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Leaving the Metropolis

October 31, 2014January 24, 2015 ~ Madiha Waris Qureshi ~ Leave a comment

This essay was originally published by the Papercuts Magazine in October, 2014 Seven years ago, I left the city of my birth for good. Ostensibly, my leaving was tied to the most common reason young Pakistani women emigrate: marriage. It’s taken some years of introspection to see that my decision to marry when I did was … Continue reading Leaving the Metropolis

In the Blood

July 10, 2007 ~ Madiha Waris Qureshi ~ Leave a comment

This essay was originally published by the Kolachi magazine/The News International in July, 2007 A recent cartoon in a local daily depicted a man's family drenched in unspeakable gloom because he had just been posted to the city of Karachi. Very funny, you'd say, if you didn't yourself happen to be a resident of "the … Continue reading In the Blood

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