Remembering A Woman I Didn’t Know, Fighting A War I Don’t Believe In
In memory of Sabeen Mahmud.
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Malala or: Learn to Stop Worrying and Love our Laureate
“Hers is a strength most of us lack.” Ghausia Rashid Salam asks why Nobel Laureate Malala Yousafzai seems to be disliked by so many groups in Pakistan.
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Karachi, You’re Killing Me!
“As far as debut novels go, this one is pretty fantastic… Plus, it has a cat.” Ghausia Rashid Salam reviews Saba Imtiaz’s first novel.
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Poet of the Month: Hira A
“In fact, I think the only convincing, memorable female protagonist in Pakistani prose has been created by a man… Mohammed Hanif” Hira A, The Missing Slate’s Poet of the Month, talks to Ghausia Rashid Salam.
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Bangkok: Family Vacations in the Sex Capital
Ghausia Rashid Salam explores the many faces of tourism in Bangkok, learning to navigate the seedy big city with a conservative family.
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Creating Spaces
In which the author argues for the importance of open and public forums for women, untainted by the opinions and interpretations of the less fairer sex.
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How Faerietales Stole Female Sexuality
Where the author, Articles Editor Ghausia Rashid Salam, negotiates sexual power plays in the arts.
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How Cinderella Defeated Feminism
Junior Articles Editor Ghausia Rashid Salam takes to task the writers of mediocre romance, and subsequent fanfiction, and questions how much of an influence Disney-fied fairietales have on them.
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The Rise of Pakistan’s First Comic Book Giants
From a Facebook page to bringing out Pakistan’s first true comic book, Ghausia Rashid Salam traces the progress of the Kachee Goliyan Comics’ boys.
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I Don’t Care For Your Fairytales
The Missing Slate’s Ghausia Rashid Salam tears through the Grimm fairytales, empowering the damsel in distress with television’s Once Upon a Time.
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