Hina Husain

Toronto

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Articles

Things My Mother Taught Me

2 months ago | hinah.medium.com | Hina Husain

Hina Husain·Follow7 min read·--“Never trust a man, Hina. They’re all scum.”I was nine years old when my mother first said this to me. She had failed yet again to secure a divorce from my father in Pakistan-her second attempt at doing so. The first time she tried, I was five and remember the day we came back home after my parents’ separation-one of my earliest memories in life.
Horror Films Help Pakistanis Process Modern-Day Anxieties

Apr 9, 2024 | newlinesmag.com | Hina Husain

At its outset, Pakistani filmmaker Zarrar Kahn’s “In Flames” is a horror film, accompanied by an eerie soundtrack, unexpected jump-scares and ghostly sets, but if one looks closely, it spotlights the everyday horrors of being a woman in Pakistani society: constantly being watched by men, domestic abuse, random acts of violence, and the expectation to suppress one’s trauma.
An Islamic (mis)education about Israel

Nov 23, 2023 | freethinker.co.uk | Hina Husain

This article is the third in our series of reflections from different perspectives on the Israel-Palestine conflict, one of the most complex, contentious and emotive conflicts of recent times, and one in which almost every alleged ‘fact’ is in dispute. Our first article was by Kunwar Khuldune Shahid on the role of Islamists and their far-left supporters.
Why isn’t Canada cracking down on this Indian student visa scam?

Nov 6, 2023 | spectator.com.au | Hina Husain

Canada’s rift with India continues. It’s been almost two months since Canada’s prime minister Justin Trudeau accused ‘agents of the government of India’ of assassinating Sikh separatist leader Hardeep Nijjar. The two countries have been in a diplomatic stand-off ever since, with trade talks suspended and Ottawa failing to provide any concrete proof behind its claim that Nijjar was killed under direction from Modi.
Why isn't Canada cracking down on this Indian student visa scam?

Nov 6, 2023 | spectator.co.uk | Hina Husain

Text size Small Medium Large Line Spacing Compact Normal Spacious Comments Canada’s rift with India continues. It’s been almost two months since Canada’s prime minister Justin Trudeau accused ‘agents of the government of India’ of assassinating Sikh separatist leader Hardeep Nijjar. The two countries have been in a diplomatic stand-off ever since, with trade talks suspended and Ottawa failing to provide any concrete proof behind its claim that Nijjar was killed under direction from Modi. But...
James Ellroy’s new novel is a gleefully violent, foul-mouthed research note

Oct 3, 2023 | thespectator.com | Simon Ings |Gavin Mortimer |Hina Husain |Svitlana Morenets

Los Angeles, August 1962. PI and extortionist Freddie Otash is snooping on Marilyn Monroe for labor leader and racketeer Jimmy Hoffa, who’s paying good money for dirt on Jack and Bobby Kennedy. Is Jack really schtupping Miss Monroe? Who cares? Make it so.
Should Ukraine hold wartime elections?

Oct 3, 2023 | thespectator.com | Svitlana Morenets |Gavin Mortimer |Hina Husain |Aidan Hartley

In the months before Russia invaded Ukraine last year, Volodymyr Zelensky was fighting for his political life. The former comedian was elected in 2019 on a pledge to end the war in Donbas by an electorate exasperated with its political class. Zelensky initially set out to negotiate with Vladimir Putin — but achieved nothing. He appeared naive and out of his depth. However, Zelensky’s transformation into a wartime leader captured the world’s imagination and rallied his allies.
Meloni’s technocrat enemies want her out

Oct 3, 2023 | thespectator.com | Gavin Mortimer |Hina Husain |Aidan Hartley |Lynn Barber

Is there a plot afoot to oust Giorgia Meloni as Italy’s prime minister and replace her with someone more to the progressive left’s taste?
Democratic congressman suffers the consequences of his actions

Oct 3, 2023 | thespectator.com | Gavin Mortimer |Hina Husain |Aidan Hartley |Lynn Barber

It’s time to move the seat of federal power to a Republican-run city until we can figure out what is going on. Monday night, Democratic congressman Henry Cuellar was carjacked at gunpoint in Navy Yard, a Washington, DC neighborhood just blocks away from the Capitol building. Cuellar’s chief of staff Jacob Hochberg said that three men held up the congressman. Police recovered the vehicle, a white Honda, but are still tracking down the suspects.
Meet Hunter Biden’s Eastern European girlfriends

Oct 3, 2023 | thespectator.com | Hina Husain |Aidan Hartley |Lynn Barber |Stephen Miller

Business isn’t the only thing that Hunter Biden likes to do in Ukraine. The president’s son has an affinity for Eastern European women, especially those who happen to be sex workers. Treasury documents reveal Hunter’s links to an Eastern European sex trafficking ring and falsified checks from his companies’ account to prostitutes likely present at his cocaine-fueled nights. Cockburn must give Hunter credit for killing two birds — business and pleasure — with the same Ukrainian stone.