The Guardian: Locked-in syndrome: Shut out by a stroke
Huma Qureshi's father was paralysed by a stroke, unable to talk. Family life was changed for ever. She meets other people who have experienced a similar loss
The lost art of writing love letters
Last year on our first wedding anniversary, my husband gave me a love letter, folded into a tiny square tucked in turn into a tiny envelope like something out of the Borrowers, left for me to find. He may cringe at me telling you this, but it was rather lovely. It was rather perfect. I...
Airport frisking
On my way home from Copenhagen a few weeks ago, I got frisked at the airport. I set the security buzzer off. No big deal, it happens sometimes. Then this guy came along, pointed at a stool, told me to stand on it and proceded to frisk me, front and back. I totally get that...
Rape: Pakistan must look in the mirror
How many more children and women must be raped before Pakistan takes action and protects its women?
My New Year’s resolutions
So, I decided to make some New Year's resolutions. For the first time ever.
The Guardian: Miss Moti – a comic character with a difference
Here's the piece I did for the Guardian on the Miss Moti comic strip (as referred to in my previous blog post) - enjoy!
The Times: Coping with your loved one’s suffering
The shared shock of a relative’s brain injury led five women to form a unique support network, finds Huma Qureshi
The National: Exiled from Uganda
Forty years have passed since Idi Amin, the violent dictator of Uganda, expelled the Asian community from the country. Asians were, he said, “bloodsuckers” who “milked the economy” and refused to integrate. Many Asian families had been settled in Uganda for more than 100 years and had made a home and a life there. They...
The National: An online branch for family trees
Saima Mir has so many cousins she’s actually lost count. Sitting on the edge of a sofa in her south London home, she thinks about it for five minutes, attempting a mental tally before she gives up. “Let’s just say that if there’s a wedding, there’ll be at least 80 first cousins there,” she laughs....
The Guardian: Inspiring women – Zaha Hadid: ‘Being an Arab and a woman is a double-edged sword’
Zaha Hadid on growing up in Iraq, getting the architecture bug, and the legacy of her Olympics Aquatics Centre
The Guardian: How do Muslims celebrate Christmas? Turkey, Top of the Pops and Shloer