Columnist
Rafia Zakaria
Rafia Zakaria is the author of “The Upstairs Wife: An Intimate History of Pakistan” and “Veil.” She writes regularly for The Guardian, the Boston Review, the New Republic, the New York Times Book Review and many other publications.
Twitter: @rafiazakaria
Latest published
Flight anxiety: A traumatized Pakistan
The air was already heavy with tragedy and portent.
On Friday, PK-8303 took off from Lahore, Pakistanis weary and worn after a month of fasting and lockdowns had only just begun thinking about Eid Al-Fitr, a small glimmer of hope in a long journey of tribulation.
The worth of war metaphors in pandemic are limited to the West
“We are at war with a virus – and not winning it. This war needs a war-time plan to fight it,” declared the United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guttierez at the recent G20 virtual summit held to discuss developed nations response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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