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Yumna Zahid AliThe Express Tribune |
I have never had to wake up at 4am in the freezing cold, carry a heavy pack up a mountain, and stand guard for hours while everyone I love is far...
Apparently, I am difficult. I have heard this pet name more times than I can count. Difficult. Opinionated. Strong-minded. Too direct. Too much. And...
I have started to suspect that I am the only unhappy person on the internet. Not clinically unhappy. Relax. I am talking about the ordinary, everyday...
At this point, I am seriously considering selling my kidneys. Before anyone gets concerned, let me explain. I am not actually planning to sell them. I...
I have been accused of becoming antisocial so many times that I am starting to wonder whether I should hold a press conference and clear the matter...
There is a version of becoming a doctor that Pakistan loves to celebrate. A student studies relentlessly, enters medical college, survives five years...
There is awkward, and then there is standing in a room full of strangers watching a corpse get peeled. In the 1800s, wealthy Europeans somehow decided...
People still tell girls, "Don't worry. Your husband will take care of you." Really? Wonderful advice. While you're at it, why not...
Pakistan's schooling model is producing confident fools. Yes! You heard that right. Every year, millions of Pakistani children walk into...
Karachi is a city of twenty million people and zero accountability. Twenty broken-but-not-gone million. More than the entire population of the...
A friend called me the other day. She sounded a little strange. She told me she had searched my name online and found it sitting on some inappropriate...
Every company in this country has a room for everything except the one thing that would actually keep women in the workforce. Pakistan loves women, on...
Oh, "When are you getting married?" There it is. The question that refuses to die, much like my patience every time you ask it. Honestly,...
Peace is not just a yoga class word that people throw around in speeches. Real peace is something that actually has to be worked for, quietly, behind...
Do you want to see the assembly line for trauma? Then look at the classrooms in Pakistan, where the education system does not correct children; it...
Have you ever wondered what makes math so frightening for students in Pakistan that it leads to panic attacks? Have you ever compared the scared,...
Pakistan's education problems are not just about money. A big problem is a bad mindset. Educational institutions ignore a simple,...
The war did not begin on October 7, 2023, no matter how loudly that date is repeated to erase the long history of occupation and conflict that came...
People love to panic. Every time something new is invented, someone screams, "Oh my God...This will destroy everything!" And now, that loud scream has...