Zainab Farooqui

Zainab (1) Zainab Farooqui is a journalist based in Karachi, Pakistan. She is CRJ’s Digital Editor and a member of the Editorial Team.

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Climate, cost, and the collapse of care

June 2026: Zainab Farooqui reviews Sarah Marie Wiebe’s Hot Mess: Mothering through a Code Red Climate Emergency, and its framing of a climate emergency as a crisis of care under social and economic strain

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Preparing for war or wildfires?

September 2026: Europe has learned that you do not build military interoperability during a war. We should apply the same lesson to disaster response, says Erik de Soir

Before the next fire

September 2026: The fires in Europe have cost billions in response, but if public conversation only begins once the fire is already spreading, we have already missed the first – and our most important – window of opportunity, writes Subhra Bhattacharjee

Are we listening during emergencies?

September 2026: Amanda Coleman explores why understanding trusted local networks and engaging communities before a crisis can make communication more effective when it matters most

The UK’s defence dilemma

September 2026: The changing security environment across the globe raises legitimate discourse about how much the UK should spend on defence, but there is, ultimately, no simple answer, says George Buchan

The blame game: France’s 2026 wildfires

September 2026: Jasmine Jobber examines why tackling wildfire risk requires more than state intervention – and individual blame – amid France’s wildfires

Trust as infrastructure: How events can build safety cultures that protect and differentiate

August 2026: The information needed to prevent an incident may already be in the crowd. Gracie Broom argues that the missing link is often a trusted way to get it to the people who can act