AlishbakKiKahani

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AlishbakKiKahani 〰️

10 day post election reflections on South Asian Representation in politics & in Texas🤠 🇵🇰🇮🇳🇧🇩🇱🇰🇳🇵 All of this is based on journalism I’ve done over South Asian candidates, working with South Asian civic engagement nonprofits, re
“Do you like Pakistan or America more?” Now trust me, I know there’s an ungodly amount of immigrant diaspora kid poetry about the whole feeling stuck in between two cultures & nostalgia for the “homeland.” But I don&
As a Pakistani American who grew up in the Texas public education system, I didn’t learn much about the horrors of Partition. I was dragged to Pakistani melas, got flags painted on my cheeks and said “Happy” Independence. I mea
I remember opening the book “HUMANS” in my sophomore year of college. I remember opening the box packaging on the bed of my tiny room in my college apartment finally starting my journalism degree in person after COVID. I remember @humanso

Alishba Ki Kahani [“Alishba’s Story” in Urdu]

I’m a second-generation Pakistani-American Sunni Muslim which informs a lot of my work. I was raised by a mom who dragged me to Imran Khan PTI protests and Pakistani cultural mehlas with the Pakistani news (GEO, ARY, DUNYA you name it) being the everyday soundtrack of my home in the suburbs of Dallas for 18 years.

Maybe that’s why I’m so fixated on the intersection of South Asian identity, culture, media & social justice. Exploring beyond the aesthetics of South Asianness, beyond the grand weddings and Bollywood songs but the politics, history and social justice that informs our cultures too. Expanding what it means to be South Asian American. Connecting and reclaiming parts of culture while living in diaspora. Analyzing representation of culture in TV and film. Learning the parts of history not told to us in U.S. education and news headlines. This Instagram account is how I explore that.

Video edit showcasing a collaboration between a South Asian pottery business and a South Asian American civic engagement non profit to encourage the South Asian community to vote

Video edit showcasing a collaboration between a South Asian pottery business and a South Asian American civic engagement non profit to encourage the South Asian community to vote

Islamic Scholar Dr. Yasir Qadhi tells the story of how he met Dr Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani Muslim women wrongly imprisoned, at an event at the Valley Ranch Islamic Center.

Islamic Scholar Dr. Yasir Qadhi tells the story of how he met Dr Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani Muslim women wrongly imprisoned, at an event at the Valley Ranch Islamic Center.

Video event recap of UT Austin's Center for Asian American Studies' Lunar New Year campus celebration

Video event recap of UT Austin's Center for Asian American Studies' Lunar New Year campus celebration

A video showing the process of freshman orientation as a new Texas representative at the Texas Capitol- Rep Salman Bhojani (HD 92)

A video showing the process of freshman orientation as a new Texas representative at the Texas Capitol- Rep Salman Bhojani (HD 92)

Tik Tok video for Texas House of Representative Salman Bhojani explaining the presence of the Quran in the Texas Capitol's Chapel room

Tik Tok video for Texas House of Representative Salman Bhojani explaining the presence of the Quran in the Texas Capitol's Chapel room

Graduating Student profile posts for UT Austin's Center for Asian American Studies social media

Graduating Student profile posts for UT Austin's Center for Asian American Studies social media

Video edit of a snippet of a podcast for WiseUp Texas showcasing a South Asian elected official for Harris County Judge

Video edit of a snippet of a podcast for WiseUp Texas showcasing a South Asian elected official for Harris County Judge