By Abbas Nasir
SINCE the news of Zubeida Mustafa鈥檚 passing, a flood of tributes has poured in, in which those whose lives she touched have spoken eloquently about the iconic, towering figure of the incredible journalist and rights advocate.
To me, Zubeida was my senior, my colleague and my friend, and an incredible woman and human being. She brushed aside daunting personal and professional challenges to power ahead with everything that mattered to her and nothing mattered to her more than the education of Pakistanis. She was Dawn鈥榮 first woman op-ed editor. She鈥檇 worked at the newspaper for over 30 years before being named to the position.
That was less a reflection of her ability and intellect and more on the patriarchal, male-dominated work culture we have had in the best of times and the best of places. Zubeida was very mindful of that and, on her elevation, bluntly said: this would not have happened in the past.
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