Photojournalist based in Pakistan. Contributor to NYT, Reuters and Telegraph among others. Consultant Photographer Unicef. TEDx speaker.
Islamabad, Pakistan
Joined June 2009
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Saiyna Bashir retweeted
The new album by @nusratofficial, Chain of Light, is out today on @RealWorldRec. Here's an excerpt from a short film that tells the story of the album's re-discovery in the Real World Records archive. The film was produced by @saiyna Bashir Studios with support from @pkBritish.
It's available to watch in full on the Real World YouTube channel. youtu.be/S41g6udnIg8?si=Q4q0…
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Read the full story in our new feature by M. Z. Adnan, with photography by @saiyna
Destined for Clicks: YouTube is driving an astrology boom in Pakistan restofworld.org/2024/youtube…
Saiyna Bashir retweeted
Destined for Clicks: YouTube is driving an astrology boom in Pakistan
Read our new feature by M. Z. Adnan, with photography by @saiyna
restofworld.org/2024/YouTube…
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How YouTube is catapulting Pakistani astrologers to the stars
Read our new feature, with photography by @saiyna
restofworld.org/2024/YouTube…
Saiyna Bashir retweeted
An evening celebrating legendary Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan's music was held at Silencio des Prés, Paris where Nusrat’s ‘lost album’ *Chain of Light* premier was arranged by Saiyna Bashir Studios in coordination with British Council & Real World 🇵🇰
Chain of Light includes previously unheard recordings of Nusrat and his Qawwal party produced at Peter Gabriel’s Real World Studios in 1990.
📢 Evening Highlights
✨Album Preview: Music from Chain of Light, Real World Records (world wide release on September 20, 2024)
"CHAIN OF LIGHT" contains 4 TRADITIONAL QAWWALIS:
- Ya Allah Ya Rehman
- Aaj Sik Mitran Di
- Khabram Raseed Imshab
- Ya Ghaus Ya Meeran (UNRELEASED)
✨A Glimpse into "Ustad": Documentary in-production by Saiyna Bashir Studios
✨Panel Talk: Conversation on Nusrat's life, his artistry, and his enduring impact on music
Earlier Zakir Thaver and Saiyna Bashir visited Embassy of 🇵🇰 and met Amb @Asimiahmad where they discussed their upcoming documentary "USTAD" a tribute to late Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, scheduled for release in 2025.
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Saiyna Bashir retweeted
We were delighted to attend an evening in celebration of the legend Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan @nusratofficial which took place at @mac_birmingham featuring Chain of Light, an album of previously unheard recordings.
@pkBritish @RealWorldRec @saiyna
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1/5 Loved attending an exclusive evening celebrating global icon & Qawwali Ustad, #NusratFatehAliKhan on Tue night in Manchester!
We had an exclusive viewing of #UstadTheFilm, a biopic with rare & unseen footage, produced by the brilliant @saiyna supported by the @BritishCouncil
Saiyna Bashir retweeted
The Manchester preview of @nusratofficial the late Us. Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan’s “lost album” from the ‘90s “Chain of Light” uncovered by @RealWorldRec last night was pure magic. Paired with an upcoming documentary on his life by @thaver_zakir @saiyna @pkBritish @fatimamullick84
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Because even the smallest connection to the late great Us Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan must be cherished. @nusratofficial @saiyna @thaver_zakir @fatimamullick84 @RealWorldRec
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A deeply moving night listening to Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan’s lost album, “Chain of Light”. Incredible seeing the painstaking work by @RealWorldRec to restore these incredible qawwalis, 34 years after their recording, beautifully documented by @saiyna, supported by @pkBritish
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In Pakistan’s elections, the PMLN look set to be the biggest party, thanks to support from the army & a crackdown on the PTI
Spoke to senior politician @kdastgirkhan
“You’ve played this game before & know how it ends, in a couple of years time the military will push you out?”
Saiyna Bashir retweeted
I, @cegoldbaum, and @saiyna traveled along G.T Road, a famed highway in Pakistan’s most heated political battleground, to understand how Pakistanis are feeling before #PakistanElection. Our dispatch nytimes.com/2024/02/05/world…
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@saiyna Saw your story on dangers of extreme heat on front page of the Washington Post last week. Then, unexpectedly, spent a whole chapter(!) with you on assignment in The Heat Will Kill You First. (1/2)
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📰🗞️What we're reading: How #climatechange is impacting #globalhealth by fueling disease, malnutrition and death.
Reporting from @anniegowan and @saiyna with the @washingtonpost.
wapo.st/45I62uV
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I'm not an expert in much, but I do have quite a lot of experience in treating exertional heat illness.
Below my experience learning distilled into a Twitter thread.
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There’s no doubt: climate disasters and scientific data confirm we're in a new era of climate-fueled illness. 🤒
@anniegowen, @niko_tinius, & @saiyna overview the evidence in an impressive analysis for @washingtonpost.
⏱️ 47 minute #LongRead
washingtonpost.com/climate-e…
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This is the best reporting on heat and how people exist with it I've ever seen.
Give it a scroll.
@anniegowan @saiyna props
No paywall--Check out this gift article, at no cost to you.
Read here: wapo.st/3RbS9Rl
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On today’s front page: the @washingtonpost kicks of its series “The Human Limit” about the deadly health consequences of climate change. I reported from Sindh, Pakistan with @saiyna and @niko_tinius in London
