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A Goan Christmas in Karachi
Food, Writing, Longform, Featured, Karachi Ahmer Naqvi 2024-12-25 Food, Writing, Longform, Featured, Karachi Ahmer Naqvi 2024-12-25

A Goan Christmas in Karachi

An essay on the foods with which Karachi's Goans celebrate Christmas, it traces the history of the community in the city and how it has evolved over the years.

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The I Who Becomes A We - the importance of forgetting to fandom
Longform, Featured, Writing, Sports, Art Ahmer Naqvi 2024-06-21 Longform, Featured, Writing, Sports, Art Ahmer Naqvi 2024-06-21

The I Who Becomes A We - the importance of forgetting to fandom

An essay for the Indus Valley School's journal Hybrid, on why forgetting is essential to being a sports fan.

Explores the impact of fandom and forgetting in places like junta-run Argentina, the late Roman Empire, and war-torn Iraq.

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Strange Love
Cricket, Featured, Longform, Writing Ahmer Naqvi 2014-09-03 Cricket, Featured, Longform, Writing Ahmer Naqvi 2014-09-03

Strange Love

Written in 2014, this essay marked five years of Pakistan’s cricket exile. Speaking to fans, it traces a cultural history of the sport’s fandom, and how it has persisted despite the exile.

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