Aina Khan

Foreign Correspondent at Freelance

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Lebanon’s south rises from the rubble of Israel's destruction

1 month ago | trt.global | Aina Khan

Aina J. Khan5 minutes agoAitaroun, Lebanon - Sitting under the boughs of her lemon tree and surrounded by debris, the grief-filled wails of 76-year-old Mariam Khrayzat reverberate off the rubble and a mass of metal rods erupting from the gaping hole of what was once her home. Almost entirely destroyed by an Israeli airstrike, her ancestral home in the southern Lebanese town of Aitaroun stands as a monument to repeated loss.
Pakistan Is Losing Its Glaciers to Climate Change

Jan 22, 2025 | newlinesmag.com | Aina Khan

As the solid white ice peaks of Passu glacier sprawl down the Karakoram mountains in northern Pakistan, they resemble a row of emperor penguins braving the arctic winds. Wave-like blocks of ice encrusted with a black layer — likely collected from debris, avalanches and rockfalls over the centuries — leap down the mountainside.
UK charges pro-Palestine protester behind divisive ‘coconut’ placard

May 21, 2024 | aljazeera.com | Aina KhanPublished |Aina Khan

This article contains references to racialised language that some readers may find distressing. On November 11, 37-year-old teacher Marieha Hussain joined thousands of pro-Palestine protesters in London to call for an end to Israel’s war in Gaza. During the rally, she raised her placard depicting the faces of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Suella Braverman, the former home secretary, alongside coconuts under a tree on a beach.
Black Britons fear for Diane Abbott after millionaire’s call for violence

Mar 15, 2024 | aljazeera.com | Aina KhanPublished |Aina Khan

London, United Kingdom – Natasha Shotunde, a British barrister, was born two years after Diane Abbott was elected as the first Black female member of parliament for Hackney North and Stoke Newington in 1987. It is a seat the 70-year-old, affectionally called “Auntie Di” in the Black British community, still holds today.
UK grants asylum to Palestinian citizen of Israel in ‘seismic’ U-turn | Israel War on Gaza News | Al Jazeera

Mar 13, 2024 | aljazeera.com | Aina Khan
UK students call on university to suspend rabbi who served in Israeli army | Education News | Al Jazeera

Mar 8, 2024 | aljazeera.com | Aina Khan

Dozens at the University of Leeds step up protests as Zecharia Deutsch continues his role as chaplain.
Will Gaza Sway Rochdale’s By-Election?

Feb 28, 2024 | middleeasteye.net | Aina Khan

Since 7 October Britain’s Labour party has faced backlash from Muslim voters over its reluctance to call for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza. With the general election around the corner this year, this political backlash could be felt especially in the north-west town of Rochdale where a by-election was triggered last month. The Labour candidate, Azhar Ali, was suspended by the party’s leader, Keir Starmer, for claiming that Israel allowed Hamas to commit the 7 October attacks.
These Israelis chose jail over serving in the Israeli army

Feb 13, 2024 | middleeasteye.net | Aina Khan

Eighteen-year-old Sofia Orr and Tal Mitnick have publicly refused to serve in the Israeli army after the 7 October attack on southern Israel. Both have moral objections to Israel's occupation and bombing campaign on Gaza. In a nation where refusing to serve in the military is punishable by jail, this can be a lonely road. In a country where military service is not only mandatory, it is seen as honourable, very few Israelis dare to refuse to serve.
the overwhelming artistry of Pashtun singer Zarsanga

Jan 30, 2024 | msn.com | Aina Khan

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‘People weep and shower me with rupees’: the overwhelming artistry of Pashtun singer Zarsanga

Jan 29, 2024 | theguardian.com | Aina Khan

In a bootleg video from the 1990s, an entire audience of Pakistani men in shalwar kameezes stare transfixed as the steely voice of Zarsanga – the renowned Pakistani Pashtun folk musician – thunders through the air.