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Endless War

A hypervigilance courses cortisol through my body. I feel it palpably in my pelvis like chains and knots. My mind...

Published 18 Mar, 2022 06:52pm

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Training in grief and loss: when my divorce felt like dying

I’ve walked through many narrow corridors when my life has been reorganised around the principle of simplicity...

Updated 10 Mar, 2023 12:19pm

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Family Matters

I felt arrogantly certain that my arrival to Pakistan was permanent. Now I am sure that my displacement is ...

Published 21 Dec, 2021 11:02am

Opinion

Restoring humanity one uncomfortable truth at a time

At least 250,000 people protested in Glasgow on Nov. 6, calling out leaders attending the UN Climate Change...

Updated 19 Nov, 2021 02:10pm

Blog

It’s The End of The World As We Know It… And I Don’t Feel Fine

I. My father always had time for me; he never got frustrated or angry. I remember his everyday mood, ready for ...

Published 12 Oct, 2021 11:37am

Life & Style

Parenting Through the Pandemic: A Story in Three Parts

Prelude Three weeks before the pandemic closed everything I returned home with my newborn baby. Millions of ...

Updated 13 Sep, 2021 06:08pm

Life & Style

Northern Exposure: The Post in PTSD

The light of my phone is all that is awake with me as I continue to scroll the news about Zahir Jaffer and Noor...

Updated 10 Aug, 2021 04:12pm

Blog

Northern Exposure: Looking For A Fix

This is the first of a column by Aisha Chapra who will be contributing for Aaj's digital properties on topics as far...

Updated 13 Sep, 2021 06:33pm