Rafia Zakaria

Biden’s America is not going to be one that once again throws open visas so that the world’s brightest can easily immigrate. Updated 27 Jan, 2021 08:31am

How many people would still be alive if Twitter and Facebook had denied Trump a platform to spread lies about Covid-19 a year ago? Published 20 Jan, 2021 07:57am

The helplessness the Americans feel is the helplessness that Pakistani citizens felt — wanting to do something but not knowing. Updated 13 Jan, 2021 08:05am

Zhang Zhan became one of a few people who made videos of what was happening inside Wuhan for all the world to see. Published 06 Jan, 2021 07:52am

It is a colonial myth that women’s empowerment struggles were initiated, theorised and maintained by white women in the West Updated 30 Dec, 2020 07:32am

A close look reveals an erasure of the dirty origins of the great fortunes of men like Mr Darcy and Mr Bingley. Published 23 Dec, 2020 07:43am

The People’s Vaccine Alliance has been lobbying emphatically for Covid-19 vaccines to be made available to every human being. Published 16 Dec, 2020 07:40am

Young people, advertisers know, will only be attracted to products that are seen as cool. Published 09 Dec, 2020 08:04am

All of those who were undergoing the licensing process for Dubai have been left without answers. Updated 02 Dec, 2020 08:34am

As a labour-exporting country, Pakistan needs to pay attention to emerging trends. Updated 25 Nov, 2020 09:21am

This truth has a direct impact on the ability of Pakistanis to truly understand the role of the land they walk and breathe and Published 18 Nov, 2020 07:46am

The positioning of immigrants within American political discourse has been tested in the past four years. Updated 11 Nov, 2020 09:22am

The sturdy survival of humans and their cousins like the Denisovans and the Neanderthals provides some solace in this moment. Published 04 Nov, 2020 07:27am

There are many male heroes and leaders, poets and writers, who stood up to the British; the stories of women are harder to find. Updated 28 Oct, 2020 08:13am

Programmes and workshops against gender-based violence are of no use in Pakistan. Updated 21 Oct, 2020 08:22am

The terrorist-catching fever of 2018 is now ancient history but the ‘type’ of journalist who indulges in this is worth a debate. Updated 14 Oct, 2020 08:26am

Today’s Modi government has given up all pretence of caring about the welfare of Indian Muslims. Updated 07 Oct, 2020 07:55am

They had spent three weeks in Pakistan when they received an alarming phone call from back home. Published 30 Sep, 2020 07:16am

The reasons for the failure of the clean stove could have been predicted had anyone consulted the women. Published 23 Sep, 2020 07:40am

The fight before them, the fight against a mentality, a culture in which men feel entitled to violate women, is going to be an Published 16 Sep, 2020 07:20am