https://www.wasaymir.com/home daily 1.0 2025-12-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/626ad4e57884513d93c65229/4837e354-3be5-4937-8e46-8a1f83e73614/Wasay+With+Mehdi.jpeg Home - Learning From The Best At the Al Jazeera HQ in Washington D.C. with journalist Mehdi Hassan. I was working as a part of the political debate show UpFront and this was one of my first professional experiences in the world of news media. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/626ad4e57884513d93c65229/7bb4e1a0-d12c-44f7-b77a-8ae20f181d6f/With+Malala.jpg Home - In Conversation With A Nobel Laureate At a Doha Debates event with Malala Yousafzai, youngest noble peace prize winner. Spoke on the Afghan refugee crisis, Kashmir issue and the future for women empowerment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/626ad4e57884513d93c65229/7caf6d9a-a27b-48d2-b614-153442bd8f8b/Acid+Attacks-+A+Story+Of+Survival.png Home - Visual Storytelling Directed a documentary on Acid Attack Victims in Pakistan and subsequently screened it in Qatar and the United States. This was a project sponsored by the Pulitzer Center and shot in the summer of 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/626ad4e57884513d93c65229/b1b492e2-884e-419d-95c8-eb2481c6e77b/doha_debates_logo_before_after.png Home Doha Debates is a Qatar Foundation sponsored project where there are solution focused debates and interview programs, video reports and interactive content. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/626ad4e57884513d93c65229/f370903b-df9b-414b-8cfd-2d59838d6ed3/FOX+WC+2.jpg Home - Make it stand out FOX Sports is the sports programming division of the Fox Corporation that is responsible for sports broadcasts. 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It empowers people to make positive changes in communities and advances the ethical practice of sustainable community development. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/626ad4e57884513d93c65229/6bbe5379-47aa-42e0-b10b-c3441334c8fe/QM+4.png Home - Make it stand out Qatar Museums (QM), the nation’s preeminent institution for art and culture, provides authentic and inspiring cultural experiences through a growing network of museums. 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It was first launched in 1978, and is currently distributed throughout the UAE and also in other Persian Gulf Countries. Gulf News is a daily English language newspaper published from Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It was first launched in 1978, and is currently distributed throughout the UAE and also in other Persian Gulf Countries. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/626ad4e57884513d93c65229/1c3fbbd1-56e7-47b9-9883-4456e46861a9/MM.png Home - An independent newspaper, Minute Mirror is delivering news to its readers on a variety of public interest topics through its print and online editions, as well as multiple social media platform. An independent newspaper, Minute Mirror is delivering news to its readers on a variety of public interest topics through its print and online editions, as well as multiple social media platforms. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/626ad4e57884513d93c65229/75bbb8cc-e969-4580-b5f6-79e5e922289c/medill.jpeg Home Medill On The Hill is a Washington D.C. based news network that offers select journalists the opportunity to cover Congress, the White House and U.S. politics from their newsroom in D.C. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/626ad4e57884513d93c65229/99fe557c-6f50-4519-9a3d-c28830dc3bdb/TDQ.png Home - The Daily Q is an online newspaper produced and run by students from Northwestern University in Qatar. The publication was started in 2010. It’s the only student-run news publication in Education City. The Daily Q is an online newspaper produced and run by students from Northwestern University in Qatar. The publication was started in 2010. It’s the only student-run news publication in Education City. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/626ad4e57884513d93c65229/32ff4369-ace4-47d5-9401-d1a0d150c541/dawn.png Home - Make it stand out Dawn is a Pakistani English-language newspaper that was launched in British India by Muhammad Ali Jinnah in 1941. It is the largest English newspaper in Pakistan, and is widely considered the country's newspaper of record. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/626ad4e57884513d93c65229/555b4a3e-3a50-404b-89bf-ce68318920d3/TNI.png Home - Make it stand out The National Interest is a Washington, D.C.-based foreign policy magazine founded in 1985 that serves as a leading forum for debates about American foreign policy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/626ad4e57884513d93c65229/98ed4022-d8a6-42ce-9c91-f2716f3f0f9a/QT.png Home - Make it stand out Qatar Tribune is an English-language newspaper published in Doha, Qatar with local and international coverage. 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This opinion piece looks into the the relationship between the two nuclear powers in a different light- through the perspective of a young Pakistani student living abroad. It was published in Pakistan Today on June 27, 2021. https://www.wasaymir.com/publications/india-unveiled monthly 0.5 2022-04-29 https://www.wasaymir.com/publications/joevincent-so-blue-collar-fighter-white-collar-preacher monthly 0.5 2022-04-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/626ad4e57884513d93c65229/75a2c34f-e5c7-4fd8-8154-b4ebec280b48/JV+Bloody+Close+Up.JPG Publications - JoeVincent So: Blue Collar Fighter, White Collar Preacher Second round of JoeVincent So’s 6th MMA fight in Domination Fight League, Manilla, Philippines. 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