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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