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Journeys to Democracy

Blog by Pakistani journalist & documentary filmmaker Beena Sarwar

http://beenasarwar.wordpress.com

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  • A beloved jurist passes on

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    20 January, by beenasarwar
    Fakhruddin G. Ebrahim (12 February 1928-7 January 2020) gained respect early on in his career for refusing to take oath under the military dictatorship of Gen. Ziaul Haq. Through his life he wore many hats — founder member Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, Pakistan Supreme Court judge, (...)

  • Rising above divisive politics, golf tournament brings Indians and Pakistanis together in America

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    30 September 2019, by beenasarwar
    Wrote this curtain raiser a couple of weeks ago together with a colleague in India, published in Aman Ki Asha 20 September 2019. By Neel Kamal and Beena Sarwar The world’s largest India-Pakistan golf tournament will take place in Los Angeles early October, even as relations between nuclear-armed (...)

  • Cambridge event Standout for Peace in solidarity with #StandWithKashmir

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    29 September 2019, by beenasarwar
    Published in Cambridge Chronicle, September 24, 2019. Sunday, 22 September, Cambridge MA: “Resist to exist” proclaimed a placard on the steps of MIT. The placard featured the picture of a woman in a red pheran, the long woolen tunic traditionally worn by Kashmiris from the Himalayan region in (...)

  • Global Standout for Peace in solidarity with #StandWithKashmir

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    21 September 2019, by beenasarwar
    This weekend, starting with 21 September 2019, the UN International Day of Peace, marks a series of events taking place in cities around the world in solidarity with Kashmiris. In Boston, women in red Pherans, the traditional attire of Kashmiri men and women now symbolizing the Kashmiris’ spirit (...)

  • PERSONAL POLITICAL: Rest in peace, comrade Kutty. The struggle continues

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    30 August 2019, by beenasarwar
    I wrote this piece a few days back – the second of my occasional syndicated columns. Published in The Wire, Naya Daur, Mainstream, The Citizen among others. Early Sunday morning in Karachi, a little over a month after his 89th birthday on 18 July 2019, B. M. Kutty slipped into the ever after. (...)

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