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Fantasy and speculative fiction offer more than escape—they reflect real-world struggles and challenge existing power structures. This time around, Ananke’s Festival of Literature 2025 unveils a series of engaging sessions where authors, critics and creatives discuss how imagined worlds become vehicles for truth, justice, and rebellion. The three-day, digital...
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The kitchen has long been a contested space in a woman’s life. A place of both nourishment and negotiation, creation, and confinement. It is where traditions are preserved, family bonds are reinforced, and yet, it is also where a woman’s autonomy is often reduced to routine. The relationship between...
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Ananke’s flagship training and mentoring program, Empower, has recently partnered with one of Pakistan’s leading education and development organizations, The Citizens Foundation (TCF) for its youth empowerment initiative. Selected fellows of the program will also take part in the upcoming Ananke Festival of Literature 2025, happening on April 29th...
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Reality what does it mean? It is something we create. It is our perception of the world… as we see it, as we speak it… as we feel it. OR, is it something that exists, it is there, a substance, a manifestation borne out of accidents, actions, narratives, optics,...
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New data from the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) and UN Women reveals limited progress in achieving gender equality in political leadership at the start of 2025, the year which marks the 30th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, the landmark UN framework which set out the roadmap...
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The world has witnessed massive upheavals over the past three decades. The exponential increase in globalization has, by extension, triggered a ripple effect on politics, economy, health, innovation, and most importantly, food security and climate change. Then major economic recessions and COVID-19 happened, which planted severe dents across economies....
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Haaniya Qureshi is a marketing and events strategist with over 11 years of experience driving brand visibility, audience engagement, and business growth. Holding an MSc in International Business and Management, she combines strategic vision with technical expertise to deliver high-impact campaigns and exceptional events. In her current role as...
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Women’s and girls’ rights are facing unprecedented growing threats worldwide, from higher levels of discrimination to weaker legal protections, and less funding for programs and institutions that support and protect women. UN Women’s latest report, “Women’s Rights in Review 30 Years After Beijing”, published ahead of the UN 50th International Women’s...
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Tell us about yourself, where you are from, and a bit about your childhood that led you to choose your career and educational path. I’m Fatima Alshamsi, an Emirati scientist pursuing a PhD in biomedical sciences. Growing up, I had an insatiable curiosity about how things work, especially when...
Fantasy and speculative fiction offer more than escape—they reflect real-world struggles and challenge existing power structures. This time around, Ananke’s Festival of Literature 2025 unveils a series of engaging sessions where authors, critics and creatives discuss how imagined worlds become vehicles for truth, justice, and rebellion. The three-day, digital...
The kitchen has long been a contested space in a woman’s life. A place of both nourishment and negotiation, creation, and confinement. It is where traditions are preserved, family bonds are reinforced, and yet, it is also where a woman’s autonomy is often reduced to routine. The relationship between...
Ananke’s flagship training and mentoring program, Empower, has recently partnered with one of Pakistan’s leading education and development organizations, The Citizens Foundation (TCF) for its youth empowerment initiative. Selected fellows of the program will also take part in the upcoming Ananke Festival of Literature 2025, happening on April 29th...
Reality what does it mean? It is something we create. It is our perception of the world… as we see it, as we speak it… as we feel it. OR, is it something that exists, it is there, a substance, a manifestation borne out of accidents, actions, narratives, optics,...
New data from the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) and UN Women reveals limited progress in achieving gender equality in political leadership at the start of 2025, the year which marks the 30th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, the landmark UN framework which set out the roadmap...
The world has witnessed massive upheavals over the past three decades. The exponential increase in globalization has, by extension, triggered a ripple effect on politics, economy, health, innovation, and most importantly, food security and climate change. Then major economic recessions and COVID-19 happened, which planted severe dents across economies....
Haaniya Qureshi is a marketing and events strategist with over 11 years of experience driving brand visibility, audience engagement, and business growth. Holding an MSc in International Business and Management, she combines strategic vision with technical expertise to deliver high-impact campaigns and exceptional events. In her current role as...
Women’s and girls’ rights are facing unprecedented growing threats worldwide, from higher levels of discrimination to weaker legal protections, and less funding for programs and institutions that support and protect women. UN Women’s latest report, “Women’s Rights in Review 30 Years After Beijing”, published ahead of the UN 50th International Women’s...
Tell us about yourself, where you are from, and a bit about your childhood that led you to choose your career and educational path. I’m Fatima Alshamsi, an Emirati scientist pursuing a PhD in biomedical sciences. Growing up, I had an insatiable curiosity about how things work, especially when...
