Hafsa Quraishi

1 week ago | wypr.org | Asma Khalid |Hafsa Quraishi

On June 14, President Trump turned 79 years old. The Army held a parade to celebrate 250 years since the Continental Army was formed in 1775. Meanwhile, millions of people across the country took to the streets to protest the Trump administration’s policies — including the Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids taking place in Los Angeles and other parts of the country — in what they referred to as No Kings Day.

2 months ago | wbur.org | Peter O'Dowd |Hafsa Quraishi |Kalyani Saxena

Almost 20 years ago, Mr. Darcy strode across a misty field in a loose white shirt and enough yearning to knock a legion of Jane Austen fans dead. All to tell Elizabeth Bennett, “You have bewitched me body and soul and I love ... I love … I love you.

2 months ago | wbur.org | Deepa Fernandes |Hafsa Quraishi

Writers and authors are in an uproar over Meta using LibGen, one of the largest online pirated libraries, to train its AI.

Jan 27, 2025 | npr.org | Robin Young |Hafsa Quraishi

A deportation officer with Enforcement and Removal Operations in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's New York City field office conducts a brief before an early morning operation on Dec. 17, 2024, in the Bronx borough of New York.

Feb 6, 2024 | wbur.org | Deepa Fernandes |Hafsa Quraishi

Before the war broke out in Gaza, 26-year-old Nisreen Shehade was working in a dental office and ran a decently successful baking business on the side. She sold her signature chocolate brownies and cookies to local customers in aesthetically-pleasing cardboard treat boxes labeled with her small-business sticker, “Nisreen’s Diary,” and tied with a simple piece of twine. Born and raised in Gaza, Shehade says baking was her passion. Now, it brings the self-taught chef no joy.