Bina Shah

Bina Shah is a writer living in Karachi, Pakistan. The author of several novels and collections of short stories, she holds degrees from Wellesley College and the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Her latest novel, A Season For Martyrs, will be published in early 2014.

A Pakistani woman weeps as she waits at a hospital, where victims of a Taliban attack are being treated in Peshawar

#illridewithyou: A simple but elegant display of humanity, that today

DKNY's Ramadan collection shows Muslim dress means more than burqas

Katy Perry as an Ancient Egyptian princess in her latest music video for 'Dark Horse'

The idea that Katy Perry meant to insult Islam in her new video 'Dark

Why is the West so fascinated by the clothes Muslim women choose to

Judge the person, not the veil

(Top row) Akhtar Dogar, Anjum Dogar, Kamar Jamil; (Bottom row) Assad Hussain, Bassam Karrar, Mohammed Karrar and Zeeshan Ahmed

Oxford sex abuse: 'Victorian' misogyny is evident in all cultures

Targeted by militants, Pakistan’s women push back

Objectivity, not a helping hand, is what Pakistan needs from the West

Don't tell me it's a 'fact' that all Muslims in South Asia are

Malala Yousufzai, the Taliban's reign of terror, and the brutal cost