A Room of Our Own

"The aim of education is not to fill a vessel but to light a flame.” - Plutarch I used to equate intelligence with having degrees, having answers and top grades. Now I think it’s more about asking better questions. Now I think it's about thinking slowly, deeply, with humility and self-awareness, and to be able to sit in discomfort with ideas we disagree with. It's more about taking th...

This is entry one of my video diary series. This will be a raw, mostly unedited and imperfect series of videos. It is an exercise project with the purpose of removing barriers of perfectionism, fear of failure, procrastination and writer's block that I've put up for myself in my projects. Expect opinions and thoughts on socio-political and cultural topics, commentaries on art and media, an...

In this episode, Aman shares her journey into becoming a software developer. She'll share how she decided on this career in high school, her experience at university, and some advice on how to enter this field for those interested. Growing up and studying in Hong Kong's education system as South Asians came with its challenges and struggles, as until 2013 the education system in the city was racia...

Are financial skills - saving, budgeting, investing - something parents are supposed to teach us? Or something we all have to learn on our own as we stumble into the world of adulthood? In this episode, I have one of my best friends Emi joining me. She spends too much money on McDonald's but still somehow had her financial boat floating because she invests in company stocks (but she also doesn't k...

DeenxDunya (@deenxdunya_ on Instagram) have been impressive since day one of their project's launch, coming out with the best content promoting an introspective approach to our faith and encouraging commitment to our worldly endeavours - exactly the kind of faith-based project I wanted to see in our online media landscape. DeenxDunya are "𝐀𝐧 𝐀𝐥𝐥-𝐅𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐄𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡...

Domestic violence is rife in the Pakistani community. I've witnessed it and heard about it. I have family members and friends who have been affected by it. I refuse to let it fester in our community any longer. It is time to have an open conversation about it. Join me as I tackle this topic from a Pakistani-Muslim point of view, by focusing on misogynistic marriage practices, and the infamous sura...

*Apologies for this episode's audio quality on my side due to technical errors. This episode is on Anti-Black Racism and Colourism in the Pakistani community and how we can speak up about it. We discuss how colourism in the Pakistani community largely drives racism against black people from Pakistanis. I'm joined by my favourite and at this point regular guest Komal Ashfaq and our first-time guest...

Here is the second part of episode 3 in which we focus more on the education system of Hong Kong that holds ethnic minority students back and upholds academic segregation.  I hope you take something of value from this episode. And if there are your own experiences and thoughts with/on racism that you would like to share, please feel free to share them in the comments or send a message through...

This episode I'm joined by my wonderful friends Komal and Zulakha, to share our experiences of racism we face in Hong Kong on almost a daily basis, whether outwardly or indirectly.   This is one of the most important episodes of the podcast for me so far. I have had many formative experiences dealing with racism almost all my life in Hong Kong, some positive, many negative.  It is a personal and v...

In the 2nd episode of the podcast, I'm joined by two of my best friends Sandy and Puja and we talk about how wearing make-up affects how we see ourselves, the beauty industry's toxicity and how we can build our self-esteem outside of our physical appearance.  I hope you enjoy our conversation! Follow us on social media: IG - @wabipodcast Twitter - @wabipodcast

In this first episode of the Woman, Asian & Bloody Immigrant, I have invited my good friend Komal to talk about YouTube and the current YouTuber drama chaos it finds itself in every other week.  We talk about YouTube's golden days when OG YouTubers created the best content there was, how YouTubers like James Charles and Logan Paul, and the advertising business has corrupted the simple ide...