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Collateral Lives: Violence as Governance in Balochistan
Essay, Pakistan Hazaran Rahim Dad 6/9/25 Essay, Pakistan Hazaran Rahim Dad 6/9/25

Collateral Lives: Violence as Governance in Balochistan

With brutal torture and disappearances, the Pakistani state continues colonial strategies of collective punishment in Balochistan.

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Voices of Baloch Nationalism: A Conversation with Mahrang Baloch
Interview, Pakistan Jamhoor Publication 4/30/24 Interview, Pakistan Jamhoor Publication 4/30/24

Voices of Baloch Nationalism: A Conversation with Mahrang Baloch

Jamhoor spoke with renowned activist Dr. Mahrang Baloch on the latest upsurge in the Baloch national struggle, as well as the Pakistani Left and the country’s growing feminist movement.

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Language for Liberation: The Class Struggle Behind Ekushey (21st) February
Pakistan, Bangladesh, Essay Nafis H 2/21/21 Pakistan, Bangladesh, Essay Nafis H 2/21/21

Language for Liberation: The Class Struggle Behind Ekushey (21st) February

February 21, 1952 remains one of the most significant dates in the history of Bangladesh, a landmark day in the context of the 1971 liberation war. To understand how the Bhasha Andolan (Language Movement) became a mass uprising, we must look at the class struggle that led up to the movement.

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Shaheen
Pakistan, Fiction, Literature Fatima Jafar 12/5/20 Pakistan, Fiction, Literature Fatima Jafar 12/5/20

Shaheen

Since the day Bhaiya disappeared, it was a silence the family had agreed to tiptoe around without prior discussion. Fatima Jafar writes a short story about enforced disappearances.

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Pakistan’s First Climate Prisoners: Baba Jan & Affectees of the Attabad Disaster
Pakistan, Issue 4, Essay Tabitha Spence 9/25/20 Pakistan, Issue 4, Essay Tabitha Spence 9/25/20

Pakistan’s First Climate Prisoners: Baba Jan & Affectees of the Attabad Disaster

Baba Jan and his comrades, Pakistan’s first climate prisoners, have led the charge for climate justice, ecological protection, and self-determination for over a decade.

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The Whole Family
Nepal, Photo Essay Bikkil Sthapit 9/3/20 Nepal, Photo Essay Bikkil Sthapit 9/3/20

The Whole Family

A photo-essay on Nepal's fragmented families, whose loved ones were forcefully disappeared by state security forces during the People’s War.

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Dispatches from the Valley: Kashmiris mark the 150th anniversary of Gandhi’s birthday with Satyagraha
Kashmir, India, Essay Nandini Sundar & Nitya Ramakrishnan 10/17/19 Kashmir, India, Essay Nandini Sundar & Nitya Ramakrishnan 10/17/19

Dispatches from the Valley: Kashmiris mark the 150th anniversary of Gandhi’s birthday with Satyagraha

Two months into the aggravated occupation of Kashmir, how are Kashmiris faring? Sociologist Nandini Sundar and lawyer Nitya Ramakrishnan report on their recent visit to the valley.

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Khoon Diy Baarav — Blood Leaves its Trail
Kashmir, Issue 2, India, Interview Jamhoor Publication 1/12/19 Kashmir, Issue 2, India, Interview Jamhoor Publication 1/12/19

Khoon Diy Baarav — Blood Leaves its Trail

Independent filmmaker Iffat Fatima takes Jamhoor through her experience of making her recent documentary on the narratives of families impacted by state violence and enforced disappearances in Kashmir.

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Yes, I am a Poem
Pakistan, Issue 2, Poetry, Literature Salman Haider 1/11/19 Pakistan, Issue 2, Poetry, Literature Salman Haider 1/11/19

Yes, I am a Poem

Acclaimed poet, playwright, satirist, and public intellectual Salman Haider presents his most incisive works on the casualties of war, nationalism, and other forms of state violence.

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Ye Deys / یہ دیس
Pakistan, Poetry, Literature Tayyaba Jiwani 3/18/18 Pakistan, Poetry, Literature Tayyaba Jiwani 3/18/18

Ye Deys / یہ دیس

A poem by Tayyaba Jiwani.

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