2011
"Once upon a life", about moving between San Francisco and Lahore in my childhood and becoming a writer, from: the Observer
2010
"On fatherhood", about becoming a baby
person, from: Paper magazine
"Avatar in
Lahore",
about arriving in Pakistan, getting broadband, and going to see the
movie, from: TAR magazine
2009
"It
had to be a sign", about moving back to Pakistan after eight years
in London, from: the Guardian
2007
"The British
inquisition", about becoming a UK citizen, from: the Independent
2006
"Down
the tube", about a personal moment of paranoia on the London
underground in the age of terrorism, from: the Independent
"A home for
water lilies" (published as "I love this dirty town"), about moving
to London, from: the New Statesman
2004
"Waiting for
the boom", about a visit to the Pakistani port of Gwadar, from: Time magazine (Asian edition)
2003
"The pathos of
exile", about returning to Lahore for a cousin's wedding, from: Time magazine (Asian edition)
2001
"In concert,
no touching", about a restrained but erotic encounter in Lahore,
from: Nerve magazine
2000
"Lives:
international relations", about a love letter and applying for an
Italian visa, from: the New York Times magazine
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