The striking thing about seeing videos of Hasan Raheem and Maanu traipse their way around Karachi and Lahore in normal places doing slightly strange things is that it’s hard to imagine women being able to do that with that same feeling of safety and sense of abandon. This is why seemingly innocuous depictions of everyday life with only women, or with women in situations not commonly seen across Pakistani cities, is moving. Zahra Paracha’s latest video illustrates this to beautiful effect. It is reminiscent of
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The striking thing about seeing videos of Hasan Raheem and Maanu traipse their way around Karachi and Lahore in normal places doing slightly strange things is that it’s hard to imagine women being able to do that with that same feeling of safety and sense of abandon. This is why seemingly innocuous depictions of everyday life with only women, or with women in situations not commonly seen across Pakistani cities, is moving. Zahra Paracha’s latest video illustrates this to beautiful effect. It is reminiscent of