Rafia Zakaria

When memory fails

The focus should be on long-term care for those who are losing their memory, being patient with them, and not allowing their... Published 22 Jun, 2022 07:50am

The expectation of privacy

The proliferation of vloggers, Instagrammers and TikTokers means that people can remove the division between the public and th... Published 15 Jun, 2022 08:10am

Celebrations for what?

Such an extreme celebration of nationalism surely cannot be a good idea at a time of far-right belligerence. Updated 08 Jun, 2022 09:06am

Your life, my entertainment

Vloggers suffer from burnout from constantly producing likeable and viewable content. Published 01 Jun, 2022 07:46am

The most dangerous time

Such is the normalisation of violence against women that no one is bothered even when they know someone is being abused. Updated 25 May, 2022 07:55am

Political planet

The fact that climate catastrophe does not accord with national borders is proving to be a problem. Published 18 May, 2022 07:58am

Starving and veiled

The Taliban’s latest edict on the burqa could be a last-ditch effort to create a controversy and get some international attention. Published 11 May, 2022 08:04am

Killer mosquitoes

The sort of solution that a biotech firm sought to decrease the mosquito population, and thus limit disease, is an eye-opener. Published 27 Apr, 2022 07:45am

Money back guarantee

There's an issue as to whether overseas Pakistanis should have inordinate level of influence on political system of the country. Updated 20 Apr, 2022 08:45am

Summer of discontent

The months ahead will see the resources of the world’s financial institutions being stretched to the limit. Updated 13 Apr, 2022 09:10am

The massacre in Bucha

Human suffering should be the ultimate instigator of action. Updated 06 Apr, 2022 08:33pm

Betrayed in Afghanistan

Afghan women cannot participate in the rebuilding of the country that is so urgently required. Updated 30 Mar, 2022 08:54am

Racism in Europe

If ever there were doubts about the shallowness of European ‘civilisation’, the current conflict should put them to rest. Updated 24 Mar, 2022 07:50am

Other people’s wars

The new Russia does not seem suited to an ascetic life, but much of what we know of it is the picture provided by urban elites. Published 16 Mar, 2022 07:24am

Europe’s ghosts

The eruption of war tests theories about the world order. Published 09 Mar, 2022 07:26am

Other Women’s Days

If Iranian women had been permitted to sort out their future themselves, they would have done just that. Updated 02 Mar, 2022 08:31am

Stagnation of political sphere

No one expects anything better any longer and if there were anything better, perhaps they would not know how to welcome it. Published 23 Feb, 2022 08:01am

‘With us or against us’ debate

In the next few years, the narrative of China as an undemocratic force is likely to gain currency. Updated 16 Feb, 2022 08:32am

The problem with Facebook

Thanks to Facebook’s reluctance to rein in misinformation, there are many who don’t want to share their data on the platform. Updated 09 Feb, 2022 08:42am

Food of the past

Scholars have noted that the rulers of 10th-century Baghdad really celebrated what they prepared in their kitchens. Updated 02 Feb, 2022 09:09am