Ammara Ahmad

Independent Journalist. Writer. Literary Translator. Chasing stories with chai in hand. Punjabi language activist. All disclaimers apply.

[Kelley @craffingKelley]

I was raped in college, partly while unconscious, and I dropped out a month later after not being able to leave my dorm room where it happened for weeks due to fear and humiliation. I was a gifted student given a merit scholarship. Who can say what MY future would have held?

[zellie @zellieimani]

Emma Sulkowicz protested against Columbia University handling of her sexual–assault allegations of Paul Nungesser by hauling a mattress around campus.

He was never convicted or charged. But he did file a discrimination lawsuit against the college and they settled.

[LPC @landpalestine]

Johnathan Newell, one of the Cornell 7 gang rapists is the one that sent the Snapchat message to the “Chi Phi Actives,” where the other 6 learned about the “free p*ssy.”

Never let this story die down and never stop calling it out.

He wants to be a Dr. No med school should accept him

[Ammara Ahmad @ammarawrites]

@Razarumi machar jhol for me

[Ammara Ahmad @ammarawrites]

@TulikaBose_ i had a close call in Stanford once

[Ammara Ahmad @ammarawrites]

@Cornell shame on you

[Y. @modihh__]

women receive more shame for
consensual sex than men do for rape btw

[‏ً @itsnwts]

Female rage is interesting because underneath it is usually a woman who asked politely 47 times

[mindy pressman @pressmindy]

Can’t sleep on student newspapers. A few years ago Stanford’s president had to resign because of a freshman’s reporting

[Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @NYCMayor]

Run, don't walk, to https://t.co/wRuvcpXdh1

Register to vote by October 24 so that you can vote on faster, more efficient government.

[osama @0ba0sama]

the french would rather burn paris to the ground than be forced to have a job for two more years, gotta respect that.

[Reuters @Reuters]

Two Pakistani pilots are memorizing Mandarin, spinning in centrifuge drills and learning to eat, sleep and repair equipment while weightless as a decision nears on which one will become the first foreign astronaut aboard China's Tiangong space station https://t.co/6iG1Z19vTt

[Asad Ali Toor @AsadAToor]

Police investigating a case of sexual assault on a foreign national woman on Sunday found a vehicle allegedly used in the incident and detained three people for questioning.
https://t.co/8cXyNPIQ2u

[Ahmad Hassan Bobak @ahmad__bobak]

Two weeks before @SalmanView’s abduction in UAE on 27 September 2024, one of our former team members was forced by Pakistan’s Military Intelligence (MI) to contact Salman @SalmanView and convey a chilling warning:
“Start working with us, otherwise you will not be safe in UAE either”

Salman’s response was clear: he was no longer active on social media and was focusing on his job and career in Sharjah, UAE, where he moved months before 9th May.

Two weeks later, on 27 September 2024, Salman was taken from outside his apartment in Al Nahda, Sharjah, just three days after Junaid Jahangir @M_Junaidd was abducted from Dubai Airport while returning from Umrah.

Salman had chosen to build his professional life in UAE because he believed he could live and work there “peacefully”, away from the persecution of PTI supporters by Pakistani intelligence agencies.

But that sense of safety did not last!!

Salman & Junaid were held at undisclosed locations for around eight months, completely beyond the reach of their families, friends, and lawyers. During this time they endured severe physical and psychological mistreatment during this period.

In May 2025, both were transferred to Al Wathba Prison in Abu Dhabi, where they remain till today.

For Salman’s family, these two years have been especially painful. His father is severely ill and bedridden, suffering from multiple heart and kidney problems. He has spent these years waiting to see his son again.

Salman’s wife remained in UAE for 18 months, living alone and without family support to pursue her husband’s case. During those 18 months, she was allowed only eight video calls with Salman, and even for those brief calls, she had to travel to the prison. There was no physical meeting at all.

Whatever political disputes exist in Pakistan, Salman and Junaid went to the UAE to work, build their careers, and live peacefully. Salman didn’t even have active social media accounts.

We respectfully appeal to the UAE leadership @MohamedBinZayed @HHShkMohd @HamdanMohammed @HHMansour @HHShkDrSultan @LadyVelvet_HFQ and the relevant authorities to look into their cases with compassion and fairness.

Two years have already been taken from their lives and their families. Please allow Salman and Junaid to return to the people who have been waiting for them every single day !!
@UAEmediaoffice @GovernmentUAE @mofauae @moiuae @DubaiPoliceHQ @ADPoliceHQ @MOHRE_UAE @uaeembassyisb @VisitAbuDhabi @mariammalmheiri

@hrw @amnesty @AmnestyAR @amnestysasia

#ReleaseJunaidAndSalman #ReleaseSalmanRaza #ReleaseJunaidJahangir #TransnationalRepression

[naomi @lachancenaomi27]

When I got sexually assaulted in college the only option Bard gave me was a restraining order type thing where I would have had to tell him my entire schedule so he could avoid me, thereby letting him know where I was at all times

[Lucky Singh @justluckysingh]

Sister of the Year, no competition 😭😂

[໊ @xoeeie]

Pregnancy is an insane cost on women and humanity. Progress on artificial wombs is as close to objective good as you’ll get in science and the hate this technology gets is baffling. It’s easy to romanticize pregnancy when your body isn’t the one being sacrificed.

[Faisal Khan @KaliwalYam]

اہم ترین 🚨
رضا ڈار کیس کے بعد لاہور میں ایک اور غیر ملکی خاتون سے اجتماعی زیادتی۔
آذربائیجان سے آئی خاتون کو تین لڑکوں نے زیادتی کا نشانہ بنا ڈالا

[Asad Ali Toor @AsadAToor]

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Defence-C police on Saturday registered a case against three unidentified men on charges of subjecting an Azeri woman to gang rape.
https://t.co/oUM81sSbUC