By Safaa KhanOn January 20, 2018, thousands of women across the world rallied and marched against bigotry and hate. It marked the one year anniversary of the first women’s march, which was held all over the world. The amount of women, men, children and people of all ages were unbelievable. And while many came out in 2017 because…
By Safaa KhanMinutes after news of the explosion in Manchester last night went live, “Manchester” began trending almost immediately with messages of solidarity, people trying to locate their loved ones, prayers and, sadly, speculations about the attack and its relation to “Muslims.” Unfortunately, instead of focusing on the real issue at hand, debates on whether or not Islam equals terrorism have, once…
By Safaa KhanHow do we build a sustainable, scalable startup enterprise that restores the rights and dignity of 10 million refugees by 2020? This was the question posed at this year’s Hult Prize competition, an international social entrepreneurship competition that gives students from around the world a chance to start up their own business aimed at solving…
By Safaa KhanCNN (usually) runs on one TV in our house, and ARY News (a Pakistani news channel) runs on the other. Usually, the topics being discussed on the two channels is vastly different—for obvious reasons. However, both news channels had a similar topic of conversation on Wednesday: a strange phone call that transpired between President-Elect Donald Trump…
