Laila Kazmi was born in Pakistan and moved to the United States with her family as a young girl. She is a freelance writer and the editor of www.Jazbah.org. Her articles have appeared in Dawn, Pakistan Link, and on other south Asian sites.

Recent articles

Sharmeen Obaid’s documentary films explore the impact of politics on ordinary people - refugees from Taliban rule in Afghanistan, Pakistani citizens affected by the rise of fundamentalism, Indian and Pakistani families separated by history. Laila Kazmi spoke to her in a telephone call to San Francisco, where her films were screening.

A Pakistani-American writer registers the shock of the Abu Ghraib torture photos as a wound to her identity as a United States citizen of immigrant origin.