Drive down the Main Boulevard and you’ll see the road surrounded by little cafes and restaurants offering cuisines from all over the world. For the overpriced, supposedly best desi food you’ll have to make your way into what was once…
Africa’s Last Colony
After nearly a hundred years of being colonized by Spain, Western Sahara was occupied by Morocco in 1975 soon after Spanish colonial forces left the region. Since then a battle for liberation from Morrocan control has been waged by the…
Reading against the grain: European narratives and stories of the colony
Post-colonialism becomes an inescapable reality when it comes to understanding the ailments of the contemporary post-colonial world. From global politics, imperial policies, and strategies to the prevalent patriarchal practices, cultures, and norms of society, all are shaped by colonial history…
Postcolonial Identity
The wrinkled hands of my mother gently caress through my hair and make me ponder whether I remind of touchwood; hope for a better future. The imbalance of her body tightly clutches my arm, as if I am the traverse…
Obituary: I. A. Rehman, a light in the darkness
Last Tuesday Pakistan lost its “Father of Human Rights” Akhtar Rehman is famously known as I. A Rehman. His work encompasses women’s rights, Labour rights, Rights of the disappeared and for every oppressed voiceless of this country. That’s just the…
Women against Colonialism: A Forgotten Struggle
The pens that wrote history have always been in the hands of men. When these pens were scribbling ink on parchments, they forgot something very basic and very crucial; they forgot to write about their women. So much has been…
The colonial tactic of stifling dissent
In the wake of the British departure after the partition, the colonial legacy still lives on, the remnants of which have become a noose strung around the necks of present-day detractors of the government. One of the vile offshoots of…
How colonialism shaped our collective consciousness
1652 was an important year in world history. It was that year when the first European settlement in southern Africa was established by the Dutch East India Company at Table Bay, 30 miles (48 km) north of the cape. It…
Book Review: Pakistan Beyond the Crisis State
In this piece, Muhammad Shehryar reviews the latest book which has been compiled and edited by Pakistan’s former top ambassador; Maleeha Lodhi. If you take a closer look at the history of Pakistan and the current situation, you will see…
Editorial: The Climate Crisis
Climate change is one of the most pressing issues of our time, in light of the urgency of the matter, there is a need to consistently engage with the issue, learn about what perpetuates the impacts of the umbrella term…