Shaistha Khan

Shaistha Khan is a freelance culture writer who writes on Saudi Arabia, the wider Gulf region, and South Asia. Her work has appeared in Al Jazeera, Aramco World, Teen Vogue, Harpers Bazaar Arabia, The National UAE, and more.

Articles from author

How South Asia's colonial legacy impacts mental health and wellbeing

The legacy of colonial-era oppression is visible amongst South Asians in behaviors like inferiority complexes, submissiveness, people-pleasing, and overachieving tendencies.

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How South Asia's colonial legacy impacts mental health and wellbeing

The Tape Letters Project: Preserving Pakistan's migratory experience

The families who migrated to the UK and Canada in the 1980s and 1990s sent messages to their loved ones in Pakistan on cassette tape. The Tape Letters Project is aimed at preserving those voices.

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The Tape Letters Project: Preserving Pakistan's migratory experience