Interviews

  • Ensuring Gender Equitable, Disability Inclusive Eye Health Services

    1.Tell us about yourself. My name is Baby Naznin, and I proudly hold the position of Project Officer at The Fred Hollows Foundation, an organization dedicated to transforming lives through accessible eye care. Before assuming my current role, I was fortunate to work as a temporary staff member at...
  • Ensuring a Future Where None Suffers the Burden of Avoidable Blindness 

    Ensuring a Future Where None Suffers the Burden of Avoidable Blindness 

    Tell us about yourself.  My name is Roksana Kamal and I currently serve as a Project Officer at the Fred Hollows Foundation. Prior to joining the Fred Hollows Foundation, I served in the capacity of a Program Support Officer for Gender-Based Violence and Mental Health Support at Médecins du...
  • And That’s A W.R.A.P!

    And That’s A W.R.A.P! 

    I am usually not one to ink reams of paper in the first person and that too while sharing an anecdote. But this is another story.    I was first, personally introduced to Saba Karim Khan (SKK for interview purposes) through a mutual friend of ours. This was back...
  • In the spotlight: Djamila Morani

    In the spotlight: Djamila Morani

    I recently read Djamila Morani’s novel, The Djinn’s Apple, published by Neem Tree Press, which reminded me of my childhood. We have all heard about Harun al-Rashid, the Abbasid Caliph who ruled from 786 to 809 and is associated with the famous stories of the 1001 Nights. For many...
  • Empowering New Parents Through Technology

    Empowering New Parents Through Technology

    Tell us about yourself and your professional journey. My name is Apolline, and I am 24 years old. I am the founder and CEO of Cappella. I grew up in Germany in a French family and studied engineering, which developed my deep passion for technology and innovation. After a...
  • Ode to Mother, Land, Home, Remembrance

    Click here for more info about Mother Muse Quintet, published by Speaking Tiger.   Sabin Hello and welcome everyone. I am absolutely thrilled to welcome Naveen Kishore at the fourth edition of the Women in Literature Festival. Welcome, Naveen. Naveen. Thank you, Sabin, for having me here. Sabin. A little...
  • Granaz Baloch on Climate Justice, Challenging Patriarchy

    Granaz Baloch on Climate Justice, Challenging Patriarchy

    Granaz Baloch, the founder of Turbat Hub-Global Shapers, is an educationist, water researcher, and climate change activist whose work is focused on education, clean water, sanitation, gender equality, and community development. She is one of the climate change activists featured in the book Climate Change Heroes by SOC Films...
  • Unraveling Life’s Mysteries

    Unraveling Life’s Mysteries

    The L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Middle East Regional Young Talents Program, in partnership with Khalifa University of Science and Technology, earlier celebrated a decade of empowering female scientists from the GCC in the fields of Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, Mathematics and Computer Science, who have blazed trails and...
  • Author Safinah Danish Elahi’s novel shortlisted for prestigious Asian Fiction Prize 2023.

    BOOK REVIEW, Interview: Reveries on Grief

    About the Author Safinah Danish Elahi is a lawyer by training. She is the author of the poetry collection The Unbridled Romance of Love and Pain (2019) and two novels, most recently The Idle Stance of the Tippler Pigeon (2023) and Eye on the Prize(2020) which has since been...
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