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Breaking The Silence On Gender-Based Violence (GBV) — Personal Accounts From Pakhtunkhwa

July 3, 2015by SesapZai 1 Comment

In my field of research work, I often either meet with or hear stories about women — Pashtun women — who’ve been victims of violence and abuse, usually in the […]

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Dr. Christine Fair’s Excellent Analysis Of The Terror Attacks In Peshawar

December 23, 2014by SesapZai 1 Comment

Although it’s been a week since the brutal and unimaginable tragic attack on the Army Public School in Peshawar that took the lives of 145 innocent people of which over […]

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The Plight Of The IDPs Of Waziristan

July 5, 2014by SesapZai 3 Comments

With the holy month of Ramadan in progression, one can’t help but wonder how the North Waziristan internally displaced people (IDPs) are able to cope and keep up with this […]

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On Father’s Day: Why It’s Important For Little Girls To Have Great Fathers

June 16, 2014by SesapZai 3 Comments

A few days ago, I had some good friends over and the topic of relationships and mental/emotional stability came up. The friends, whose names I won’t mention for privacy purposes, […]

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Pakistan Tehreek-E-Insaaf (PTI) Winning Majority Seats In Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa: What This Means For Pashtuns

May 13, 2013by SesapZai 18 Comments

As the brunt of May 11’s momentous elections still lingers on and many Pashtuns everywhere, especially within Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, cheer and celebrate PTI’s rather staggering win in the region, there are […]

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Maria Toor Pakay: Defying Tradition To Play Sports

March 31, 2013by SesapZai 1 Comment

Originally published on The Express Tribune It was in 2009 when the world first learned about Maria Toor Pakay – the brave, talented 22-year-old Pashtun female squash player, who hails from the […]

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Another Heroine Shot Dead – RIP Parveen Rehman

March 13, 2013by SesapZai 7 Comments

Each morning I wake up, I dread reading the news. I dread it because I know I will come across something dreadfully distressing. The word ‘news’ itself, to me, has […]

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On The Issue Of Walwar (Bride Price) And Marriage Among Pashtuns

August 13, 2012by SesapZai 60 Comments

A few weeks ago, there was a very interesting discussion on Twitter about the tradition of walwar (bride price) in the Pashtun culture – especially in the tribal regions of […]

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On The Assassination Of Pashtun NGO Worker Farida Afridi: Will It Ever End?

July 11, 2012by SesapZai 6 Comments

The Pashto version of this article I wrote can be accessed here *** Just as we were mourning the tragic (and brutal, I must add) demise of Pashto singer Ghazala Javed, […]

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Literature Review: The Impacts Of Rural-Urban Migration in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa

November 28, 2011by SesapZai 5 Comments

Okay, my dearest readers! Here is a little (well, it’s not really little, but you know what I mean) excerpt from the epic research paper I am currently working on […]

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