MY DAWN YEARS: EXPLORING SOCIAL ISSUES

My DAWN Years Exploring Social Issues “A trail-blazer, Zubeida Mustafa has the courage of a journalist, the perfectionism of a researcher, and an ability to see Pakistan through the lens of disadvantaged classes. In this fascinating memoir, she tells us of her struggles to put social issues — education, health, and social security — high on the national agenda. It also traces Dawn’s travel through technological revolutions in the print media, its efforts to bring out new features, such as Books & Authors, a sterling contribution to both journalism and literature both. Further, we learn about Dawn’s travails during the long spells of authoritarian rule, as it strove to deliver sane counsel to the state and the people and to survive to fight for another day. A must-read for journalists, their defenders, and their victims both.”