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Syeda ShahBano Ijaz (New York University) was a 2014 AIPS Short-Term Research Grant awardee who conducted data-gathering research in Islamabad, Pakistan to better understand the lives and experiences of Internally Displaced People (IDPs).

Ahsan Kamal was a 2018 AIPS Short-Term Research Grant awardee who performed research in Pakistan to study the resettlement programs as a result of dam constructions.

Farhat Haq sits down for a discussion with SherAli Tareen on a podcast about her recent book publication, "Shari?a and the State in Pakistan." Farhat talks about the history of blasphemy politics in Pakistan and how discourse has shifted over the recent decades. Blasphemy politics in Pakistan...

Luke Sonnet (UCLA) was a 2017 AIPS Short-Term Research Grant awardee who explored electricity generation and load shedding in Pakistan. Sonnet was particularly interested in the intersection between load shedding and governance in Pakistan.

SherAli Tareen delivers this virtual talk as part of a course on People, Cultures, and Languages in Pakistan for the Hast O Neest Institute in Lahore. The talk follows the themes of "Religion and Colonial Modernity in South Asia" and is delivered primarily in Urdu.

Maira Hayat offers this critical analysis of the tensions relating to water use and local politics from an anthropological standpoint. Water use in Pakistan has become increasingly politicized as local governments attempt to navigate the needs of local cultivators and farmers while reconciling with...

AIPS individual member SherAli Tareen discusses Pakistani politics with Salman Sayyid and Shehla Khan on the Radio ReOrient podcast. You can listen to the episode, and all episodes from the podcast, on the Radio ReOrient webpage

Waleed Ziad was a 2014-2015 AIPS Fellow and conducted research in the UK and Uzbekistan for four months. Ziad "examines the development of trans- regional Islamic revivalist networks from the mid-18th to mid-19th centuries, centered around Sindh, Peshawar, and the Kabul Valley, and extending across...

Faris Khan explores the recent activism of the 'Khwaja Sira,' a group of gender nonconforming people with cultural significance. Khan explores the recent gains made in the legal rights of the Kwaja Sira and how activism has shaped the movement into society.

The Choices Program at Brown University has produced a teaching resource about the Floods in Pakistan. It's aimed for high school students in the US, but perhaps also useful elsewhere.