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Ahmed Bin Qasim

Ahmed Bin Qasim is a Kashmiri writer studying Anthropology, Peace and Conflict Studies, and Classical Islamic Studies. He is the son of two Kashmiri political prisoners.

Articles from author

Modi’s Friday ‘sermon’: The language of oppression in India-administered Kashmir

A proposal to standardise mosque sermons in the Muslim-majority Valley is the latest in a decades-long effort to control religious expression, silence dissent and reshape Islam to serve the state's political interests.

6 min read

Modi’s Friday ‘sermon’: The language of oppression in India-administered Kashmir

My mother Asiya Andrabi was punished for refusing to accept India’s rule over Kashmiris

The 64-year-old activist’s triple life sentences reveal the Indian state’s paranoia after failing to subdue the spirit of resistance in the Muslim-majority region.

7 min read

My mother Asiya Andrabi was punished for refusing to accept India’s rule over Kashmiris

The metaphysics of India’s colonial project in Kashmir

The juridical apparatus of the Indian state is built to criminalise Kashmiri resistance and normalise their oppression.

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The metaphysics of India’s colonial project in Kashmir

Journalists in Kashmir booked for Orwellian crimes

Kashmir's abysmal freedom of press dips further as several journalists are booked for 'anti-national activities'.

7 MIN READ

Journalists in Kashmir booked for Orwellian crimes

Kashmir: 'On social media, a majority of Indians are celebrating our pain'

A native of Kashmir, Ahmed bin Qasim's father has been in jail since he was an infant, and his mother has been in prison for most of Ahmed's life. For him, the Indian siege of Kashmir has been a permanent affliction.

10 MIN READ

Kashmir: 'On social media, a majority of Indians are celebrating our pain'

A teacher is killed in Kashmir - where is the justice?

Another man has been killed in police custody in Kashmir, this time a school teacher. Where do Kashmiris go for justice?

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A teacher is killed in Kashmir - where is the justice?

Kashmir's prisoners of dissent

Will prisoners in Kashmir ever find justice?

12 MIN READ

Birthdays as a half-orphan in Kashmir

This is what life is like for a child of two political prisoners in Kashmir.

18 MIN READ