On the two month anniversary of the attack on an army school in Peshawar, Mahru Najam recalls her own experience of attacks that have become too common -- and that cost her a friend's life.
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Peshawar
In Memoriam: Peshawar & How Things Come Full Circle
The Myth of Civilian Failure
The tragedy that should have paved the way for an honest conversation about the roots of militancy has instead strengthened a flawed narrative of civilian failure, and a dangerous call for army intervention.
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Pakistan’s mini-9/11?
To impose distinctions upon tragedies is a strictly arbitrary exercise. So, why was Peshawar seen as a turning-point?
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سانحہ پشاور: تنقید کا بیان
ہم نے انسانی جانوں کو سستا سمجھ کر ریاستی نظریات،مخصوص مذہبی تشریحات، اور حکمران طبقات کے مالی و ذاتی مفادات کو قیمتی تصور کر لیا ہے۔ کسی انسانی معاشرے میں ایسے رویے کی گنجائش نہیں ہو سکتی ۔
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Pakistani Military: Feminist or Not? | Feministaniat
What does it mean for the Pakistani woman’s role in war to have transformed from passive dua-making to active ‘lady-fighting’ the Taliban in this particular moment in history?
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Why Peshawar Must Not Be Our 9/11
By strengthening the writ of a militarized state, we are making a second Peshawar more, not less, likely.
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