Oral History Apprentice
83 oral histories and life stories collected
Click here to learn more about the 1947 Partition Archive and my interest in working with them.
In 2016, I received training from the Archive in story-collection and interviewing techniques to become an Oral History Apprentice. I recorded 83 life stories in Karachi and rural Punjab. Many of the interviews have been published on the Archive’s website. Click on one of the names below and it will take you to the Archive’s website where you can read the person’s story.
Hashmat Bibi (grandmother) Muhammad Yunus Khan Ahmed Deen Shamsuddin Ahmed Dr Tahera Aftab Prof. Muhammad Aslam Shah Dr Itqan Husain Farouqi Haji Abdul Sattar (grandfather) Surraiya Iqbal Rana Habib Ahmed Khalida Adeeb Wakeela Begum Jamil Ahmed Archbishop Evarist Pinto Mohammad Immranullah Siddiqui Uroos Fatima Naqvi Khwaja Naeem Shah Syed Muhammad Mateen Prof. Masood Ul Haq Abdul Sattar Saeeda Khatoon Sadiqa Zia-ur-Rehman Abdul Shakoor Hashimi Dr Syed Hamid Shafqat Sarah Sultana Tafazzul Hussain Qureshi Razia Tafazzul Shamim Fatima Sher Ali Khan Syed Salahuddin Khalique Muhammad Khan Ghafooran Bibi (grandmother's sister) Zakia Shoaib Muhammad Shoaib Khan Abdul Hameed Kothari Syed Muhamad Noor-ul-Huda Anees Fatima Prof. Mohammad Zakariyya Sajid Afsar Ali Khan Muneeza Shamsie Asif Noorani Zubeida Mustafa Ibrahim Saad Dr Fatema Jawad Haji Wali Muhammad Haji Abdul Ghani Haneefan Bibi Abdul Rahman Faiz Ahmed Haji Muhammad Yaqoob Zeenat Bibi (grandfather's sister) Muhammad Yousuf (grandmother's brother-in-law) Choudhry Jamal Deen Noor Muhammad Shareefan Bibi Kaki Bibi Wali Muhammad Muhammad Shareef (relative) Muhammad Siddique (relative) Zainab Khushi Muhammad Abdul Aziz Salaam Deen Muhammad Abdul Ghafoor Khokhar (grandfather) Muhammad Luqman Bhatti Nazar Muhammad Takku Jannat Bibi (relative) Ayesha Bibi (relative) Muhammad Yaqoob Machi Muhammad Raffique Fazal Muhammad Ashran Bibi Muhammad Ramzan Rajput Hajan Cheedan Bibi (relative) Razia Bibi Muhammad Shareef Abdul Hameed "Master" Bagh Ali Rao Muhammad Ali Faqeer Muhammad Muhammad Ramzan