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Bina Shah

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Karachi, Pakistan
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Covers:  islam, violence against women, women's issues, women's rights, women and islam, literature, education, the arts, pakistan, society, technology
Doesn't Cover: politics, engineering, sports
Pakistani author of Before She Sleeps and The Monsoon War. Lying in the gutter, looking up at the stars. My new Substack is in testing phase; link below.

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Bina Shah’s Biography

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Bina Shah is a writer of English fiction and a journalist living in Karachi, Pakistan. She is the author of four novels and two collections of short stories. She is a regular columnist for the Dawn and the Express Tribune, Pakistan’s major English-language newspapers, and has also contributed to international newspapers The Guardian, The Independent, and the International Herald Tribune and international journals Granta.com, Wasafiri and Critical Muslim.

Bina Shah’s Journalist Portfolio

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No, Islam Is Not Inherently Misogynistic. Here's Why.

No, Islam Is Not Inherently Misogynistic. Here's Why.

Junaid Jamshed, Pakistani pop singer turned Islamic preacher, landed himself in hot water when he recently ma…

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Can Soccer Bring Equality to Pakistan?

Can Soccer Bring Equality to Pakistan?

KARACHI, Pakistan - Every Pakistani boy, it seems, has dreamed of becoming a star in one of the country's nat…

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Pakistan, the Next Software Hub?

Pakistan, the Next Software Hub?

Pakistan isn't usually considered one of the world's information technology powerhouses; its share of global …

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How High Can Pakistan's Air Force Women Fly?

How High Can Pakistan's Air Force Women Fly?

KARACHI, Pakistan - Flight Lt. Ayesha Farooq, Pakistan's only combat-ready female air force pilot, has become…

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Pakistan's Loss: A Beacon of Free Thought

Pakistan's Loss: A Beacon of Free Thought

KARACHI, Pakistan - In Pakistan, Karachi is known as the City of Lights. Whenever I fly back here and see tho…

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All foreign policy should be feminist foreign policy

All foreign policy should be feminist foreign policy

On Mar. 10, Swedish foreign minister Margot Wallström announced the cancellation of a 37 million euro arms de…

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Articles

Pakistan’s Rise To A Middle Power

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Credits Bina Shah is a Pakistani writer and author. Based in Karachi, she has been a columnist for The New York Times and covers culture, society and foreign policy in South Asia. President Donald Trump’s fascination with Pakistan’s military leader Asim Munir has puzzled many: The President is on record both in press conferences and on social media, calling him “a good man” and his “favorite field marshal” (the equivalent of a U.S. five-star general).
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Pakistan’s Rise To A Middle Power | NOEMA

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11 hours ago QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Dozens of militants attacked a police post overnight in southwestern Pakistan, triggering an intense gunbattle that killed nine officers and wounded several others, officials said Tuesday in what was the latest escalation in a region where insurgents have stepped up attacks …
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‘Look me in the AI’

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FOR the last three years since ChatGPT was introduced, prominent writers, editors and litterateurs have been openly hostile to the idea of AI being able to write fiction, poetry or prose — indeed, any kind of literature.
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Interview

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How is social media changing news?

It's challenging all the old beliefs about how news is made, reported, and remembered.

Who's your favorite fictional journalist?

Bridget Jones, who fell into journalism and managed not to break her neck doing it.

What's your favorite social network?

I love Twitter. It's where I've made a lot of contacts with journalists and editors from around the region and elsewhere.

Awards

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Agahi Award

2013 - Education

Awarded award for excellence in journalism for feature story on my blog "Hearing the Hopes of Pakistan's Deaf World"

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Amalfi Coast Literary Festival

2010 - Premio Internazionale

Literary award at the Amafli Coast literary festial in Italy for my novel "Il Bambino Che Credeva Nella Liberta" (A Season for Martyrs)

Golden Quill Award

2014 - Best ongoing blog

From the Press Club of Pennsylvania for my column at Sampsonia Way, Pakistan Unveiled

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Agahi Award

2015 - Women's Empowerment

Won an award for my column "The War Against Women in South Asia" in the category of Gender: Political Empowerment

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