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Bina on the BBC

I was called in to the BBC last Friday to talk about the "My daughter is a blessing, not a curse" campaign in reaction to several ...
Speaking to the BBC

Here's my short interview from last week's "Impact" about the status of girls in Pakistan today.
London Vignette No. 1

Last night I ate dinner in a small cafe on the corner: I was the only woman amongst a dozen Arab men, including the Iraqi owners, watching t...
Saudi Arabia, Sexism & Science

Today the story making the rounds on Twitter is a horrific one, where a Saudi woman who was gang-raped by seven men was jailed and sentenced...
To Be A Citizen In The Most Dangerous Country In The World

I was coming home yesterday from Stansted Airport after ten days in lovely Copenhagen - there is simply no other word to describe that quirk...
Agahi Awards

I'm delighted to announce that my story Hearing the Hopes of Pakistan's Deaf World won an Agahi Award in the category of Education...
Occupying Utopia

Hello from sunny cloudy London, where I am here to spend a bit of time before I head off to Copenhagen for the Occupy Utopia literary festi...
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Here Comes the Burka Avenger! (And she's going to kick your ass)

I've just watched the first episode of Burka Avenger , GEO TV's new cartoon for children about a woman called Jiya, mild-mannere...
The Prophet's Vulnerability

I'm re-reading Fatima Mernissi's "Beyond the Veil" in the 2011 edition and I came across this quote about the Prophet, pea...

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