Kamran Asdar Ali

WHY THE STUDENT PROTESTS MATTER

WHY THE STUDENT PROTESTS MATTER

Do these protests across US and Europe signal a change in Western grassroots sentiment about Palestine and can they make a difference? Updated 19 May, 2024 12:01pm
PALESTINE: BREAKING THE STALEMATE

PALESTINE: BREAKING THE STALEMATE

Why did Hamas attack Israel on October 7, a daring attack that precipitated the brutal ongoing Israeli onslaught on Gaza? Could Published 03 Dec, 2023 07:11am
TRIBUTE: JOAN OF LAHORE

TRIBUTE: JOAN OF LAHORE

The Englishwoman who became an inalienable part of Pakistan’s leftist gatherings and, indeed, of the country’s history Published 11 Aug, 2019 07:06am
ESSAY: TOWARDS A POLITICS OF ETHICS

ESSAY: TOWARDS A POLITICS OF ETHICS

The zealous pursuit of power by the major political parties of Pakistan has obscured their moral fulcrums. In the face Updated 22 Jul, 2018 10:21am
The language of displacement

The language of displacement

Rakhshanda Jalil’s translation of Intizar Husain’s Aagey Samandar Hai does complete justice to the original text Published 03 Apr, 2016 07:15am
COLUMN: Passion and precarity

COLUMN: Passion and precarity

IN the autumn of 1992, while conducting field research in Egypt, I attended a talk at the American University in... Published 29 Sep, 2014 04:42pm
COLUMN: On female friendships

COLUMN: On female friendships

THE passage of Muslim Personal Law in 1948, which gave women the right to inheritance under Shari’a, and that of... Published 03 Aug, 2014 07:35am
COLUMN: Women and public space

COLUMN: Women and public space

In delivering a public lecture on Karachi cinema in the 1960s in London a few weeks ago, I was asked a question by... Published 02 Jun, 2014 12:26am