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'''Beena Sarwar''' is a Pakistani journalist, artist and filmmaker focusing on human rights, gender, media and peace. She is currently Editor of the [[Aman ki Asha]] (Hope for Peace) initiative, that aims to develop peace between the countries of [[India]] and [[Pakistan]]. The initiative is jointly sponsored by the [[Daily Jang|Jang]] group in [[Pakistan]] and the [[Times of India]] across the border.
'''Beena Sarwar''' is a Pakistani journalist, artist and filmmaker focusing on human rights, media and peace.
In March 2021, she founded the Southasia Peace Action Network along with other peace activists from across the South Asia region.


She resides in [[Boston]] and is currently the editor of the [[Aman ki Asha]] (Hope for Peace) initiative, that aims to develop peace between the countries of [[India]] and [[Pakistan]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Frank Islam speaks with Beena Sarwar (Boston-based Pakistani journalist-activist) |url=https://www.southasiamonitor.org/washington-calling/frank-islam-speaks-beena-sarwar-boston-based-pakistani-journalist-activist |access-date=2023-05-08 |website=South Asia Monitor |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Interview: Beena Sarwar on Journalism and Safety in Pakistan |url=https://asiasociety.org/blog/asia/interview-beena-sarwar-journalism-and-safety-pakistan |access-date=2023-05-09 |website=Asia Society |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sarwar |first=Beena |date=2023-02-20 |title=Zia Mohyeddin: One of a kind |url=https://www.hardnewsmedia.com/2023/02/zia-mohyeddin-one-of-a-kind/ |access-date=2023-05-09 |website=Hard News |language=en}}</ref>
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==Education and career==
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Prior to her current position, Beena has worked as an Assistant Editor at The Star, as Features Editor at The Frontier Post, and was the founding Editor of The News on Sunday in 1993. She has also produced television shows for [[Geo TV]] and served as Op-ed Editor for [[The News International]]. She holds a BA degree in Art and Literature from [[Brown University]], an MA degree in TV documentary from [[Goldsmiths College]], [[London]] and was a Fellow at the [[Carr Center for Human Rights Policy]] at [[Harvard University]] in 2007. She also writes a popular monthly column titled 'Personal Political' which is published by Hard News, in India.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chowk.com/writers/Beena-Sarwar |title=Beena Sarwar - Chowk: India Pakistan Ideas Identities.com |accessdate=March 3, 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120407181314/http://www.chowk.com/writers/Beena-Sarwar |archivedate=April 7, 2012 }}</ref>


The initiative is jointly sponsored by the [[Daily Jang|Jang]] group in [[Pakistan]] and the [[Times of India]] across the border.<ref name=chowk/>
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In 1998, Sarwar created an informal email newsletter on personal and political issues. In 2002, Sarwar started a Yahoo! group, beena-issues. Sarwar has a personal blog, "Journeys to Democracy," which she started in 2009. She was named Teabreak.pk's Featured Blogger in March 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://beenasarwar.wordpress.com/about/ |title=About &#124; Journeys to democracy |website=Beenasarwar.wordpress.com |date= |accessdate=2016-05-12}}</ref> Her blog has also been named "Best Blog From a Journalist" at the Pakistan Blog Awards in 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pakistanblogawards.com/winners/2011-winners/awards/ |title=Awards &#124; Pakistan Blog Awards |accessdate=November 9, 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109090807/http://pakistanblogawards.com/winners/2011-winners/awards/ |archivedate=November 9, 2013 }}</ref> Her use of social media was to share articles, reports and comments, along with her own articles, with her friends and colleagues.

In March 2021, she founded the ''Southasia Peace Action Network'' or ''SAPAN'' along with other peace activists from across [[South Asia]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-06-17 |title=About Sapan |url=https://southasiapeace.com/home/ |access-date=2023-05-09 |website=Southasia Peace Action Network |language=en}}</ref> In August 2022, ''SAPAN'' informally launched ''Sapan News Network'', a news and features syndicated service in the making. She is its founding editor.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.southasiapeace.com |title=Southasia Peace Action Network|access-date=December 28, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sapannews.com |title=Sapan News|access-date=March 18, 2023}}</ref>

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==Education and career==
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Prior to her current position, Beena has worked as an Assistant Editor at [[The Star (Pakistan)|The Star]], as Features editor at [[The Frontier Post]], and was the founding editor of [[The News on Sunday]] in 1993.<ref name=chowk/> She has also produced television shows for [[Geo TV]] and served as Op-ed Editor for [[The News International]]. She holds a BA degree in Art and Literature from [[Brown University]] in 1986,<ref name=chowk/> an MA degree in TV documentary from [[Goldsmiths College]], [[London]] in 2001.<ref name=chowk/> She also wrote a popular monthly column titled 'Personal Political' which was published by [[Hard News]], in India.<ref name=chowk>{{cite web|url=http://www.chowk.com/writers/Beena-Sarwar |title=Beena Sarwar profile|website=Chowk.com website |access-date=6 January 2024 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120407181314/http://www.chowk.com/writers/Beena-Sarwar |archive-date=7 April 2012}}</ref>


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In 1998, Sarwar created an informal email newsletter on personal and political issues. In 2002, Sarwar started a Yahoo! group, beena-issues. Sarwar has a personal blog, "Journeys to Democracy," which she started in 2009. She was named Teabreak.pk's Featured Blogger in March 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://beenasarwar.wordpress.com/about/ |title=About &#124; Journeys to democracy |website=Beenasarwar.wordpress.com |date= 23 February 2009|access-date=2024-01-07}}</ref> Her blog has also been named "Best Blog From a Journalist" at the ''Pakistan Blog Awards'' in 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pakistanblogawards.com/winners/2011-winners/awards/ |title=Awards &#124; Pakistan Blog Awards |access-date=6 January 2024 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109090807/http://pakistanblogawards.com/winners/2011-winners/awards/ |archive-date=9 November 2013}}</ref>
Longtime contribute to InterPress Service (IPS) <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ipsnews.net/author/beena-sarwar/ |title=Beena Sarwar &#124; IPS Inter Press Service &#124; News Agency &#124; Journalism & Communication for Global Change |website=Ipsnews.net |date= |accessdate=2016-05-12}}</ref>


She was a [[Nieman Fellow]] at [[Harvard University]] in 2006, and a Fellow at the [[Carr Center for Human Rights Policy]] at the [[Harvard Kennedy School]] 2007.<ref name=chowk/> Before joining [[Emerson College]] as a faculty in 2017, she taught journalism at [[Princeton University]], [[Brown University]], and Harvard Summer School.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Beena Sarwar |url=https://emerson.edu/faculty-staff-directory/beena-sarwar |access-date=2023-05-08 |website=Emerson College |language=en}}</ref>
Nieman Fellow at Harvard University 2006 <ref>{{cite web|author= |url=http://niemanreports.org/articles/threats-come-at-journalists-in-pakistan-from-all-sides/ |title=Threats Come at Journalists in Pakistan From All Sides |publisher=Nieman Reports |date=2006-06-15 |accessdate=2016-05-12}}</ref>


She contributes news and commentary to media outlets around the world including [[New York Times]], [[The Guardian|Guardian]], [[Boston Globe]], [[Al Jazeera Media Network|Al Jazeera]], [[BBC]], [[CNN]], [[VOA]], and [[NPR]]. She has published essays in several nonfiction anthologies and is Editor of [[Aman ki Asha]] (hope for peace), a platform launched jointly by the two largest media groups of Pakistan and India respectively. She leads the ''South Asia Peace Action Network'' or ''SAPAN'', a cross-border, inter-generational coalition launched in March 2021. In August 2022, ''SAPAN'' informally launched ''Sapan News Network'', a news and features syndicated service in the making.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://emerson.edu/faculty-staff-directory/beena-sarwar|title=Beena Sarwar|website=Emerson.edu |date= |access-date=2021-12-28}}</ref>
Assistant Visiting Professor at Brown University in the fall semester of 2015, teaching Advanced Journalism: Politics, Causes and Culture <ref>{{cite web|author= |url=https://www.brown.edu/academics/english/faculty-directory |title=Faculty Directory &#124; English Department |website=Brown.edu |date= |accessdate=2016-05-12}}</ref>


==Filmography==
==Filmography==
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*[https://thewire.in/byline/beena-sarwar Beena Sarwar] at [[Thewire.in]]
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*[https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/author/beenasarwar/ Beena Sarwar] at [[The Times of India]]
*[https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/author/beenasarwar/ Beena Sarwar] at [[The Times of India]]

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Beena Sarwar
NationalityPakistani
EducationBA, MA
Alma materBrown University, Harvard University
Occupation(s)Journalist, Peace Activist, Artist, Filmmaker
Employer(s)Aman ki Asha, Southasia Peace Action Network, Sapan News Network, Emerson College
Websitebeenasarwar.com

Beena Sarwar is a Pakistani journalist, artist and filmmaker focusing on human rights, media and peace.

She resides in Boston and is currently the editor of the Aman ki Asha (Hope for Peace) initiative, that aims to develop peace between the countries of India and Pakistan.[1][2][3]

The initiative is jointly sponsored by the Jang group in Pakistan and the Times of India across the border.[4]

In March 2021, she founded the Southasia Peace Action Network or SAPAN along with other peace activists from across South Asia.[5] In August 2022, SAPAN informally launched Sapan News Network, a news and features syndicated service in the making. She is its founding editor.[6][7]

Education and career

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Prior to her current position, Beena has worked as an Assistant Editor at The Star, as Features editor at The Frontier Post, and was the founding editor of The News on Sunday in 1993.[4] She has also produced television shows for Geo TV and served as Op-ed Editor for The News International. She holds a BA degree in Art and Literature from Brown University in 1986,[4] an MA degree in TV documentary from Goldsmiths College, London in 2001.[4] She also wrote a popular monthly column titled 'Personal Political' which was published by Hard News, in India.[4]

In 1998, Sarwar created an informal email newsletter on personal and political issues. In 2002, Sarwar started a Yahoo! group, beena-issues. Sarwar has a personal blog, "Journeys to Democracy," which she started in 2009. She was named Teabreak.pk's Featured Blogger in March 2010.[8] Her blog has also been named "Best Blog From a Journalist" at the Pakistan Blog Awards in 2011.[9]

She was a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University in 2006, and a Fellow at the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School 2007.[4] Before joining Emerson College as a faculty in 2017, she taught journalism at Princeton University, Brown University, and Harvard Summer School.[10]

She contributes news and commentary to media outlets around the world including New York Times, Guardian, Boston Globe, Al Jazeera, BBC, CNN, VOA, and NPR. She has published essays in several nonfiction anthologies and is Editor of Aman ki Asha (hope for peace), a platform launched jointly by the two largest media groups of Pakistan and India respectively. She leads the South Asia Peace Action Network or SAPAN, a cross-border, inter-generational coalition launched in March 2021. In August 2022, SAPAN informally launched Sapan News Network, a news and features syndicated service in the making.[11]

Filmography

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Sarwar was the director/producer in the following selected documentaries:

  • Naheed: A Portrait, (2001) Dir./Prod, Goldsmiths College (University of London)
  • Naheed’s Story, (2001) Dir./Prod, Goldsmiths College (University of London)
  • Karachi Diary, (2001) Dir., VPRO (Dutch Television), Netherlands
  • Forced Marriage, (2003) Dir., Geo TV Pakistan
  • From Pakistan, with Love: Saneeya Hussain (1954-2005), (2005) Dir., Geo TV Pakistan, Women Broadcasting for Change series, London
  • Mukhtiar Mai: The Struggle for Justice, (2006) Dir., Women Broadcasting for Change series, London (‘Best Documentary’, Jaipur International Film Festival, Feb. 2009)
  • Milne Do: Let Kashmiris Meet, [2009], Dir., prod., Video Journalism Movement
  • Aur Nikleinge Ushhaq ke Qafle - There Will Be More Caravans of Passion, Prod. Independent film, Dir. Sharjil Baloch, 2010

Published chapters in edited anthologies

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  • India, Pakistan And ‘Southasia’ in Thirty Years of SAARC: Society, Culture and Development, IIC Quarterly, May 2015
  • Editor of: “Exploring Women’s Voices – Women in Conflict Zones: The Pakistan Study – Community Conversations in Balochistan and Swat” – by Nazish Brohi and Saba Gul Khattak for The Women's Regional Network, 2014
  • Milne Do (let them meet), in This Side That Side — Restorying Partition, graphic anthology, Yoda Press, New Delhi, 2013)
  • Ch 36-Media- New Trends, Old Problems in South Asia 2060: Envisioning Regional Futures (Anthem Press, London, 2013)
  • Introduction, Biography and Conclusion for The Political Economy of a Punjabi Village in Pakistan by Zekiye Eglar, commissioned by the Institute of Intercultural Studies, New York; Oxford University Press 2011
  • Uphill and Downstream in Pakistan, chapter on environmental journalism in Pakistan for Green Pen, Sage, India, 2010
  • Media matters, chapter in ‘The Great Divide: India and Pakistan’, edited by Ira Pande; India International Center quarterly, 2010
  • The MF Husain controversy- Identity, intent and the rise of militant fascism, Nukta Art, Volume 4, Issue 2, Karachi, October 2009
  • Role of Women in Building Peace between India and Pakistan, chapter in Women Building Peace Between India and Pakistan, edited by Shree Mulay & Jackie Kirk, An Anthem Critical Studies book, Anthem Press (London, New York, Delhi), 2007
  • Karachi, in A City Under Siege: Carnage in Karachi, 12/15/07, Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, 2007
  • Bombay, personally, in imagine: neighbors in peace, The Chowk Company, USA, 2005
  • Media profile of Pakistan, UNDP Cross Boundary Media Initiatives Project (PARAGON Regional Governance), March 2002
  • Rumors, in PeaceFire, Fragments from the Israel-Palestine Story, Ethan Casey & Paul Hilder, Free Association Books/Blueear.com, UK 2002
  • Pakistani Women: An Overview and Women and Media in Pakistan: Reality unrepresented, facts distorted, in A National Study on Monitoring and Sensitisation of the Print Media on the Portrayal of Women: Changing Images, Uks, Islamabad, January 2002.
  • WSF: moving ahead, in quarterly Inter-Asia Cultural Studies, Volume 5, Issue 2 (Routledge, Taylor & Francis, London) August 2004
  • The Hijacking of Pakistan, in Dispatches from a Wounded World, BlueEar. & BookSurge, USA & UK, December 2001
  • Women more Vulnerable, chapter (co-authored) on Pakistan in TB Do or Die published by The Panos Institute South Asia and World Health Organisation, Kathmandu, Nov 1998
  • Transformation From Within: Women's Education in Pakistan, Overseas, Royal Over-Seas League quarterly journal, London, June 1998
  • “We Are the Future”: a story of the Pakistani girl child (editor), Family Planning Association of Pakistan, launched at UN Women's Conference, Beijing August 1995.
  • On Suspicion of Illicit Relations in Women and Violence: Realities and Responses Worldwide, edited by Miranda Davies, Zed Books Ltd., UK/USA, 1994

References

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  1. ^ "Frank Islam speaks with Beena Sarwar (Boston-based Pakistani journalist-activist)". South Asia Monitor. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  2. ^ "Interview: Beena Sarwar on Journalism and Safety in Pakistan". Asia Society. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
  3. ^ Sarwar, Beena (20 February 2023). "Zia Mohyeddin: One of a kind". Hard News. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
  4. ^ a b c d e f "Beena Sarwar profile". Chowk.com website. Archived from the original on 7 April 2012. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  5. ^ "About Sapan". Southasia Peace Action Network. 17 June 2021. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
  6. ^ "Southasia Peace Action Network". Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  7. ^ "Sapan News". Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  8. ^ "About | Journeys to democracy". Beenasarwar.wordpress.com. 23 February 2009. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
  9. ^ "Awards | Pakistan Blog Awards". Archived from the original on 9 November 2013. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  10. ^ "Beena Sarwar". Emerson College. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  11. ^ "Beena Sarwar". Emerson.edu. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
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