Op-Eds and Editorials
- “Untapped Potential: Afghanistan’s Traditional Civil Society. Foreign Policy, Apr. 16, 2015.* (Photo Essay)
- “Equipping Pakistan’s Civil Society Against the Taliban.” The Hill, Dec. 24, 2014.
- “Six Things about Afghanistan that May Surprise You.” Foreign Policy, Oct. 27, 2014.*
- “Afghans Get Busy Helping Themselves.” Wall Street Journal, Sept. 2, 2014.*
- “Pakistan’s Bid for Tolerance.” Foreign Policy, Sept. 26, 2012.* (Photo Essay)
- “Out-recruiting Pakistan’s Extremists.” Foreign Policy, Feb. 29, 2012.*
- “Evicting the Taliban from Swat.” Foreign Policy, Nov. 2, 2011.*
- “Pakistan’s Most Powerful Weapon.” Foreign Policy, Oct. 21, 2011.*
- “The Battle for Pakistan’s Soul.” Foreign Policy, Sept. 1, 2011.*
- “Defeating the Taliban in Pakistan.” The Hill, Nov. 3, 2009.*
- “Repatriation of Crimean Tatar Youth: The Experience of Ali Chabuk.” International Committee for Crimea (Washington, DC), May, 2008.
- “Reasonable Accommodation: Imam Omar Kone on the Bouchard-Taylor Commission.” Alternatives International Journal (Montreal), May, 2008.
- “Islamic Organizations and Challenges in Crimea.” International Committee for Crimea (Washington, DC). Apr., 2008.
- “In Pakistan, Islam needs Democracy.” New York Times, Feb. 16, 2008. Reprinted in the International Herald Tribune.
- “A Lesson in Stifling Violent Extremism.” Christian Science Monitor, Feb. 20, 2007. On the Crimean Tatar experience.
- “An Interview with Mustafa Jemilev.” International Committee for Crimea (Washington, DC). Dec., 2006.
- “Jihad’s Fresh Face.” New York Times, Sept. 16, 2005. Reprinted in the International Herald Tribune.
- “Against All Odds: How Karachi’s Orangi Welfare Project Transformed a Community.” Chowrangi Magazine (New York), Winter, 2004.
- “Rising to the Challenge: Former Pakistani Ambassador to the U.S., Ashraf Jahangir Qazi, Discusses his New Mandate as the Special Representative of the U.N. Secretary General in Iraq.” Chowrangi Magazine (New York), Winter, 2004.
- “How the Holy Warriors Learned to Hate.” New York Times. June 18, 2004. Referenced in the 9/11 Commission Report and reprinted as “The Shallow Roots of the Mujahideen” in the International Herald Tribune.
- “Madaris in Perspective.” The News (Pakistan’s leading English Daily), Feb. 2004.
- “Ideologies for Sale.” The News, Feb., 2004
- “The Jihad Industry.” The News, Feb., 2004.
* co-authored
Television, Radio, and Podcasts
- Podcast episode “The Guide: Bibi Sahiba” in collaboration with leading Pakistan-Afghan musicians Zeb Bangash and Shamali Afghan. What’s Her Name Podcast on Women in History, Feb. 2021. (10,000 independent downloads)
- Wilson Center – Countering Violent Extremism in Pakistan: Opportunities and Obstacles for Civil Society, Feb. 2015.
- CSPAN – Leveraging Civil Society in Afghanistan, Feb. 19, 2014.
- Voice of America – Pushtu. Afghanistan Beyond 2014. TV interview, 2014.
- Voice of America – Radio Ashna, Afghanistan. TV interview on the development and potential of Pakistan civil society, and religious politics in South Asia, 2012.
- Voice of America – Serbian. TV interview on Sunni ideological rifts in South Asia, 2011.