Class, race and romance in the Pakistani diaspora
In order to imagine more inclusive spaces, it may be time to walk out of the sheltered hotel lobby and into the sun.
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Salwa Tareen is a doctoral student in anthropology at Boston University studying religion, gender and the politics of care in Muslim South Asia. She seeks to explore the intersections of language, identity, and power, whether in the form of creative writing, academic research or advocacy. Her work has appeared in Kajal Magazine, Muslim Women Speak and The Aerogram. As a Pakistani-American woman born in Saudi Arabia and raised in Canada, in her spare time Salwa enjoys crafting clever quips to the question: "No, where are you really from?"
