Thread by @Rabail26

Put together a list of super smart & interesting Pakistani women for #IWD2018 to show their work. List also includes women of Pak origin or dual nationals. If you have any suggestions of names not on my list @ me. #InternationalWomensDay #PressforProgress

1 @TubaSiddiqi #education rights advocate, also my sister. For years T has been working w/ communities & grassroots activists through @TCFPak & now w/ @AlifAilaan across Pak. She helped TCF raise funds & grow their volunteer network. #IWD2018 #Pakbrilliance #PressforProgress

2 @AymanBucha activist and lecturer, teaches Anthropology, Political & Feminist Theory at BNU. Bucha's write-up on #AsmaJahangir with whom Aimen worked at AGHS. dailytimes.com.pk/211460/asma-ja… #IWD2018 #Pakbrilliance

3 @AishaFSarwari co-founder of Women Advancement Hub, women's rights activist and columnist. Recent write-up by Aisha on the condition of women's lives in Pakistan: arabnews.com/node/1261046 More writing: tribune.com.pk/author/4530/ai… #IWD2018 #Pakbrilliance

4 @SarahEleazar journalist at National desk of @dawn_com and activist. This is a stellar in-depth story by Sarah on the Christian movement in #Pakistan. caravanmagazine.in/reportage/paki… #IWD2018 #Pakbrilliance

5 @farahziaa editor @TheNewsonSunday and an insightful writer. Here is an archive of Farah's writings for TNS: tns.thenews.com.pk/writers/farah-… #IWD2018 #PakBrilliance #PressforProgress

6 @Madi_Hatter journo, co-founder @TanqeedOrg, filmmaker, academic @ Columbia, researcher on US' drones warfare in Pakistan. Her paper on difficulties of travel through Waziristan & suspicion w/ which FATA victims are treated. read.dukeupress.edu/public-culture… #IWD2018 #Pakbrilliance

7 @RahmaMian media+culture+digital politics lecturer @ Habib Uni, yoga trainer, co-founder of @HacksHackersPk, @ICFJKnight fellow & my ex-boss. Read more about Rahma's work here: about.me/rahmamian & here: habib.edu.pk/AHSS/rahma-mia… #IWD2018 #Pakbrilliance

8 @umberkhairi senior journalist - radio producer, broadcaster with the @BBCWorld and one of the founding editors of @NewslineMag. Here is a link to her columns for TNS: tns.thenews.com.pk/writers/umber-… #IWD2018 #PakBrilliance

9 @AzmatZahra investigative journalist and soon to be author. She is in a league of her own. Her investigation on civilian deaths by US-led anti ISIS air strikes in #Iraq: nytimes.com/interactive/20… & this on USAID's ghost schools in #Afghanistan. #IWD2018 #Pakbrilliance

10 @sanakazmi witty & insightful tweeter of cricket and all things Pakistan, the original Pak hipster, #education campaigner, Manager of Special Programs at Zindagi Trust. Ex campaigner @AlifAilaan. & A computer Science & Eng @MIT grad.
#IWD2018 #Pakbrilliance #PressforProgress

11 @SanamMKhi journalist and author. Can't wait to read her book on Qandeel Baloch. Here is a link of some of Sanam's excellent work: aljazeera.com/profile/sanam-… #IWD2018 #Pakbrilliance

12 @AQmaliha policy, media and legislation adviser to @Greens MP & PhD student @ Sydney Uni. She also writes on gender: thefridaytimes.com/tft/this-headl… & theguardian.com/profile/maliha… #IWD2018 #PakBrilliance

13 @shmyla project manager Cyber Harassment Helpline @DigitalRightsPK & lawyer. Some of her work: tns.thenews.com.pk/writers/shmyla… #IWD2018 #Pakbrilliance #FeministInternet #PressforProgress

14 @nidkirm sociologist with a focus on gender and urban marginalisation in South Asia. More about Nida here: lums.edu.pk/lums_employee/… & her thoughtful essays: thewire.in/author/nida-ki… #IWD2018 #Pakbrilliance

15 @AtikaRehman managing editor @dawn_com - She produced this in-depth multimedia story on the APS school attack victims: dawn.com/news/1223313/1… #IWD2018 #PakBrilliance

16 @nosheenali development sociologist. List of Nosheen's published academic work here: cornell.academia.edu/nosheenali Her brilliant essay on the revolutionary Punjabi poet, Ustad Daman: tribune.com.pk/story/314225/t… #IWD2018
#Pakbrilliance

17 Zahra Malkani and Shahana Rajani - Karachi artist duo exploring new radical pedagogies and art practices. Check out their project on mapping Karachi at: exhaustedgeographies.com #IWD2018 #Pakbrilliance

18 @pagalpanchi Saadia Toor - academic, author focused on feminist politics & people’s progressive histories of Pakistan. Her book The State of Islam: Culture and Cold War Politics in Pakistan: amazon.com/dp/B00HW21Q9I/… #IWD2018 #Pakbrilliance

19 @SophiaSaifi @cnni producer. An intrepid multimedia & broadcast journalist w/ cultural fluency reporting on Pakistan for a global audience. Few work links: edition.cnn.com/2015/08/12/asi… edition.cnn.com/videos/world/2… edition.cnn.com/interactive/20… #IWD2018 #Pakbrilliance #PressforProgress

20 @mahvishahmad journalist, co-founder @TanqeedOrg, academic @ Cambridge Uni, leading researcher on Baloch resistance. Her stunning reportage on the Baloch insurgency from 2014: caravanmagazine.in/reportage/home… #longform #IWD2018 #Pakbrilliance

21 @nha3383 Nausheen Anwar, City & Regional Planning professor @ IBA. Focuses cities, infrastructures, #gender, #climatechange. More here: research.iba.edu.pk/research_detai… Her essay on Urban Asias: Essays on Futurity Past and Present here: amazon.com/dp/3868594566/… #IWD2018 #Pakbrilliance

22 @oil_is_opium Abira Ashfaq - lawyer, activist, teacher. Link to Abira's insightful essays on issues including #deathpenalty, #violenceagainstwomen, #childrights here: blogs.tribune.com.pk/author/496/abi… #IWD2018 #Pakbrilliance

23 @zburki deputy editor oped @thenews_intl, founder of South Asian Women in Media (SAWM), the first network of women media practitioners of South Asia. Her 2011 essay on anti minority violence in Pakistan is still relevant today. dailytimes.com.pk/111608/who-are… #IWD2018 #Pakbrilliance

The list includes way more names, and your name is on it. More coming soon. #IWD2018 #Pakbrilliance #PressforProgress

24 @reema_omer legal advisor #SouthAsia @ICJ_org. She analyses intricate/complex legal/constitutional matters concerning Pakistan & elsewhere so that we can understand them better. Her write-ups: dawn.com/authors/815/re… #IWD2018 #PakBrilliance #humanrights

25 @_sarafarid stellar photojournalist who also has years of broadcast production experience. It is so tough to pick only a few of her stories, so here is her stunning portfolio. instagram.com/sarafarid/?hl=… & profile widerimage.reuters.com/photographer/s… #IWD2018 #Pakbrilliance #pressforprogress

26 @kylapasha progressive poet, essayist, teacher, feminist, activist. Her book: amazon.com/Kyla-Pasha/e/B… Her poignant tribute to #AsmaJahangir dailytimes.com.pk/writer/kyla-pa… Kyla's interview: themissingslate.com/2014/11/15/poe… #IWD2018 #Pakbrilliance #pressforprogress

27 @gulbukhari columnist, WHRD, political commentator. Her columns: nation.com.pk/Columnist/gul-… Gul's pioneering research on tech mediated GBV in #Pakistan: genderit.org/resources/paki… #Takebackthetech #IWD2018 #Pakbrilliance #PressforProgress

28 @zainabimam
manages US-Pakistan Professional Partnership in Journalism & a global reporting fellowship for minority US journos @ICFJ. More about her work here:
icfj.org/about/profiles… Zainab is ex @etribune tribune.com.pk/author/42/zain… #IWD2018 #Pakbrilliance #PressforProgress

29 @guldaar environmentalist, writer, focused on reclamation of public space for women & how #climatechange impacts women. Also works on women’s sexual-reproductive health rights. Follow her in instagram @nuzhatssidiqi : instagram.com/nuzhatssiddiqi… #Pakbrilliance #IWD2018

30 @SafiehShah basic rights advocate, medical researcher, music critic. This advocacy study by her began a movement in MSF's national staff globally, motivating developing countries to set their research agenda academic.oup.com/inthealth/arti… #Pakbrilliance #IWD2018 #PressforProgress

31 @SoniaQadir_ activist, lawyer, academic w/ a focus on law & humanities. She was also the legal consultant for the Punjab @GovtOfPunjab helpline for women. Sonia's write-ups: tns.thenews.com.pk/writers/sonia-… #IWD2018 #Pakbrilliance #PressforProgress

32 @pind_wave feminist lawyer, researcher and organiser. Zoya's very sharp paper on Online Feminist Resistance in Pakistan. sur.conectas.org/en/online-femi… #feministinternet #IWD2018 #Pakbrilliance #PressforProgress

33 @sabizak deputy editor @TheNewsonSunday, writes on culture, society & gender, Sabahat's blog sabahat24.blogspot.com her TNS write-ups: tns.thenews.com.pk/writers/sabaha… her TFT work: thefridaytimes.com/tft/author/sab… #IWD2018 #PakBrilliance #PressforProgress

34 @hijakamran C4D Specialist and digital rights activist. Read her incisive article on the impact of ending #NetNeutrality on internet freedom & digital rights of Pakistanis. slate.com/articles/techn… #IWD2018 #PakBrilliance #PressforProgress

35 @sabrinatoppa freelance journalist currently reporting on Pakistan for a global readership. Her focus is on underlooked issues & long-term crises. Sabrina's impressive portfolio from Pak & other Asian countries sabrinatoppa.wixsite.com/articles #Pakbrilliance #PressforProgress #IWD2018

Back to expanding this thread. Will post rest of the names from my initial list here. All other suggestions will DEFINITELY be incorporated in the google doc I am working on. It would be a huge help though if friends can also share work info of their suggestions. Many thanks!

36 @aimaMK editor @ Vanguard Books @Books_N_Beans. Teaches Political Thought @ BNU. Ex Sr Sub-Ed @etribune also edited @techreviewpk & @epakistantoday
Some of her write-ups: thefridaytimes.com/tft/author/aim… - tribune.com.pk/author/4306/ai… #PressforProgress #Pakbrilliance

37 @Palvashits writer, English literature lecturer at IBA. Her work has recently been featured in @TheAlephReview . Palvashay's short story on fictional women writers of Pakistan on @MinorLits minorliteratures.com/2016/02/25/اَلْغَوْل-palvashay-sethi/
#Pakbrilliance #PressforProgress

38 @mahwashajaz_ writer, YouTuber, TV & film critic.
SUBSCRIBE to her YouTube channel w/ movies-drama reviews/ Vlogs youtube.com/user/TheMinerv…
Podcast @Patari: patari.pk/home/album/Mah…
Urdu essays on diverse range of topics: humsub.com.pk/author/mehwish… #Pakbrilliance #PressforProgress

39 @JMaham journalist @TheNewsonSunday teaches at LUMS.
TNS featuers: tns.thenews.com.pk/writers/maham-…
Her in-depth story on oppression of FATA's Pashtun community by Pakistani state: thenation.com/article/pakist…
More about her work here mahamjavaid.com #Pakbrilliance #PressforProgress

40 @MariaKhan16 artist based out of Lahore. Teacher at Punjab Uni.
Maria's instagram/portfolio: mariakhan396 instagram.com/mariakhan396/
Read about Maria's striking work here: images.dawn.com/news/1179302 #PakBrilliance #PressforProgress

41 @Natrani community board Representative, WHRD, writer @globalvoices - Annie also works to facilitate under attack journalists & their families in Asia get protection. She is based out of Myanmar.
Her posts & bio: globalvoices.org/author/annie/ #PressforProgress #PakBrilliance