Mehmudah Rehman
When a mother of three jumps over fences to watch a league final, you know the PSL has made it.
Updated 25 Feb, 2016 08:44pm
So Mohammad Amir, it’s been a bizarre one and a half years since those fateful no-balls. You finally pleaded guilty,...
Published 21 Mar, 2012 03:56pm
The workers are given a full safety briefing every few days and are not allowed on site without a safety belt and...
Published 12 Mar, 2012 08:38am
A friend in Karachi recently asked me if she should consider a university in Dubai for her son’s higher education,...
Published 06 Dec, 2011 05:13pm
“I was afraid of the dark. It never happened before 9/11. It was a sense of security having that light on,” says...
Published 09 Sep, 2011 09:59am
—Photo Illustration by Faraz Aamer Khan/Dawn.com On my recent visit to the homeland, I noticed something about...
Published 02 Sep, 2011 10:34am
—Photo Illustration by Faraz Aamer Khan/Dawn.com ‘Where are you from?’ is generally the first question people here ...
Published 19 Aug, 2011 11:27pm
When the iPad was first released in April 2010, many wondered how a slate-like machine, which looked essentially ...
Published 05 Jul, 2011 12:52pm
When the news about Congressman Anthony Weiner sending lewd photos of himself to a teenager via Twitter broke out,...
Published 18 Jun, 2011 05:48am
Dear President Zardari, I hope this finds you well. I’d like to think you must be a worried man right now because of...
Published 06 Jun, 2011 08:09am
In recent times, the Middle East region has been in the news pretty regularly, but perhaps, no reason for making the...
Published 25 May, 2011 05:59am
They say that a picture is equal to a thousand words, and at Mohali, the image of Pakistani woman in the stands...
Published 01 Apr, 2011 08:57am
“Please, could you ask Sahib to give me the next month’s salary in advance?” Fatima, a housemaid from rural Punjab...
Published 03 Mar, 2011 11:50am
When the tribunal was deciding your fate in Doha, as a nation we were waiting with bated breath for the final...
Published 09 Feb, 2011 04:14pm
The two South-Indian girls who live in my apartment building always offer a smile whenever we meet in the lobby or...
Published 04 Feb, 2011 12:24pm
The crew distributed medical aid, food supplies and literature suitable for children in Guyana in 2009, while in ...
Published 28 Jan, 2011 05:35am
I walk inside the gate of Pakistan Association Dubai (PAD) to find a modest white building facing me. The structure...
Published 15 Dec, 2010 01:28pm
I had read about it and I had heard about it – that awful thing called the ‘Dubai stone’. Expats of perfectly normal...
Published 02 Dec, 2010 03:22pm
Dubai in 2008: The sweltering heat was getting to me and the sharp glare of the afternoon sun seemed to pierce right...
Published 20 Oct, 2010 11:37am
Patrick Sieyes, regional director of Vestergaard Frandsen, Dubai, at a camp for the flood-affected in Pakistan. -...
Published 29 Sep, 2010 10:07am
