In the wake of election violence, one reporter explores the country’s acceptance of its bloody everyday—and how different it is from the United States’ reaction to bloodshed
Beenish Ahmed
Beenish Ahmed is a freelance journalist based in Pakistan. She's reporting on education there with support from the Pulitzer Center on Crises Reporting.
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Rebuilding Schools—and Happiness—in Pakistan
Education reformers come to the former Taliban-occupied Swat Valley.
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Detroit’s School for Young Mothers to be Closed
Catherine Ferguson Academy, a Detroit public school that has educated young and expectant mothers since 1988 and won numerous accolades and honors along the way, will not reopen this fall. With a seemingly insurmountable district-wide debt of $327 million, state-appointed financial managers proposed desperate measures to return the city’s public school system to sound financial […]
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Fighting School Closures in Detroit
Young mothers in Detroit fight to keep their unique school open.
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Intimidating Muslims One Sharia Ban at a Time
Sharia bans in 15 states are unconstitutional and unnecessary — and they misunderstand Sharia altogether.
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Revolutionary Women
The most remarkable thing about the Egyptian protests might not be the size and scope — but that women are able to take part in the first place.