Kawway
Kawway is a podcast hosted by Sabahat Quadri, where friends from Karachi discuss life, ideas, and how the world works. Inspired by the city's noisy crows, the show offers candid conversations and reflections. It is available on Substack.
Episodes
Yeh Maamla Koi Aur Hai
Western Feminism is not feminism—it’s a movement specific to white women in the Global North. They don’t give a crap about women around the world, especially Muslim women. We know this because they have ignored, loudly and violently, the systemic and ongoing rape of Palestinian women by Israelis, the persecution of hijabi women in France, the blind eye they turned, even as they first began their m
Kaun Firoun?
We take so many things for granted, not least how we treat the people who work for us. Neither education nor money can erase the fact that s**t rolls downhill, and the person at the bottom is always at the receiving end. This is the exact opposite, however, of what our religion teaches us, and for a country whose population loves being righteous, it’s shocking how common these behaviours are. List
Gol Maal
Entrepreneurship and big business in Pakistan isn’t going anywhere for a whole host of reasons, from illogical, corrupt government policies to the Pharaohs who rule the roost. We’re not suggesting all Pakistani businesses use nefarious practices, but you need a certain grit and lots of money to make things work here. We’re honoured to have the fourth crow back on this episode! Faeez joins us in di
Ghar ki Murghi
Ghar ki murghi, daal barabar literally translates to “the chicken at home is the same as a plate of lentils”. The saying refers to taking people in your home, in your family, or those you see everyday, for granted. In particular, we discuss the Pakistani tendency to take daughters and daughters-in-law for granted, for not giving them agency in their own lives, for using them as spare parts in the
Banogay Nawab II
Weeks after we recorded Banogay Nawab I, we had another session on education. There are some overlaps, but we also had some new insights, so we’ve kept the whole session as is. Update: edited and uploaded the podcast again. There were audio issues in the last version. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit sabahatqu
Banogay Nawab (Part I)
Education for the sake of education is our legacy, but we’re a colonised nation, remember? Today’s education is for the sake of money and capitalism. And we’re only getting deeper in the weeds as we listen to myriad Western voices on how to improve our education.All three of us have experience, in varying degrees, in the education sector. We’re either teachers or content creators. Oh, and we’ve wr
Dumb and Dumber Start a War
Pakistan’s leadership, beholden to Empire and concerned about lining their own pockets, is drifting along the golden path to approval from the Epstein class. It’s possible that’s where they really want to be, and they’ve abandoned any pretence of governance. But the people and the Ulema seem to be nowhere to be found either. As ever, this is a Minglish podcast. You need to know some Urdu to unders
Bread and Butter
The genocide, climate change, inequality, the Epstein classes…these are all byproducts of an insane insatiable desire to consume. And to consume, you need money. For money, you’ll destroy the earth and then launch a rocket atop a pile of skulls and set up shop on Mars. With any luck, martians exist. You’ll either annihilate them, or turn into a new class of beings to exploit. In the meantime, we n
Shaadi Mubarak!
Showing off obscene wealth is not a cultural thing, it's not a religious thing. This is inferiority. If you're secure in who you are, you don't need to show off. #pakistan #culture #weddings #fashion #trends This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit sabahatquadri.substack.com
No Saris Allowed
What happens when you get a Bengali, a Delhi-wala, and a Hyderabadi together? Living in Karachi, Pakistan, our outlook is coloured by Pakistani culture, Islam, and the world-view of a nation demonised globally. Listen in!Note: This is a “Minglish” podcast — half in Urdu, half in English. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus epis
Colonisation vs Boycotts
The erasure of our history, the deep-rooted sense of inferiority, the deliberate subjugation of the Global South have made the journey towards self-determination an uphill slog. But it’s not impossible—Palestinians have taught us, have shown us, that even if it takes generations, this is a journey we MUST take, and we CAN take.Note: this podcast is (mostly) in Urdu, though English is liberally spr
Giving up Everything
E02 Giving Up Everything This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit sabahatquadri.substack.com
6 Downed Jets
Just as it’s been a mask-off moment for the Global North with Trump at the helm, India’s mask-off moment has been thanks to Modi. The crows got together to discuss moving on from 7 May.Kawway comprises myself, Rahila Ashraf, and Quratulain Maqbool. We’re two generations of women in the workforce, from different backgrounds, with different worldviews, and a friendship forged in fire.This episode al
