Scarves in the sunday bazaarKarachi, Pakistan
The NYTimes has in recent weeks been writing some of the worst series of articles about my country-
However, today I rediscovered why I had fallen in love with the bold lines, clever opinions and familiar names of that newspaper.
Monsoon winds seem to have hit Cairo- the air is heavy and hot, and it seems ready to burst into sheets of hot rainfall at any second. This has affected my allergies, which have long been dormant. My nose has been leaking salty fluid everywhere, I sneeze every five seconds, and everyone who knows me knows how awfully I deal with being sick.
(In the words of Julia Nash "Aww, pathetic).
Instead of criticising, being outraged, or anything along those lines, I'm simply going to send you all to Sabrina Tavernise's article.
Enjoy it, it's beautifully written-
and for those of you who want something more:
In other Pakistan news, chairman of the party Tehrik-i-Insaaf has been banned from entering Karachi. Why? There aren't any laws that expressly forbid a Pakistani citizen from entering a city- but apparently Karachi is now beyond writ of government.
(Imran Khan, famous-Pakistani-cricketer-now-politician was attempting to board a flight from Lahore to Karachi when authorities told him he was unable to travel to Karachi. The chairman of one of Pakistan's least successful political parties was trying to raise funds for Shaukat Khanum Memorial Trust Cancer Hospital. Angry words have been documented, Imran Khan jaan has said that MQM, Karachi's largest political party, is a mafia, not a political party)
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