Maria Amir
‘No’ is more than a complete sentence, for women, it is a complex syntax that has been perfected by navigating a complicated web — body language, tone, eye contact, walk, clothes, and even a smile.
Published 12 Jun, 2025 11:08am
The Aurat March is not a sanitised, polite, controlled version of a narrative of women’s rights. It is organic and therefore, it will always be messy and diverse.
Published 08 Mar, 2023 04:48pm
Our existence and freedoms should not be dependent on whether the men in our lives, our society or our government ‘allow’ it.
Updated 18 Aug, 2021 11:35am
The idea that men simply cannot be expected to control their baser impulses in the presence of women has been normalised.
Published 16 Sep, 2020 07:57pm
Women's Day has been diluted to a point where it doesn't kickstart the change we want
Published 14 Mar, 2017 03:18pm
Trump is an answer to many things, the worst possible answer but an answer nonetheless.
Published 12 Nov, 2016 03:07pm
Pakistan needs to focus on a soft policy approach that counters its chest thumping about military might.
Updated 08 Nov, 2016 06:11pm
Arshad Khan’s story is one of reverse sexism, reverse objectification and reverse stereotyping.
Updated 19 Oct, 2016 02:39pm
We have a clearer impression of what our culture ‘isn’t’ rather than what it ‘is’.
Updated 05 Oct, 2016 02:05pm
Who has a bigger problem with women’s bodies these days? It’s a toss-up.
Published 16 Aug, 2016 12:02pm
Edhi was a consummate rebel, who quietly defied every one of us.
Published 11 Jul, 2016 01:09pm
Our cultural consciousness is still located along the bodies of our women — this is where we currently stand.
Updated 30 May, 2016 11:31am
Women who I have witnessed hiding their histories of abuse suddenly told me they wanted to put it on record.
Updated 08 Mar, 2016 05:53pm
The incident brings us squarely back to the issue of the logic behind weaponising schools and arming educators.
Updated 12 Jun, 2015 06:39pm
I am at loss on where to start, when giving up on it all just seems simpler… safer.
Updated 27 Apr, 2015 03:02pm
Violence against women particularly somehow becomes ‘political’, the question is never about ‘who’ but rather ‘why’.
Updated 09 Mar, 2015 05:06pm
I no longer care what our politicians, government and army can do about terrorism.
What can we do?
Updated 19 Dec, 2014 03:52pm
The HEC memo is a ‘request’ that we stay where we always have stayed - with our lack of critical thinking.
Published 11 Nov, 2014 03:17pm
Harassment is everywhere if one looks hard enough, so naturally, few ever do.
Updated 08 Nov, 2014 05:24pm
It really is about time we stopped disowning the few people who are determined to work for Pakistan.
Updated 20 Oct, 2014 04:27pm
