Saad Zuberi

PhD @ManshipSchool. Identity, framing, & representation. Journalist & docu filmmaker. Former editorial lead BBC MA Afg & producer @OpenJirga among other things.

[Study UK @StudyUKBritish]

Where could your UK education take you? This week our 2024 #StudyUKAlumniAwards Global Winners are back in the UK, meeting each other, visiting their universities and shining a spotlight on their achievements🎓@saadmzuberi @AstroRickman @nabeelaq @GREATBritain @commschols

[LSU Manship School of Mass Communication @ManshipSchool]

Congratulations to LSU Manship School doctoral student @saadmzuberi on receiving the British Council's Global UK Alumni Award 2024 for his exceptional work in journalism and documentary filmmaking! 🌍📽️ Saad’s impactful storytelling, featured on platforms like the BBC, Vice, and Al Jazeera, has sparked critical conversations about human rights and social justice around the world.

Learn more: https://t.co/cytGS22Kw8

🏆 This award follows his national win in March. We’re proud to have Saad as part of the Manship School community, where he’s continuing his research in international journalism and political communication. 🎓

#ManshipProud #GeauxManship

[City St George's Alumni @CityStGAlumni]

Saad Zuberi (International Journalism, 2013) through to British Council Study UK Alumni Awards Global Final !

Read more: https://t.co/0tYKAZu7Jg

@saadmzuberi
#CityAlumni #cityalumninetwork

[Nida Kirmani @NidaKirmani]

While the subaltern not only speaks but screams at their oppressors, those theorizing about them choose to remain silent. The disconnect between theory & praxis has never been as stark.

[Saad Zuberi @saadmzuberi]

I'm told I need to up my self-promo game until I can afford a full time PR agent

#ukalumniawards
@pkBritish @CityUniLondon @cityjournalism

[Nida Kirmani @NidaKirmani]

Tired of obsessing about the election? Read this excellently-researched piece by @saadmzuberi on male bodybuilders in Pakistan, which raises serious concerns about the pressures of conforming to a pumped up (& extremely unhealthy) form of masculinity. https://t.co/8BF0f11whA

[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

“If bodybuilders need to be scared of anything, it is the influence of manipulative coaches."

How Pakistani bodybuilders are vulnerable to drug abuse in their pursuit of fame | #AJLongReads ⤵️ https://t.co/OBqkxtiv8B

[Saad Zuberi @saadmzuberi]

A little more detail on a story I began working on two years ago -

[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

“If bodybuilders need to be scared of anything, it is the influence of manipulative coaches."

How Pakistani bodybuilders are vulnerable to drug abuse in their pursuit of fame | #AJLongReads ⤵️ https://t.co/OBqkxtiv8B

[Human Rights Watch @hrw]

Pakistan: Don’t Try Civilians in Military Courts https://t.co/T2JCsF1cHI

[Saad Zuberi @saadmzuberi]

379 Hostages. One True Story. Hijacked: Flight 73.
It was a pleasure producing this with an incredible team of journalists and filmmakers at @blastfilms, digging through facts and archives dating back 35 years to tell a story that still has relevance today #skydocumentaries

[Blast! Films @blastfilms]

Watch HIJACKED:  FLIGHT 73 tonight at 9.20pm on #SkyDocumentaries @skytv & @NOW

From BAFTA-winning director Ben Anthony, our feature documentary tells the story of Pan Am Flight 73’s hijacking in 1986, one of the most shocking terrorist acts in history. #SkyOriginal

[Saad Zuberi @saadmzuberi]

What are the makings of a diehard @ImranKhanPTI supporter? To find out, watch my film for @AJEnglish that follows a devotee/#PTIOfficial worker in the days leading up to the events of May 9
#Pakistan #AJCloseUp

[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

Mohammed Farhan is a devoted Imran Khan supporter. Watch as we follow him joining thousands of protesters across Pakistan after the former PM’s arrest #AJCloseUp ⤵️

[Saad Zuberi @saadmzuberi]

Why are Pakistan's bodybuilders dying? I made a short film for @VICEWorldNews last year that takes you on a fun yet uncomfortably eye-opening ride down the dark crevasses of Pakistan’s bodybuilding subculture. Watch: https://t.co/wKlgXtppd0

#Pakistan #Bodybuilding #Documentary

[VICE World News @VICEWorldNews]

In Pakistan, bodybuilding is an obsession and, for many, a route out of abject poverty. But a shot at wealth and fame is pushing young people to gamble with their lives.

[Saad Zuberi @saadmzuberi]

20 days ago I wrote an article for @AJEnglish. 18 days ago I got an email from a reader saying they wanted to support the boy featured in the piece. And today I received a picture of the boy in his new uniform, ready to head back to school. Humans, they’re not so bad after all!

[Sweepers Are Superheroes @sewperheroes]

Impact of Our Work: The Story of Salman Nadeem

Salman Nadeem, the eldest son of the late Nadeem Masih, faced an unfortunate turn of events when his father, a sewer cleaner, passed away in a tragic incident in October 2021. (1/5)

[Saad Zuberi @saadmzuberi]

Consumer prices rose 36.4% in April from a year earlier, the highest since 1964--Pakistan’s inflation hits a record on the back of a weaker currency and a rise in food and energy costs https://t.co/Nk0lUqEjGK via @economics

[Osman Khalid Butt 🇵🇸 @aClockworkObi]

Hate is profitable.

[Saad Zuberi @saadmzuberi]

Read my latest on the institutional discrimination and psychological abuse that forces Pakistan's Christian minority to lead substandard lives defined by the shame and misfortune their socio-religious identity brings them👇

#Pakistan #HumanRights

[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

"We don’t have a choice when supervisors threaten, curse and disrespect us. Our only option is to give in."

The plight of Pakistani Christians who are forced to clean streets and sewers | #AJLongReads ⤵️ https://t.co/m83TIy8CZC

[Saad Zuberi @saadmzuberi]

Cant believe #homosexuality is trending in Pakistan thanks to #Joyland. Maybe its time to make films about corruption, rape, adultery, child abuse, eating up peoples inheritances, bribery, infanticide, honor killings --just some other things ALSO explicitly forbidden in Islam🙃

[Saad Zuberi @saadmzuberi]

Curious to know what "minor edits" had to be made for #Joyland to be acceptable for release. Having grown up in Saudi where films were rigorously censored, I'm still traumatised every time I discuss a classic with someone only to find out the "real" story was completely different