Beenish Ahmed
Pacific Islanders Threatened By Climate Change Face a Legal Black Hole
For Ursula Rakova, climate change isn't a theory—it's a tangible threat that has been encroaching upon her ancestral home on the Carterets Islands for decades now.
Pakistani Acid Burn Victims Are Starting Over in Beauty Salons
Women are attacked by their husbands with acid all the time in modern Pakistan. Now one beauty salon magnate is using her stores to provide a support network for survivors.
Twisted Conflict Spectatorship in Israel and Palestine
On a hilltop outside Sderot, Israel—a city that sits just a mile away from northern Gaza—locals cheer as missiles flash before them in a grisly ritual neither side can resist.
Pakistan's Transgender Community Is Hiding Out in a Hostile City
Peshawar has long been home to cultural traditions that insist on strict gender segregation.
Pakistan's Transgender Community Is Hiding Out in a Hostile City
As Peshawar has come under increasing sway of an extremist view of Islam, its community of transgender hijras has been increasingly marginalized.