Momina Khan’s Journalist Portfolio

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Young women in the Hare Krishna

Young women in the Hare Krishna

Medium — Young women in the Hare Krishna. Documented stories and made portraits of young women who have decided to live a monastic life within the Hare Krishna movement in NYC.

Are Construction Companies Exploiting Vulnerable Post-Prison Employees?

Are Construction Companies Exploiting Vulnerable Post-Prison Employees?

Medium — Michael Negron, 36, just released from prison and looking for work, couldn't believe his good luck. He had been rejected countless times from jobs because of his criminal record and knew if he didn't find something soon, he could be sent back to prison, this time for violating the work requirement of his community supervision.

Higher Wages for Inmate Workers?

Higher Wages for Inmate Workers?

Medium — It was 1998 when Hector B. Custodio first worked for Corcraft, the internal manufacturing arm of the New York state prison system. He was paid 12 cents an hour. Custodio was locked up at the Great Meadow Correctional Facility in Comstock, in upstate New York. The Corcraft factory there produced soap.

In pursuit of altered states of consciousness

In pursuit of altered states of consciousness

The Herald (Pakistan) — By Momina Manzoor Khan and Manal Khan A 50-year-old villager, Wajid, took a tikli, a small tablet, in 2017. He did not know what it was. He was smoking hashish along with 20 other people inside an autak, a drawing room of sorts, at a village in Sindh's Dadu district.

The new old order: Elections 2018 in Sindh

The new old order: Elections 2018 in Sindh

The Herald (Pakistan) — Muhammad Ali Behleem, a 50-year-old resident of Larkana city, has been a Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) supporter since his childhood. He has voted for the party in every election in the last three decades but has decided not to vote for it in the 2018 polls.

How Mashal Khan became Herald's Person of the Year 2017

How Mashal Khan became Herald's Person of the Year 2017

The Herald (Pakistan) — He called himself a humanist. A 23-year-old journalism student from a village in Swabi who only wanted to make a difference. He often discussed religion, politics and society openly. His candid social media commentary over controversial topics sparked major discussions. In his free time, he wrote poetry in Pashto.

Few answers for the families of the disappeared

Few answers for the families of the disappeared

The Herald (Pakistan) — As the days passed by, Muhammad Ali* was getting fed up of living. Handcuffed and often fettered, he could hardly sleep in his small cell. Screams from nearby cells would often keep him awake. He was taken into custody by some unknown personnel of some unknown intelligence agency from a North Karachi neighbourhood in late spring this year.

Profile of a radicalised young man from Karachi

Profile of a radicalised young man from Karachi

The Herald (Pakistan) — Ayesha Nazeer saw her elder brother Hassan bin Nazeer change dramatically in the last year or so. Even though he has been advising her since 2016 to cover her face, he started forcing her to do so in 2017.

Most influential Pakistani after Jinnah

Most influential Pakistani after Jinnah

The Herald (Pakistan) — Abdul Sattar Edhi devoted his own life to saving other lives. It started when his mother fell fatally ill and his family received zero support from the state. He first took to the streets of Karachi in 1951, asking for donations to set up a modest network of clinics and ambulances.

Poster for tomorrow: The alternative fight against extremism

Poster for tomorrow: The alternative fight against extremism

The Herald (Pakistan) — Can a poster change the world? Poster For Tomorrow - a nonprofit organisation initiated by a community of artists based in Paris, France, in 2009 - believes that the combination of visual representations and powerful pieces of text can act as a force for change.

In-depth - Six Degrees of Trauma

In-depth - Six Degrees of Trauma

Dawn — What happened at Peshawar's Army Public School (APS) on December 16, 2014, was unprecedented in terms of the feelings of disbelief, horror and helplessness that it evoked not just in Pakistan but around the world. More than 130 children lost their lives when seven gunmen belonging to the Tehrik-i-Taliban attacked the school.