pakistani — Features

Through music, astrology and sexuality, Reggaeton DJ Manuka Honey embodies fluidity

Following on from her performance at Le Guess Who? Festival’s 15th Anniversary in Utrecht, Digital Editor Dalia Al-Dujaili sat down with Marissa Malik–who goes by the DJ & producer name Manuka Honey–to hear about the artist’s upbringing in rural America, her ‘nerdy’ sensibilities, and how much she enjoys messing with people’s perceptions of her identity and her music-making.

SOUNDAZEEMA -November 22, 2022music, dj, Manuka Honey, dark, dubstep, mexican, pakistani, sexuality, astrology

Filmmaker Sonita Gale documents the UK's hostile migration environment through her personal South Asian history

Documentary filmmaker Sonita Gale talks us through her reasons behind making her recent BAFTA-shortlisted film ‘Hostile’ and how her family’s migration from India to working-class white neighbourhoods in the North of England has inspired her wider creative and political work.

Reimagining the narrative of the Immigrant Hustle

Naina Humayoon shares an introspective account of her parents’ sacrifices and successes as immigrants, and how she is reimagining the desire to ‘hustle’ hard through her own life, questioning how she values herself against the measures of a capital-driven Western environment.

"Men in our cultures are just not up to par": South-Asian Artists Shreea Kaul & REHMA satirise the search for ‘a suitable boy‘

Shreea Kaul fuses together her western upbringing with her cultural heritage alongside REHMA as they musically navigate being a woman of South Asian heritage in today’s rocky dating landscape, and ask men to step up their game for women who are already at the top of theirs for their new single 'Ladke'.

SOUNDDalia Al-DujailiJanuary 11, 2022r&b, music, culture, dating, relationships, men, south asian, diaspora, south asian-american, pakistani, indian, bollywood, hindi, feminist