Dabirah Hassan

2 weeks ago | kashmirobserver.net | Dabirah Hassan

Quality journalism takes a lot of time, money and hard work to produce and despite all the hardships we still do it. Our reporters and editors are working overtime in Kashmir and beyond to cover what you care about, break big stories, and expose injustices that can change lives. Today more people are reading Kashmir Observer than ever, but only a handful are paying while advertising revenues are falling fast.

1 month ago | kashmirobserver.net | Dabirah Hassan

SRINAGAR — Each year, as pilgrims gathered at Srinagar’s Hajj House with suitcases and prayers, Abdul Rehman Kumar stood off to the side. He carried no luggage, held no ticket. For 35 years, he came not to leave, but to watch others go. At 67, Rehman lives alone in a modest corner of the city. He has no stable income or family to rely on. What he’s carried instead is a dream that never let go. “Every year I came just to watch,” he said. “That was enough to bring me peace.

1 month ago | kashmirobserver.net | Dabirah Hassan

Quality journalism takes a lot of time, money and hard work to produce and despite all the hardships we still do it. Our reporters and editors are working overtime in Kashmir and beyond to cover what you care about, break big stories, and expose injustices that can change lives. Today more people are reading Kashmir Observer than ever, but only a handful are paying while advertising revenues are falling fast.

1 month ago | kashmirobserver.net | Dabirah Hassan

Whenever tensions flared in his life and times, it was Maulana Mustafa Hussain Ansari people often turned to first. No matter how deep the mistrust, no matter how angry the streets grew, he would find a way to bring calm back into the room. He did not do it by preaching from high pulpits or shouting across walls. He simply showed up, listened carefully, and spoke in a way that made even the most furious voices slow down. His strength was not in the size of his following.

1 month ago | kashmirobserver.net | Dabirah Hassan

Srinagar- Early this year, Attiya Zehra scored 84.10 percentile in the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE), one of India’s toughest engineering entrance tests. It wasn’t enough for the schools she had hoped for, but she didn’t dwell on the result. A few months later, she came back with 99.84 percentile, the highest score among female candidates in Jammu & Kashmir. “I just focused on what I had to do better,” she said.