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Huzaifa Ahmed Idrees
Aspiration Statement
With an interest in cultural studies, specifically about the culture of Karachi, I plan to work to the extent that I can find a platform to help people understand their society.
Core Skills
- Communication Skills
- Data Analysis (Stata)
- Graphic Design (Canva, Photoshop)
- Research and Analysis
- Video Editing (Premiere)
Experience
Leadership / Meta-curricular
- PR Lead, Habib Philosophy Club
Internship / Volunteer Work
- Data Analytics Teaching Assistant, Habib University (February 2023 – April 2023)
- Communications Intern, Pakistan Chowk Community Centre (December 2022 – January 2023)
- Digital Marketing and Research Intern, Engro Polymer & Chemicals Ltd. (July 2022 – August 2022)
Final Year Project
Project Title
Maila Qisasy Moment: Pecuniary Resistance by Working Class Youth in Karachi
Description
In times of calm, for societies that are going through social upheaval, there is a fracturing and revolution in their cultural identity. One can see this in post-war Britain and similarly in a post-MQM Karachi. The subcultures that have arisen to answer questions pertaining to their own class conditions in Karachi represent hidden and ignored problems in this city. Taking cues from the progenitor of youth subcultural studies, the Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies, infusing frameworks of Pierre Bourdieu and Thorstein Veblen, this paper identifies the political gap that "Maila" culture fills in a comparatively apolitical Karachi.