Author: etkhwaja

Last year during my exploratory fieldwork in Karachi, I spent new years with family. This year, I spent my first new years ever in the not to exciting but still … Continue Reading →

On my *5th trip* into Peshawar, it was another two day trip that began this past Thursday, and returning Friday night. (Will post about the previous trips to Peshawar a … Continue Reading →

  I am so behind on posting, and have been trying to find a way to catch up with blogging. I decided to go ahead and just blog on today’s … Continue Reading →

I had planned to go to Peshawar again on Thursday (11-29-2018), but no meetings were arranged, and that turned out to be a good thing. Because to my luck, I … Continue Reading →

Yesterday, I experienced my first day in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Peshawar, Pakistan. FINALLY! Finally, I got a chance to visit my beautiful Pakhtun Brothers and Sisters …which is the most important … Continue Reading →

The weekend of American Thanksgiving, I spent some time in Lahore and what a refreshing experience it was. I had some interviews and meetings to tend to in Lahore, and … Continue Reading →

“Bara Rabial Awal,” the birth of the Prophet Muhamad, is celebrated in many ways around Pakistan and other Muslim majority countries. It is also a special month of worship, and … Continue Reading →

As I finished off my first month in Islamabad, my second month began with some exciting and interesting developments. On Thursday, I returned to the World Bank and interviewed another … Continue Reading →

It has been a great end of my first month of fieldwork and start to my 5th week in Islamabad. I can feel that I have accomplished a great deal … Continue Reading →