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Durriya Kazi

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ARTSPEAK: DEGREES OF DETACHMENT

ARTSPEAK: DEGREES OF DETACHMENT

Emotional, intellectual and moral distance — once seen as a form of self-preservation — now threaten to erase our capacity for

12.10.2025 5

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Durriya Kazi

ARTSPEAK: LISTENING TO NATURE

As 2025 continues to be defined by flash floods, wildfires and other natural disasters across the globe, it is imperative for

28.09.2025 10

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Durriya Kazi

ARTSPEAK: THE COLONIAL PLAYBOOK

Old Imperial strategies have morphed into today’s systems of control, often still dictated by the global North

14.09.2025 10

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ARTSPEAK: DEFI NED BY MUSIC

From ancient flutes and tribal drums to ragas and symphonies, music has shaped human identity, culture, power and spiritualit

31.08.2025 9

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ARTSPEAK: SILENT STORIES OF A CITY

From Venetian Gothic to Art Deco, Karachi once wore its architecture like a crown. Today, that crown is being traded for boxy

17.08.2025 10

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ARTSPEAK: THE COURT OF THE PEOPLE

From Martin Luther to Maula Jatt, people have persistently resisted elite control over information and culture — even more so in

05.08.2025 4

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Durriya Kazi

ARTSPEAK: THE COURT OF THE PEOPLE

From Martin Luther to Maula Jatt, people have persistently resisted elite control over information and culture — even more so in

03.08.2025 10

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Durriya Kazi

ARTSPEAK: OATHS, VOWS AND PROMISES

Age-old forms of commitment are indicators of how society views personal ethics, public trust and spiritual consequences

20.07.2025 20

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ARTSPEAK: THE BLIND ALLEY OF DEVELOPMENT

In a rush to ape the trajectories of Western nations and monolithic definitions of ‘development’, so-called ‘underdeveloped’ count

06.07.2025 10

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ARTSPEAK: DOCTOR IN THE HOUSE

Although it seems like we live in increasingly divided times, the field of medicine shows us that a path towards unity, comp

22.06.2025 10

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Durriya Kazi

ARTSPEAK: TURNING ANGER INTO ART

From protest anthems and songs to paintings and inventions, the anger of individuals has often shaped art, justice and technology

06.06.2025 20

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ARTSPEAK: RESETTING THE MORAL COMPASS

The theatre of war in Gaza has exposed the moral bankruptcy of systems that once claimed to uphold human dignity.

25.05.2025 10

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ARTSPEAK: STANDING UP TO THE HAWKS

In contrast to the Indian media’s war cries, Pakistanis are using social media to satirise conflict, ridicule aggression and

11.05.2025 4

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ARTSPEAK: STANDDING UP TO THE HAWKS

In contrast to the Indian media’s war cries, Pakistanis are using social media to satirise conflict, ridicule aggression and

11.05.2025 40

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ARTSPEAK: THE PASSION OF TEACHERS

From Ancient Greece to contemporary rural India, teachers across generations have awakened minds and sustained cur

27.04.2025 20

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ARTSPEAK: THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOTHES

From global movements for Palestinian rights to African leaders rejecting neo-colonial economic models, once-suppressed truths are

13.04.2025 10

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ARTSPEAK: THE LITERATURE OF WAR

From Homer to Mahmoud Darwish, war has shaped literature, and literature has shaped our understanding of war. The narratives

30.03.2025 10

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ARTSPEAK: IN MIGRATION'S WAKE

Migration from the country has been a steady theme across Pakistan for the past few decades. But what is the social,

16.03.2025 20

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ARTSPEAK: THE OLD AND THE YOUNG

Childhood and old age not only mirror each other as stages of life at opposite ends of the spectrum, they also remind us of the

02.03.2025 10

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Durriya Kazi

ARTSPEAK: REVOLUTION OF THOUGHT

Some revolutions may begin with visionaries, but their success depends on their being adopted as everyday acts of courage and

16.02.2025 10

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ARTSPEAK: INK OF THE SCHOLAR

A famous hadith says that the ink of the scholar is superior to the blood of the martyr. Why then did Muslim societies lose their

02.02.2025 20

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ARTSPEAK: CHANGING THE NARRATIVE

From personal nicknames to national identities, narratives shape how we see ourselves and how the world sees us. But can some

19.01.2025 10

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ARTSPEAK: COMFORTABLE CITIES

Walking through Karachi’s old city, one’s eyes inevitably lift above the cacophony of the street to the quiet sadness of beautiful stone balconies,...

05.01.2025 10

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ARTSPEAK: HOW MUCH IS ENOUGH?

Most discussions about what is considered ‘enough’ centre around money and power. To be the most powerful, the wealthiest or the most famous, once...

22.12.2024 5

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ARTSPEAK: EXHAUSTED NATIONS

As the year draws to a close, many experience an end-of-year fatigue, as people assess the year’s losses and gains. This year is dominated by the...

08.12.2024 30

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ARTSPEAK: TRAPPED IN THE 19TH CENTURY

In 1851, the English poet Mathew Arnold, only 32 at the time, described his era as, “Wandering between two worlds, one dead/ The other powerless to...

24.11.2024 4

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ARTSPEAK: IN DEFENCE OF THE TANGIBLE

We are poised hesitantly before a future in which artificial intelligence (AI) and digital technology will be an integral part of our lives — from...

10.11.2024 4

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ARTSPEAK: FABRICATING STORIES

People can fabricate stories, spin lies, weave a web of deceit and lack moral fibre. Lives can be interwoven, or hang by a thread. Folks can be...

27.10.2024 4

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ARTSPEAK: SEEKING COMPASSION AND UNITY

The estimated global value of annual zakat, calculated as 2.5 percent of a Muslim’s surplus wealth, would amount to at least 15 times more than...

13.10.2024 8

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ARTSPEAK: Step Back to Move Forward

America was the first colonised country to gain independence in 1776, followed by Haiti and Brazil. Most Americans and Brazilians were Europeans...

29.09.2024 2

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ARTSPEAK: JUSTICE OR JUDGEMENT

The American trial attorney Anne Bremner says that we are living in an age of judgement rather than justice. Her book, Justice in the Age of...

15.09.2024 3

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ARTSPEAK: LEADING DOUBLE LIVES

Most people divide their time into public and private lives, with one often fiercely guarded from the other. The public self is how people act in...

01.09.2024 3

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ARTSPEAK: DEEP HATE

American author Peter Zeihan suggests in his book, The Scramble for Power in an Ungoverned World, that the world isn’t falling apart — it’s being...

18.08.2024 40

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ARTSPEAK: FEAR OF HAPPINESS

The Greek term cherophobia [fear of rejoicing] describes the fear of participating in activities that would be fun or make one happy. It does not...

04.08.2024 20

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