Project Sensitizes Over 900 Participants on the Subject As a teacher, Arif Khan devoted his time and energy in nourishing the young minds with education and knowledge – both in and out of class. However, he often wondered the reasons behind the gaps in learning abilities of his students. “Being ...
By Rimsha Ali Shah Draped in a black shawl, Raj Bibi with her twelve-year-old daughter hurries across the hustling marketplace towards the community center. As she walks through the narrow streets of Lyari, she sees many of her neighbors – mothers and daughters – walking together in the same direction. ...
By Rimsha Ali Shah Holding the lead pencil in her hand, Sadia wondered, what could she possibly draw when all she could see was darkness? Up until the age of 12, Sadia had no problem in seeing the things around her. An unfortunate illness, however, left her visually impaired. Sensing ...
By Rimsha Ali Shah Shuffling through her notes and adding short pointers hurriedly before her turn to plead the case, Hareem was back where she embraced her interest in mooting. It was the same courtroom with the same competitive energy Hareem knew too well from last year when she participated ...
By Rimsha Ali Shah Traveling with their family for a picnic to a nearby picnic spot, young Aliya and Ali were horror-struck to see the once lush green forest torn down with machines and engulfed with clouds of dust. They learn all the trees had been chopped off to pave ...
By Rimsha Ali Shah Tanzeela Bashir, an alumna of the Global Undergraduate Exchange Program, vividly recalls the poor condition of sanitation and hygiene in the school where she studied till Class 9th. “The restrooms were always in a dismal condition, the water filtration plant hardly worked, and there was no ...
By Rimsha Ali Shah Aleenah Masud stood at the back of the hall with a bird’s eye view of the event before her. She could see the hall filling up, with a lot of new faces, and a lot of old ones. Since her participation in the Study of the ...
By Priya Parkash, YES 2014-2015, Pakistan, hosted by AFS in Camarillo, CA A few months ago, two religious commemorations — the Hindu celebration of Holi and the Christian Easter holiday — were declared public holidays in the province of Sindh. The ensuing debate and dialogue made me realize how we, ...
By Rimsha Ali Shah “Airports offer an almost mystical space for retrospection. In the eerie stillness of air travel, confined to my seat, was when I started realizing one of the better weeks of my life was over. I had been in Baltimore at a conference which aimed to inspire ...
By Rimsha Ali Shah Ethnic, religious, and cultural diversity is amongst the most treasured riches of Pakistan, a relationship that has sadly been marked with pessimism lately. This narrative, however, did not sit well with Ambar Naz Sajid, an Access teacher and an alumna of the Cultural Immersion Program (CIP), Kazakhstan. Hailing from Karachi, the ...
