The Lost Generation
Feb 04, 2025
Pakistan is experiencing an exodus of our young. How does losing almost an entire generation of students with advanced degrees and ambitious dreams change us and them?
Mariya Karimjee
Mariya Karimjee is a freelance writer and editor, currently based in Karachi, Pakistan. She is interested in stories about identity and belonging, and writes frequently about our place in the world. She has contributed to This American Life, Marie Claire Magazine, Bon Appetit, VICE and Al Jazeera America. She has reported on Pakistan's first democratic transfer of power, day laborers at a ship breaking yard in Balochistan, and the growing rates of infanticide in Pakistan. She has also written about her experience as a victim of FGM/C, growing up Muslim in Texas and is currently working on a memoir with PRH.