The moment I came across this image – a Black man’s face in a children’s book for learning the basic Urdu alphabet to enunciate the letter ﺡ (H sound in English) – I knew I had to say something. It says H for Habshi. Technically, if the book were for learning ABC’s, this would be…
This Is Why the Desi Community Needs to Rethink Our Use of the Word “Habshi”
By Humeira Kazmi