I grew up between worlds — a Pakistani born and raised in Qatar, trained as an economist, and drawn, always, to questions that don't resolve cleanly.
This site is where I write through them.
I write from Doha — a city that is itself a study in tradition, modernity, ambition, and becoming. Living here, as someone who experiences multiple cultures, watching a region remake itself in real time, has sharpened my perspective. I notice the gaps between what is said and what is meant. Between what is visible and what is carefully kept from view.
Photography by: Alicja Kalinska Photography
BEHIND THE WRITING
ECONOMICS TAUGHT ME HOW TO SEE SYSTEMS.
I studied economics at LUMS, Lahore, and went on to complete my MSc Economic Development at the University of Glasgow.
Economic training gave me language for understanding systems and power. It also showed me the limitations of models and assumptions.
Economics
LUMS, Lahore - Pakistan
MSc Economic Development
University of Glasgow - Scotland
The cleanest models rarely account for the messiest truths.
Reality and textbooks are two different worlds.
Theory does not necessarily replicate itself.
What I'm really interested in is how things work when the textbook isn't watching.
WHAT I WRITE ABOUT
My writing sits at the intersection of economics, culture, society, and women, followed by power, social narratives and what gets omitted from official accounts.
HOW I WRITE
I write slowly. I am more interested in how a question evolves than in rushing towards an answer.
I resist the comfort of premature certainty. Intellectual laziness often disguises itself as confidence.
I publish once or twice a month when there is something worth saying. Not because I have to, but because I believe in it.
ELSEWHERE. I READ.
Books, Life & Society
Where books become another way of thinking about economics, politics, society, and the human condition.