sr07974@st.habib.edu.pk
I am a writer, researcher, and aspiring journalist with experience across reporting, creative writing, and documentary storytelling. My work often explores themes of gender, culture, politics, and social change.<\/p>\n
sr07974@st.habib.edu.pk
sobhsaeedrid@gmail.com
https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/sobh-saeed-rid-a3839a279\/
Portfolio<\/p>\n
+923185103625<\/p>\n
School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
BA (Honors) Communication & Design<\/p>\n
2026
Adobe Illustrator|
\nAdobe InDesign|
\nAdobe Photoshop|
\nAdobe Premiere Pro|
\nCanva|
Adaptability; Collaborates Openly; Planning; Problem Solving; Takes Initiative
Journalism; Research; Graphic Design;
N\/A
Editor-In-Chief|Vice President,Feminist Collective|Hdu Marketing Lead,Gaming Club Habib Debate Union|Content Production Member,Pride Press|
Research & Production Intern,
\n Dawn News English
\n (May 2025 \u2013 April 2026)
\n|<\/p>\n
Junior Writer (Internship),
\n The Diplomatic Insight
\n (November 2021 \u2013 February 2022)
\n|
Research paper on Women’s Agency in Rural Sindh selected for the IVS Research Conference in April 2026<\/p>\n
Article on Pakistan’s burgeoning thrift market, its online manifestation and the way women navigate this ecosystem published in Dawn Images in July 2025.<\/p>\n
Personal essay on breaking a patriarchal cultural tradition as a kid published in Dawn EOS in October 2025.<\/p>\n
Personal auto-ethnographical essay on my grandfather’s youth activism as he navigated the One Unit Scheme and the complexities behind the term nationalist published in Sarazad in September 2025.
The Digital Lives of Mithri Women
MITHRI WOMEN ARE ON THE INTERNET.<\/p>\n
On TikTok, lip-syncing trending sounds. On Daraz, ordering skincare and beauty products. In DM requests, replying to boys. On Snapchat, keeping 1,000-day streaks. On ChatGPT, asking questions they can\u2019t take anywhere else.<\/p>\n
Blending reportage with memoir, this nonfiction book enters the digital lives of young women in Sindh\u2019s village of Mithri, a place where mobile towers blink above sugarcane fields and rumours travel faster than WiFi. Through vignettes, interviews, and the author\u2019s own experience as a Mithri woman, the book traces the way these women navigate visibility, desire, and agency online.<\/p>\n
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