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Journo • Award-winning Doc Filmmaker • VO Artist • Dive Master | By lines & work featured in @DAWN_COM @DestinationsPK @BBC @Channel4 @UnreportedWorld @Vice

Karachi, Pakistan
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Madeeha Syed
5 years
Just had a Standard Chartered Bank rep tell me that the TWO female witnesses on the Zakat declaration form I submitted will be counted as ONE. Just because they are women. Each woman's gawahi is being considered as 1/2 of a man. My mouth literally dropped. Couldn't process it
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5 years
Qandeel’s brother Waseem has been given 25 years in jail. #QandeelBaloch
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Madeeha Syed
4 years
Can’t believe I missed this protest. Where was this?! #Pakistan
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Madeeha Syed
5 years
Me: "My new documentary film is out! You can see it now." 😊 Family: "Will we see you in it?" Me: "Err no. I'm a producer. I'm never in front of the camera." Fam: "Tum to bus chor hi do. Phir kya faida dekhne ka?!" Me: ....
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Madeeha Syed
4 years
Thought I’d share my favourite ajrak photo. I absolutely *love* them. Last year, somewhere along the border of Punjab and KPK. Filming a documentary.
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Madeeha Syed
7 years
To the Pakistani men that have been mansplaining ‘harassment’ to women This is what a day out in the field looks like from our perspective:
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Madeeha Syed
6 years
“It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.” Or peers in the industry for that matter.
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MEESHA SHAFI
6 years
Sharing this because I believe that by speaking out about my own experience of sexual harassment, I will break the culture of silence that permeates through our society. It is not easy to speak out.. but it is harder to stay silent. My conscience will not allow it anymore #MeToo
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5 years
"Yes, ma'am. Each woman's testimony is 0.5 of a man." Are you a bank or the shariat court? "We got this from our head office." National Bank of Pakistan accepted two women = two testimonies. So did HBL. What is wrong with SCB? What century are we living in? Beyond offended
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Madeeha Syed
4 years
🔴 #K2 Latest update by Ali Sadpara’s team: Due to weather conditions team is returning back to basecamp. Everyone is safe and sound. #AliSadpara #JohnSnorri #SajidSadpara #k2winterexpedition2021
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Madeeha Syed
5 years
@YoursLegallyy Thank you. This thread has made my day. Nay, my life. Meri poori zindagi. <3
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Madeeha Syed
5 years
The court issues @itsmeeshashafi a gag order preventing her from talking about publicly, but Ali is free to address the press & public and say whatever he wants? She can’t even respond to the claims he’s making using the same medium! How is that fair?
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Madeeha Syed
4 years
This is my mother watching a livestream of her mother’s funeral in San Diego last night. Pandemic, catastrophic rains & urban flooding, disruption in communication tech cutting us off completely only for it to be restored in time for this — to be ‘there’ for this. For closure.
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Madeeha Syed
4 years
Was at Ziauddin today for some tests. Saw a group of doctors near the (cleared out) entrances in PPE’s ready to receive (what looked like) an 11-12 year old Covid-19 +ve kid who looked critical. It was awful. Attempts to downplay how bad this virus is are absolutely heinous.
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Madeeha Syed
3 years
I was waiting for this! 😂
@Aligulpir
Ali Gul Pir
3 years
Morning shows host VS Engineers #chotigari #formulapayformula
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Madeeha Syed
10 years
According to a source ISPR hasn't confirmed news, will probably issue statement in the morning. Not to take @MODPakistan account seriously.
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Madeeha Syed
6 years
Bioluminescence on the Makran Coast, #Pakistan 💕 Photo by one of my favourite travel photographers Sohaib Roomi. #Travel #PakistanIsBeautiful
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Madeeha Syed
8 years
#BurkiniBan meets #Motorkini — bikers on the beach showing solidarity with the #Burkini . All kinds of awesome. :)
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Madeeha Syed
4 years
@ZarrarKhuhro @adnanrasool @sabizak Fahad Mustafa is playing a dirty cop in the film. The term ‘Quaid-e-Azam Zindabad’ refers to bribery. Where did ISPR come in all of this? What am I missing?
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Madeeha Syed
10 years
"When a child dies, you bury them in your heart... ... he only dies the day you die." — Pashto proverb.
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Madeeha Syed
4 years
• My cousin, her children & her in laws whom she lives w/ are Covid-19 +ve. She’s in Federal B Area, Karachi • Friend in Peshawar was Covid-19 +ve. Just recovered. Says he’s never experienced anything like it. • Mom lost 3 from her group to Covid-19. They passed last week.
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Madeeha Syed
5 years
@lucid_madhu I'm thinking of lobbying for only paying 50% of the stipulated tax using this argument.
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Madeeha Syed
7 years
@JeremyMcLellan And then, stories like these, give me hope:
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Madeeha Syed
5 years
@m_khurram_saeed @Ali_Madeeh @mansoorjadoon "A doctor started this." Lawyer hain. Case file karein. Yeh kya ghunda gardi ko justify kar rahay hain? "Docs did nothing less then what lawyers have done today" Are u kidding me? They forced patients out of emergency, stopped operations&removed oxygen masks from patients?!
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Madeeha Syed
10 years
Somewhere in this crowd is a beaming Sheikh Rasheed getting the rockstar treatment among all his fanboys. http://t.co/GGvfR1GkaQ
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Madeeha Syed
2 years
The downside of introducing my husband to good skincare practices is that now he uses all of my products. 😅
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Madeeha Syed
4 years
🔴 This just warms my heart. Social distancing done right. Well done! ☺️ Location: market in Nagarparkar, Tharparkar district #Sindh #Pakistan
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Madeeha Syed
5 years
@YoursLegallyy Thank you for compiling all of the tweets. Jab ronay ka dil chahe ga, to yehi parh longi. I only have one surviving grandparent who migrated during the Partition. I was about to call her up and be like: Yeh din dekhney ke liye aap yahan aye hain? (FYI I'd get a pitai in return)
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Madeeha Syed
4 years
Excellent news! “These indigenously established assays are robust, sensitive to the target, and would soon be available at one fourth the price of imported ones.”
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Madeeha Syed
7 years
Turns out the dr suspended after @sharmeenochinoy ’s complaints was ALREADY under investigation for harassing other staff and patients.
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Madeeha Syed
3 years
@mSaleemJaved @TahaSSiddiqui @ShabbirTuri From on top of the factory makes sense. Yeah. Can’t watch it for more than a few seconds. Worked on a couple of blasphemy films & spent hours reviewing similar footage. It’s incredibly sad to see nothing has changed. Nothing. It keeps happening again and again.
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Madeeha Syed
7 years
Hats off to Pak internet media co. @mangobaaz Humourists & @parhlo for their gutsy articles on child sexual abuse &harassment by some clergy
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Madeeha Syed
10 years
Friend just got this. It was on his car's windshield. He is a regular citizen of Nazimabad, Karachi. He is also Shia. http://t.co/O2wQnrLciQ
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Madeeha Syed
3 years
@TahaSSiddiqui Is that footage from a drone?! Someone was flying a drone?! Wtf!
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Madeeha Syed
5 years
@AashaBisht @MiraPagliNair Aap bohat pathar dil Aunty hain iss ka matlab yeh nahin ke sab hain. Thori sharam kar leyn. Mulq mein dekhain kya ho raha hai. Apney co-citizens ki tarha awaz uthain. Nahin hota, Woh alag baat hai.
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Madeeha Syed
4 years
@paneeripatakhay That’s not Karachi. That’s just a small part of the city thinks they live the best life and they represent Karachi as a whole. Shadeed khush fehmi.
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Madeeha Syed
6 years
@nighatdad I just can’t believe most of the comments you’re getting on this. Clearly what the man did was beyond gross and 100% sexual harassment. If you just said it, they wouldn’t have believed you and would’ve asked for proof. When you present proof, then how dare you?!
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Madeeha Syed
4 years
Started choking on some breakfast. Coughing and wheezing, tried to grab a glass & get water. Mom calmly watched my struggle unfold. Didn’t budge an inch. Me: “Are you kidding me?! I could’ve died.” Mum, sipping her tea: “We all need to die... to learn how to live.” Me: ...
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Madeeha Syed
10 years
Omg. @OK_Pakistan promised a surprise and here it is. 1st cover dedicated to the late Benazir Bhutto @BBhuttoZardari http://t.co/1ldZojAo0F
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Madeeha Syed
10 years
There comes a point when you have to work out or you'll go crazy.
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Madeeha Syed
4 years
@monaeltahawy @Twitter I thought a potbelly and unhealthy waist were bad diet & lack of exercise. Or a hormonal imbalance at worst. Can’t believe I had it wrong this entire time. 🤦🏻‍♀️
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Madeeha Syed
3 years
Heart goes out to the cops risking their lives, trying to keep our streets safe and getting injured & dying on the job. The photos/videos coming in are absolutely heartbreaking.
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Madeeha Syed
4 years
One of my doctors is critically ill & on a ventilator at a hospital in Karachi. I met him over a month ago for a consult, he was perfectly healthy & in v good spirits. It's hard to imagine the same person is now fighting for his life. A doctor. One of those that fix/help us.
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Madeeha Syed
3 years
This is excellent news! Dr Sarah Gill hired by JPMC. @dawn_com
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Madeeha Syed
5 years
Hai. Suddenly I'm being bombarded with responses by VERY small men who believe that being born with a penis = somehow makes them superior. Zindagi mein kuch karna nahin hai. Paida ho gaye buss unke liye itna kaafi hai. Masla yeh hai keh yeh loag bohat farigh bhi hain.
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Madeeha Syed
6 years
Drone footage of the oil slick along the shores of Mubarak Village. @ShahUnee is just returning from the site and details on her account the devastating impact this has had on local wildlife. You can see her holding a dead crab covered in oil and tar in one of the photos.
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Madeeha Syed
10 years
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Madeeha Syed
8 years
Final wardrobe change today. Wearing a traditional silver necklace from #Rajasthan , #India called a champakali.
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Madeeha Syed
3 years
I'm living with the in-laws, many of whom are in the twilight of their life. & they want is for you to spend time with them. Nothing material or tangible matters. They want to tell you their stories and they want to hear yours. & there never seems to be enough time for everyone
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Madeeha Syed
4 years
🔴 Punjab bans shooting of films, dramas at mosques and shrines: “The auqaf department's notification goes on to specify that no cinematography featuring a woman in a shrine or mosque will be permitted.”
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Madeeha Syed
10 years
Sharah-e-Faisal: hardly 100-150 people here. Where are the crowds, yo? Media vans taking up more space than people.
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Madeeha Syed
4 years
@monaeltahawy @Twitter Also, these tweets of his make me want to puke. He’s a bestselling author. What he’s saying/suggesting is heinous and gross.
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Madeeha Syed
6 months
🔴 It took a while for this to sink in. At around 7am on March 5, 2024 I summited Mt Kilimanjaro (5,895m) — Africa's highest peak & the highest freestanding mountain in the world. 🏔️ My summit photos are all of me trying not to cry coz the view was so unbelievably beautiful. ♥️
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Madeeha Syed
8 years
The internet is an amazing place. This.
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Madeeha Syed
6 years
@nighatdad They’re more offended with the fact that you filmed a man (while concealing his identity no less so it’s not like anyone is going to know who it is). Rather than be offended by him constantly SCRATCHING HIS BALLS NEXT TO YOU & IN PUBLIC like that! Wow. Just wow.
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Madeeha Syed
4 years
Enjoyed taking a trip down memory lane with this old radio documentary, ‘Nusrat Was My Elvis’, by ⁦ @navidakhtar ⁩ on @bbcradio4 and listening to people around the world, that he collaborated with, talk about how his voice moved/influenced them.
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Madeeha Syed
10 years
In the past 24 hours, I know four people who've been robbed either outside or at home.
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Madeeha Syed
4 years
We have been w/o electricity for over 24 hours now. It’s OK. I feel v privileged. Unlike many others, our home didn’t fall apart & wasn’t flooded. We have food, water & fuel. It’s not too hot but we take occasional phone charging breaks in the car. Yeh waqt bhi guzar jaey ga.
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Madeeha Syed
4 years
@ashoswai Why can’t they just put up a disinfectant tunnel? At least it wouldn’t strip people of their dignity.
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Madeeha Syed
3 years
@NidaKirmani @AmmarRashidT They don’t actually. Are you even familiar with the local rap scene? Or even Faris’s body of work? A lot of music genres have come out from underprivileged neighbourhoods. Not just rap. It includes R&B, funk, soul, jazz & hip hop. Woh genres bhi limit kar deyn dosron ke liye? 🤔
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Madeeha Syed
7 years
Friend: “What kind of tattoo should I get?” Tattoo artist: “Something you feel a strong connection to.” Friend: “Gulab jaman bana do.”
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Madeeha Syed
3 years
@Sangrisaeed This just makes my stomach turn
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Madeeha Syed
5 years
Yeh parho. Ronay se kya milay ga? Thora hans lo. Also, you're welcome. #CWC19 #PakvsInd #INDvPAK
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Sunanda
5 years
We might be winning the match but Pakistanis totally won on Twitter today!! 😁😁
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Madeeha Syed
4 years
• A friend from Federal B Area just found out a neighbour has tested positive for Covid-19. I’d often meet sceptics and conspiracy theorists who’d always say: “But do you actually know anyone who has Covid-19?!” Yes. YES. By now we all do. Will people now take this seriously?
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Madeeha Syed
6 years
When you feel you’re being watched and you look up to find your colleague’s child peeking through the office windows at you. 😂 #HowDidHeEvenGetUpThere
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Madeeha Syed
4 years
🔴 This ‘article’ by a Mr Brig Ghulam Mohammad Mohtaram on the urban flooding in Karachi has been completely ripped off from my friend’s (Umayr Tariq Jamil, also a writer) Facebook post. Word-for-word. Wow. Just, wow. Link to the plagiarised post:
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Madeeha Syed
10 years
Ensuring we're smoked in from all sides. Literally. I mean, wtf? #KalaPul #PTI http://t.co/XVVVerB80T
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Madeeha Syed
4 years
10 days of social distancing & family is starting to crack: Dad tried sneaking out to the mosque (which is closed🤔). Mom caught him in the driveway. Brought him back. Sister & bro-in-law tried going out on bicycles. Got caught by police as they were stepping out the gate! 😂
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Madeeha Syed
10 years
Statues of Uncle Sargam&Masy Musebtay opp Farooq Qaiser's home—the man who wrote+acted the character of Uncle Sargam. http://t.co/e6WB7RKiw6
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Madeeha Syed
4 years
This is the kind of heartwarming news we needed today. Thank you!
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SindhWildlife
4 years
With deep sense of devotion to the cause of Wildlife Department #GovernmentofSindh , we cheerfully announce that 'Sobharo the Victoriois' #bear has reached National Bear Rehabilitation Sanctuary' after covering almost 1200 kilometers distance. 1/3
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Madeeha Syed
6 years
Wanted to give a shout-out to Prof Rumina Hasan, Ghazala Shaheen, Dania Saeed, Dr Sadia Shakoor & Prof Zahra Hasan, the excellent (& all-female) research team that identified the XDR typhoid strain, the treatment & are working with govt to contain it. #Pak
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Madeeha Syed
3 years
Husband: Btw I make the bed better than you! Me: Absolutely. You do. Now do it every day. Husband: *realises his mistake* Noooo... Me: Too late!
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Madeeha Syed
4 years
I’m just going to put this out there... #OnceUponATime #Karachi #Pakistan
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Madeeha Syed
10 years
Burqay mein jo mard hai, wohi dehshat gard hai! < Brilliant!
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Madeeha Syed
2 years
"Films like Joyland are banned because 'image-conscious' countries like Pakistan have plenty of skeletons in the closet." Excellent article by @fahadnaveed
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Madeeha Syed
10 years
Also, happy birthday-of-founding-father-Mohammad-Ali-Jinnah holiday! #Pakistan http://t.co/4nWOhwG0n5
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Madeeha Syed
9 years
A country that was made by a minority for minorities, persecutes its own and often forces them to seek asylum abroad. #Hazara #Ahmedis
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Madeeha Syed
4 years
🔴 Wanted to pay a little tribute to mum, who at 66, is ready to wrestle me to the ground — in a saree no less — if I dare even hint that ‘old’ age might be slowing her down... Happy Mother’s Day, you feisty creature, you.
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3 years
@NidaKirmani @AmmarRashidT Sure. I understand the point you’re trying to make but it doesn’t apply to *this* situation. Also, rap wasn’t invented in Lyari. It’s not indigenous Although artists/groups from Lyari have a strong presence in the rap music scene here. It’s something they coopted from abroad.
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Madeeha Syed
5 years
Yeh lo: #Pakistan ki Kellyanne Conway.
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Calling someone sahiba unintentionally or intentionally is a sign of respect to the feminine side of human beings.
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Madeeha Syed
3 years
It’s raining! Yaasss! #Karachi
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Madeeha Syed
2 years
@CasualRao Why does he skip leg days 😭
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Madeeha Syed
10 years
So the Taliban kills 140 of our children, a known cleric supports them, we voice our protest against him and... we're the criminals?!
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Madeeha Syed
3 years
🔴 Did some late season dives to remove dangerous ghost nets & was greeted by these super friendly long-fin bat fish. Dive was magical. I’m still in awe of how stunning our seas are— especially the coasts that have *not* been developed/destroyed by humans. #Balochistan #Pakistan
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Madeeha Syed
9 years
Our film #HowGayIsPakistan on the Pakistani #LGBT community is out on BBC-3. Watch it here (unless you're in PK):
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Madeeha Syed
5 years
@AdityaRajKaul I've been following your tweets all evening. Aur kitna zakhmon mein namakh lagao ge?
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Madeeha Syed
8 years
Tired of tributes & obituaries, moments of silence & outrage on TV/social media. We've lost too many in the past several years. #AmjadSabri
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Madeeha Syed
7 years
Good morning #Karachi . Up bright and early for a day of scuba diving. ☺️
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Madeeha Syed
10 years
All those people who want to be blocked by me, send me a tweet with this hashtag #WeSupportAamirLiaquat and it shall be done.
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Madeeha Syed
10 years
Shocked that anti-Hamid Mir tweets have already begun to arrive. A journo was targeted, ambushed, shot at, is critically injured. Not a joke
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Madeeha Syed
5 years
⚫️ What bothers me is that everything was normal again in #Quetta just a couple of hours after the bomb explosion in Hazarganji that killed 20 people and injured 48 others. No disruption in traffic. No added security. Life went on as usual. Almost as if it had never happened.
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10 years
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5 years
@karachikhatmal @FahadNaveed Discovered the song on Instagram but wahan pe saray Danyal ko aakhirat ka durr aur firangi model sahiba ko Islam ki dawat de rahay hain. The comments here are hilarious! 😂😂😂😂 Thank you!
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Madeeha Syed
4 years
Will never stop being shocked that @WomensHealthMag is blocked in Pakistan. Do we not have women in Pakistan? Is educating yourself about their health against the "culture & values" of our country? Does women's health pose a "national security threat"? I really want to know.
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Madeeha Syed
3 years
The streets have quickly filled with panicked people trying to get supplies for this very surprise Eid tomorrow. It was all quite deserted until a couple of minutes ago. Now, it’s mayhem.
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Madeeha Syed
5 years
Pakistani (including expats) muslim men who were just giving me a dars about my place as a woman + admonishing me for questioning why a woman's testimony is 1/2 that of a man + how to practise my faith etc... PLEASE stop sliding into my DMs. You're embarrassing yourselves.
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Madeeha Syed
10 years
Hosted my 1st ever 'Dawn Talks' a series of live/recorded talks where I interview people who've made their mark in PK http://t.co/bbDLMYwTmt
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Madeeha Syed
10 years
For @aaminasheikh and Mohib Mirza fans. The lovely couple at the @OK_Pakistan launch at Mohatta. <3 http://t.co/Yl0Q8XmZ9Q
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5 years
🔴 A clip from our film that's going on air today on @BBCWorld (4.30pm UK & 8.30pm #Pakistan ) about a local legend, Guru Ashee "In a country where it's expected that your extended family will look after you in your old age, what do you do if they rejected you a long time ago?"
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Madeeha Syed
7 years
@cjwerleman @rulajebreal Yeah I don't think the Taliban are going to approve of that outfit. 🤔🤔🤔
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