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Author Archives: Nadia Bokhari

Nadia Batool Bokari is a Columbia University graduate, freelance journalist and TV anchor from Pakistan. She has over a decade of international reporting experience, often focusing on issues of social justice, human rights and health. Follow her on Twitter at @nadiabatool

photo shows two columns of headstones from the back
Posted inInfectious Disease

Religious burial rituals slowly resuming after shift forced by pandemic

by Nadia Bokhari November 29, 2021November 30, 2021

By Nadia Batool Bokhari As more is understood about the transmission of COVID-19 some 19 months into the pandemic, some religious communities in North Carolina are breathing sighs of relief at being able to return to preparing bodies for burial as they have traditionally done for centuries. Many Jews and Muslims, for example, have been […]

Shows a group of grim looking young women holding up signs saying, "we want peace" as they sit in front of candles.
Posted inMental Health

Pakistani refugee in NC cannot escape the images of trauma from a land he fled years ago

by Nadia Bokhari November 5, 2021November 4, 2021
Posted inState Health Policy

A historic increase in food stamp benefits began this month. Will it be enough?

by Nadia Bokhari October 27, 2021October 29, 2021
shows people in a line dragging suitcases and wearing backpacks as they walk toward large military transport planes in the distance
Posted inPublic Health

In a global pandemic, Afghan refugees in NC face a challenging health care system

by Nadia Bokhari September 29, 2021October 1, 2021

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