Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

Born in Pakistan in 1978, Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy is a journalist and a documentary filmmaker. Her first film Terrors Children won the American Women in Radio and Television Gracie Award, the Overseas Press Club Award, and the South Asian Journalist Association Award. Her second, Re-inventing the Taliban, earned her the Banff Rockie Special Jury Award. Her third, On A Razors Edge, is about the recent peace movement between India and Pakistan. She is currently finishing an MA in Journalism at Stanford University.

Kashmir Diary

After the immediate shock of the earthquake that hit the Kashmir regions of Pakistan and India, killing nearly 75,000, the approach of winter poses a second deadly threat to

By Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

/ 22 Dec 2005

Between Pakistan and the world: an interview with Sharmeen Obaid

openDemocracys coverage of India and Pakistan includes articles on Hindu nationalism, Pakistans nuclear scandal, the cricket tests, Lagaan, Kashmir fears, Ayodhya myths, Keralan dreams, Gujarat pogroms, and India

By Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy and Laila Kazmi

/ 30 Jun 2004