Shehroze Ahmed Shaikh

Shehroze Ahmed Shaikh studies and teaches history at Simon Fraser University. He likes to write about politics, religion, and visual culture.

Swear not by the moon: The contentious politics of lunar sighting in Pakistan

It is nearing sunset in Karachi on the hot and humid evening of Wednesday, 12 May 2021. The weather, however, has nothing to do with the residents of the city&

By Shehroze Ahmed Shaikh

/ 26 Nov 2021

Swear not by the moon: The contentious politics of lunar sighting in Pakistan

From Bin Qasim to Ertugrul

How the Pakistani state has revived the use of historical drama as a political tool.

By Shehroze Ahmed Shaikh

/ 16 Oct 2020