Dear Vueling: A Broken Wheelchair Demands Accountability—Not a Look Under My Skirt
I absolutely hate to write this article. Because I hate being ghosted. I hate dead ends and I hate broken wheelchairs and this article ‘sadly’ is all about it. Wheelchairs being broken during travel is the second biggest fear of travelers who use a wheelchair. Being taken for an alien and being stabbed is number […]
Cardboard, Conversations and Code – Can AI fix attitudes?
They tell me I’m not smart for building a board game in the age of AI and digitization, silly for choosing cardboard and conversation over code. I’m told real solutions scale, automate, and optimize. But what they miss is that disability stigma doesn’t live in software; it lives in people. It lives in the way […]
Lahore Museum Lets You Fill in the Blanks — All on Your Own!
When I visited the Lahore Museum, I wasn’t expecting to find Allama Iqbal’s leftover pakoras preserved and framed—but I was hoping to find ´something´ to chew on. Something to spark a deeper connection to this city—beyond what I studied in Pak Studies class. Something to mentally stimulate me and emotionally tie me to Lahore’s cultural […]
Nishat Hotels: Architectural Beauty with the Ugliest Accessibility
A Glimpse of Elegance, but at What Cost? Tanzila: “I am super tired after a long day and just want to sit down with my friend and talk.”Ummara: “We’ll do that, but before that, I want to treat you to High Tea at Nishat Hotel.” And just like that, I headed to meet a friend […]
Letter to Qatar Airways from solo travelers with a disability
The only miles Qatar Airways is awarding me are miles of anxiety. Even in this day and age where inclusion has to be the best buzz word in every board meeting and marketing campaign. On the ground, Qatar Airways treatment of people with disabilities is stepping away from being inclusive. I frequently fly on this […]
Where There is a Wheel There is a Way – Trailer out now
A simple comment made on one of our posts made us realize the magnitude of our trip and how it affected everyone who heard about it. So we sat down to share our side of the story in a well-thought-out interview, matched with our snippets from the trip and the social media commentary that made […]
This is why I will buy the ticket to Tosha Khana – Tanzila Khan
Whether I become an entrepreneur or an astronaut, one role I can never dodge is being a representative of Pakistan every time I set foot outside the border. One can literally feel the instinct kick in at the sight of our flag or our food. One such instance happened while I was at Hyder Aliyev […]
Dear Air France – my wheelchair is like my legs, not luggage
As someone who has saved her best dresses for her visit to Paris, I am not too sure if it will be through Air France, given my past Air France disability experience. The airline needs to update and upgrade its understanding of disability, and I am here to help with that pro bono. Or maybe […]
Amal Clooney Women’s Empowerment Award
Meet our first-ever Amal Clooney Women’s Empowerment Award winner from The Prince’s Trust Awards 2022! Tanzila Khan is an inspirational women’s rights activist, entrepreneur, and student from Pakistan. Selected by Amal Clooney in recognition for her remarkable work to increase women’s access to menstrual, pregnancy, and reproductive health products through her company @girlythings.pk Sponsored by […]
Mental or Mentor?
I managed to get two of my favorite words in the title. The word ‘Mental’ opens up my door to the sky and lets me be swing my pen with no rules. I mean my signature workshop is called Let’s Get MAD! what more can you expect? But here is where the word ‘Mentor’ hops […]