Journalism
Some of my previous journalism work.
![The IISS: The Myth and Ethics of Think-Tank Independence](/_astro/IISS.PPQEo4jQ_Z1i4lyE.webp)
Questions raised by Bahrain's bank-rolling of a prominent international security think tank.
![Phone-Cracking Cellebrite Software Used to Prosecute Tortured Dissident](/_astro/abdali.Ba-SF9Ce_OfA1H.webp)
Like any good, vaguely sinister spy outfitter, Cellebrite deflects questions about whether it would sell its phone-breaching tools to a repressive regime.
![Why every Pakistani politician needs a shipping container](/_astro/container.DWPK4G-g_27nQiC.webp)
Forget the soapbox - the must-have accessory for the modern politician in Pakistan seems to be the shipping container.
![Some of Brazil's most fanatic soccer fans are in a Pakistani slum](/_astro/lyari-football.6Tw42F38_2pjBSm.webp)
Cricket is king in Pakistan, but one downtrodden neighborhood is mad for soccer — and the Brazilian national team.
![Anti-vaxxers in Pakistan](/_astro/polio.1sAc2Yov_5OQMM.webp)
Pakistani health officials are having a tough time convincing parents to vaccinate their children.
![Revolutionary Rhetoric in Pakistan](/_astro/qadri-rally.CK7iA6YY_Z1sRDGO.webp)
Why "revolution" is the current buzz word of Pakistani politics.
![Pakistan: 'VIP' Traffic Jams](/_astro/vip-traffic.CMsOphyI_1sXHKC.webp)
The rise of enormous security convoys for Pakistani 'VIPs' and its impact on the public psyche
![Pakistani artists rap about their country's YouTube ban](/_astro/kholo-bc.BqgMy9Q1_2u08v9.webp)
Pakistani musicians release a music video poking fun at the ban on YouTube.
![English jargon in Urdu reporting](/_astro/pakistan-flag.UCgqc50K_ZyYNx3.webp)
'Targeted killing', and 'suo moto'. Foreign phrases that have been appropriated by Pakistani journalese.