Mehwish Nasir highlights 2024 Pakistan Independence Day Celebrations in the Greater Bay Area, CA as part of the celebration of 15 years of the American Pakistan Foundation and APF Heritage Week.

Three members of the Citizens Archive of Pakistan discuss how to protect Pakistan’s heritage and culture for future generations.

Jahan Yousaf of Krewella, the electronic dance music duo spoke to APF about her musical journey, her relationship to her Pakistani heritage, and how she gives back to Pakistan.

The Punjabi language is in danger of extinction. Here’s what needs to be done about it.

APF Leadership Council member Mehwish Nasar reviews Zareen’s, a Bay Area restaurant where people from all walks of life enjoy Pakistani and Indian home-cooking.

The neo-miniaturist artist Shahzia Sikander has always explored contrast and juxtaposition in her work, analyzing the difference and distinction of the spaces she has entered throughout the course of her impressive career as an artist.

On a Saturday evening this summer, APF Leadership Council member Rabeya Jawaid visited the Chai Spot in New York City, where everything depicts Pakistani culture, from the menu consisting of Pakistani chai and snacks to the artifacts and artwork on the walls and the seating surrounded by Baloch carpets.

Salma Hasan Ali, a storyteller, wife, mother and recently published author met virtually with the American Pakistan Foundation to chat about her journey as a writer, which led to the recent publication of her first book, 30 Days - Stories of Gratitude, Traditions, and Wisdom.

An interview with activist Zubair Torwali who works to empower marginalized communities in northern Pakistan through linguistic and cultural revitalization.

On May 5th, I suddenly lost the ability to walk. I am a 24 year old COVID Long Hauler, who has dealt with chronic fatigue, heart and breathing issues ever since I contracted the virus during my first quarter of graduate school.

“I only related to Pakistan very distantly throughout my childhood, as I did not set foot in the country from the ages of two to eighteen.”

As a new immigrant from Pakistan to Texas, Saadia Faruqi saw pervasive backlash against Muslims after 9/11. It sparked her interest in building interfaith dialogue and led to the creation of a book series about a charismatic young girl named Yasmin.

As a half-Pakistani American, I constantly caught snippets of Urdu through conversations with extended family, but never became fluent. Consequently, when I visited my relatives in Pakistan for the first time at the age of eighteen, I was looking forward to finding myself immersed in a sea of Urdu words and expressions. I experienced quite the opposite…

On March 8, thousands of people across Pakistan are marching for gender equality in the Aurat March. Those marching seek to improve the gender gap in Pakistan, which remains pronounced.