in conversation with Profes This Sunday I shall be in conversation with Professor Ahsan Butt at @georgemasonu on #Iranwar, Pakistan’s global moment and the domestic economic and political challenges that are becoming even more complicated. Dr Ghazala Kazi is graciously hosting this event. If you are in DC/ VA please come. Do RSVP by sending a DM as space is limited and our host to plan for the (delicious home cooked) lunch requirements.
Will be moderating a discussion after the screenin Will be moderating a discussion after the screening of a powerful film The Uncondemned. We will be joined by Consoles Nishimwe, a global women’s rights advocate and survivor of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda.
#spring almost in full #bloom— #neighborhood #harl #spring almost in full #bloom— #neighborhood #harlem 
#springishere
Hampshire College’s closure marks more than the en Hampshire College’s closure marks more than the end of a single institution. It signals the erosion of an entire pedagogical philosophy—one that privileged critical inquiry, interdisciplinary learning, and intellectual autonomy over credentialism and market logic. @hampshirecollege was never meant to be conventional. Its student-designed curricula and narrative evaluations challenged the commodification of education long before it became the norm.

Its demise must be situated within a broader American moment: a growing distrust of higher education, the narrowing of acceptable knowledge, and a sustained assault on universities as sites of critical thinking. From legislative crackdowns on curricula to the hollowing out of the humanities, we are witnessing not just financial strain but an ideological shift. Colleges are increasingly asked to justify themselves in purely economic terms—job pipelines rather than spaces of reflection, dissent, and imagination.

Hampshire’s struggle with enrollment and finances is real. But it is also symptomatic. When intellectual life is devalued, institutions built around it become vulnerable.

The harder question is whether this is cyclical or structural. There is a case to be made that this is not a passing phase. The convergence of political hostility, demographic shifts, and the marketization of education suggests something deeper: a reordering of what society expects from universities.

If so, Hampshire is not an exception. It is an early warning.
“You can cut all the flowers but you cannot keep s “You can cut all the flowers but you cannot keep spring from coming.”
 
#PabloNeruda #quotegram #quotes
#Iftar in #NYC —#ramazan #food #Iftar in #NYC —#ramazan #food
Here’s the moment Iranian state TV, its anchor str Here’s the moment Iranian state TV, its anchor struggling to hold back tears, confirmed that Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in U.S.–Israeli air strikes — a development with profound regional consequences.
“The world is full of people suffering from the ef “The world is full of people suffering from the effects of their own unlived life. They become bitter, critical, or rigid, not because the world is cruel to them, but because they have betrayed their own inner possibilities. The artist who never makes art becomes cynical about those who do. The lover who never risks loving mocks romance. The thinker who never commits to a philosophy sneers at belief itself. And yet, all of them suffer, because deep down they know: the life they mock is the life they were meant to live.”
—#Jung #quote #quotesoftheday #quotestoliveby #carljung
#Blizzard of the decade. #newyorkcity #nyc #snow # #Blizzard of the decade. #newyorkcity #nyc #snow #snowstorm
#HappyValentinesDay Evergreen #Mughal #miniature #HappyValentinesDay 
Evergreen #Mughal #miniature  #Prince Dara Shikoh w/ wife Nadira Banu Begum 
#repost
My favorite video of #basant2026 — pure joy! My favorite video of #basant2026 — pure joy!
#Basant in Lahore — after nearly two decades — fee #Basant in Lahore — after nearly two decades — feels like the return of a city’s heartbeat.
For many of us, it’s not just a kite festival but a marker of Lahore’s syncretic, joyous cultural life that had faded under bans and anxieties.
Its revival reminds us how deeply people crave shared public celebration — colour, rooftops, music, and the simple freedom to welcome spring together.
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New video on the key books to understand Pakistan whether you are a student or not. But for those preparing for CSS or enrolled in Pakistan Studies programme should look at these books. Link can be found in the comments. ... See MoreSee Less

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وفائے وعدہ نہیں وعدۂ دگر بھی نہیںوہ مجھ سے روٹھے تو تھے لیکن اس قدر بھی نہیںبرس رہی ہے حریم ہوس میں دولت حسنگدائے عشق کے کاسے میں اک نظر بھی نہیںنہ جانے کس لیے امیدوار بیٹھا ہوںاک ایسی راہ پہ جو تیری رہ گزر بھی نہیںنگاہ شوق سر بزم بے حجاب نہ ہووہ بے خبر ہی سہی اتنے بے خبر بھی نہیںیہ عہد ترک محبت ہے کس لیے آخرسکون قلب ادھر بھی نہیں ادھر بھی نہیں ... See MoreSee Less

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My three favorite people in one frame: Qurratulain Hyder, who transformed the Urdu novel by weaving history, memory, and identity into a grand literary canvas; Mustansar Hussain Tarar, whose travel writing and fiction have inspired generations of readers; and Khaled Ahmed, whose intellectual rigor and incisive commentary have helped us better understand Pakistan, South Asia, and the ideas that shape our times.A rare photograph bringing together three remarkable minds. Between them lies a substantial part of our literary, cultural, and intellectual inheritance.میرے تین پسندیدہ لوگ ایک ہی تصویر میں: قرۃ العین حیدر، جنہوں نے تاریخ، تہذیب، یادداشت اور شناخت کو اردو ناول کا حصہ بنا کر اسے نئی وسعتیں عطا کیں؛ مستنصر حسین تارڑ، جن کے سفرناموں اور ناولوں نے اردو نثر کو نئے جہانوں سے روشناس کرایا؛ اور خالد احمد، جن کی فکری بصیرت اور گہرا تجزیہ پاکستان اور جنوبی ایشیا کو سمجھنے میں مسلسل رہنمائی فراہم کرتا رہا ہے۔یہ صرف ایک تصویر نہیں، بلکہ ادب، فکر اور تہذیبی شعور کے ایک عہد کی جھلک ہے۔ ... See MoreSee Less

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Posted on September 14, 2020February 19, 2023

Pakistan Food Culture, Recipes, Cuisines: Discussion with Niloferr Qazi and Haya Emaan

Connoisseurs of food Niloferr Afridi Qazi and Haya Emaan talk with Raza Rumi about the richness of Pakistani cuisine, its …

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The Friday Times
Posted on October 16, 2015November 19, 2022

Animating Times Square

This October, the electronic billboards at the maddening Times Square in New York City will display the creative prowess of …

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The Friday Times
Posted on October 2, 2009December 29, 2022

Remembering Parveen Shakir (1952-1994)

Parveen Shakir (1952-1994) has defined the sensibilities of several generations and beyond. At the relatively young age of 42 years, …

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The Friday Times
Posted on December 6, 2013February 18, 2023

Enduring Threads

Raza Rumi was fascinated by artist Aasim Akhtar’s unique curation of Pakistani textile heritage at the Rawalpindi NCA – Click …

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