Recent Public Talks (past decade)
*Interviewed by major media organizations regarding myriad issues concerning Pakistan, ongoing; Recent print media include: L.A. Times, Chicago Tribune, Huffington Post, The News on Sunday (Pakistan, December 2017), New York Times, Sindh Express, Washington Post, World Press Review
Recent radio interviews include: NPR, KPFA, Chicago Public Radio, KBOO Portland, ‘Sunday at Noon’ and ‘Northwest Passage’ on KLCC (Eugene’s NPR affiliate), WPKN (Connecticut), Radio Times (daily news/talk show on WHYY, Philadelphia NPR), Uprising Radio, NPR @ SUNY Stony Brook, The Breakfast Club (Jamaica), Public Radio (Kingston, Jamaica), Voice of the Cape (Capetown, S.A.), Revista Semana (Colombia), KPOJ, Netherlands press, Air New Zealand, Iran (Tehran-based) Public Radio, Voice of America, and most recently (November 2017) on PBS NewsHour (also in print) with Layla Quran on women’s conditions in Pakistan
Important television interviews include: Al-Jazeera, News Hour with Jim Lehrer (April 2009), News 1 Islamabad (3 February 2010), France 24 TV (Paris, July 2018), “Jamhoor with Javed Jabaar,” Samaa TV, 7 February 2010, and Rasti Wasti, Hyderabad, Sindh, February 2018
*“Women Empowerment: a Political Perspective" University of Swabi, Department of Political Science, 11 September 2019
*“Case studies of Qualitative Research conducted in Pakistan" Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE), 26 June 2019
*“Conflicting Views on Women's Rights in Pakistan" University of Sindh, Jamshoro, sponsored by departments of Sociology, Social Work, General History, and the Institute of Gender Studies, 6 March 2019
*“Countering Violent Extremism in Pakistan” Public Lecture at Tsunami Books, Eugene, May 16, 2018
*“Women’s Position and Status in India in the Past, and Today” Deschutes County Public Libraries
presentations (in both Bend and Redmond), May 5, 2018
*“Countering Violent Extremism in Pakistan” Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE), 12
March 2018
*“Promoting Interfaith Harmony in Pakistan” talk at the Interfaith Mela, Islamabad Hotel, 28 February
2018
*“Non-state Actors Countering Violent Extremism: the poetry of Abdul Rahim Roghani and Hasina Gul” Departments of Political Science and IR, University of Peshawar, 20 February 2018
*“Women’s Rights and Empowerment in Pakistan” seminar for women from FATA organized by Khor, Peshawar, 17 February 2018
*Professional development workshop for advanced social science graduate students and faculty, Virtual
University and the Lahore College for Women University, Lahore, 1 February 2018
*“Interpreting Islam, Modernity and Women’s Rights in Pakistan” Lahore College for Women University, Lahore, 31 January 2018
*“Interpreting Islam, Modernity and Women’s Rights in Pakistan” Departments of Sociology and
Women’s Studies, Shah Abdul Latif University, Khaipur (Sindh), 24 January 2018 followed by
professional development workshop for advanced social science graduate students and faculty
*“Interpreting Islam, Modernity and Women’s Rights in Pakistan” Department of Anthropology,
University of Sindh, Jamshoro, 17 January 2018, and professional development workshop for
advanced social science graduate students and faculty at the University of Sindh 18 January 2018
*“Countering Violent Extremism in Pakistan” Peace Studies Program, Shah Abdul Latif University,
Khaipur (Sindh), 10 January 2018
*Chief Guest and Speaker, “Promoting Interfaith Harmony in Pakistan” at the federal Council of Islamic
Ideology seminar, 22 December 2018
*“Interpreting Islam, Modernity and Women’s Rights in Pakistan” presented at IT University, Lahore, 12 December 2017
*“Interpreting Islam, Modernity and Women’s Rights in Pakistan” presented at the University of Sargodha, and a professional development workshop for advanced graduate students and faculty at the
University of Sargodha, 7 December 2017
*“Non-state Actors Countering Violent Extremism: the poetry of Abdul Rahim Roghani and Hasina Gul” presented at the University of Lahore in Sargodha, 6 December 2017
*Discussion of Interpreting Islam, Modernity and Women’s Rights in Pakistan Karachi Literature
Festival, February 2017; Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, Georgetown University,
30 October 2015
*“Women’s Rights in Pakistan” Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE), 17 August, 2015
*“A Brief History of Pakistan (partition onward)” and “Women in Pakistan” in Muslims in a Global Context mini course , University of Pittsburgh, November 17–18, 2012
*"Crisis and Reconciliation in Swat, Pakistan, through the Eyes of Women" Cascade Manor, Eugene, November 7, 2012
*“What's happening in Pakistan? Understanding Muslim concerns about Western Depictions of the Prophet” Eugene Delta Rotary presentation, October 19, 2012
*“Crisis and Reconciliation in Swat, Pakistan: Seen through the Eyes of Women” Center for Asian Studies, University of Colorado, Boulder, October 11, 2012
*"Understanding Women's Rights and Blasphemy in Islam" Keynote lecture at the 2012 LIFE Community Interfaith Breakfast, Hilton Hotel, Eugene, September 21, 2012
*After the Taliban and the Megaflood in Swat: The Challenges of Reconciliation and Rebuilding Lives" Council on Foreign Relations, Washington, DC, 1 March 2012
*“Legal Reforms and Women's Rights in Pakistan” Karachi Literature Festival, invited by Oxford University Press, 11-12 February 2012
*“The Impact of US Foreign Policy on Domestic Politics in Pakistan” OLLI (Olsen Lifelong Learning Institute), University of Oregon, 18 November 2011
*“The Impact of US foreign policy and drone use on the Internal Dynamics inside Pakistan” Lane Community College, 24 October 2011
*“Crisis and Reconciliation in Swat, Pakistan, through the Eyes of Women” Middle East/South Asia Studies, UC Davis, October 8, 2010
*“Women in Islam” George Fox University, Newberg, Oregon, October 4, 2010
*“Nation-Building in Pakistan: Women's Rights, the Rule of Law, and the Lessons of Swat" presented at Rutgers University, 9 March 2010
*“Moving Forward with the Legal Empowerment of Women in Pakistan?” presented at the Seminar on South Asia, Columbia University, 8 March 2010
*“Confronting Miltarism: Democracy vs Empire” Lane Peace Symposium 2010, Lane Community College, March 5, 2010
*“Iraq & AfPak: an Analysis of the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan-Pakistan” Community Conversations Series, University of Oregon, March 2, 2010
*“Pakistan and Afghanistan: Connecting the Problems and the Solutions” OLLI (Olsen Lifelong Learning Institute), University of Oregon, 11 November 2009, and at the University of Oregon Knight Law School, sponsored by CALC (Community Alliance of Lane County), 12 November 2009
*“The Crisis of the State in Pakistan” Dubai School of Government, May 11, 2009
*“Women’s Rights in Pakistan” Middle East Institute, Washington, D.C. February 17, 2009

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