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Somaiyah Hafeez
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Contributor, Freelance
New York, Islamabad
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Biography
Freelance journalist covering human rights, society and climate change. I have had my work published in The Diplomat, The Guardian, New Lines Magazine, The New Humanitarian, The Third Pole, DAWN, The Express Tribune, Dissent Today and The News on Sunday. My story covering food insecurity post-floods was awarded Humanitarian Reporting Award 2023 by Center for Excellence in Journalism and International Committee of the Red Cross. I am also the 2023-2024 Media Fellow from Pakistan for Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development, producing stories on the theme of "Militarism, Peace and Women's Human Rights" by reporting from Balochistan, Pakistan's largest but least developed province where I belong from, and from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. With my journalism, I aim to amplify the voices of the "deliberately silenced". Open to assignments via email.
Adult content, gambling, Gender topics, politics
Content
By Somaiyah Hafeez| Asia Democracy Chronicles@ What was the longest sit-in yet in Pakistan has ended, but confusion still reigns in the dusty border city of Chaman, just across Afghanistan’s Spin Boldak. As a result, thousands of daily-wage earners who had been without livelihood for the last nine months are still looking for some relief. More than a week after a deal was struck between representatives of the central government and those of the protesters, the border gates were still suddenly shutting without explanation.
By Somaiyah Hafeez, Sajjad Ahmad| Dawn Verified Baloch singer Pari Zafar during a performance | Courtesy Pari Zafar It’s a sight to behold — a Baloch woman, attired in the traditional pashk (an ankle-length embroidered dress, often with hand-woven threads) and wearing the black Baloch chador — with stripes of red, yellow, blue and white — as a turban, while strumming a guitar as she sings. These are visuals from the music video, Mehr Othak, sung by Pari Zafar and Mubarak Dad.
By Somaiyah Hafeez| moretoherstory.org@ Balochistan, Pakistan’s largest province, has been embroiled in an insurgency since the early 2000s that started because of the Baloch community’s long-standing socioeconomic grievances with the Pakistani state. The Pakistani military is accused of abducting thousands of political workers, students, journalists, and activists as a counter-insurgency policy in the province; anyone remotely suspected of being linked with militants is at risk of being whisked away.
Company Info
Freelance
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