Raza Rumi found his way to America after surviving a dramatic assassination attempt in Lahore. Raza is a man of many different professional & personal identities. He is a journalist, a culture maker and author among many other things. In this episode, we talk to him about his Pehchaan and what it means to build a home and a life away from home.

Many new Pakistani American immigrants think they’re going to move back to Pakistan ‘one day.’

In the latest episode of Pehchaan, Danish Munir opens his heart & soul on when he realized he’s not moving back to Pakistan and had to break the news to his family. Plus, how his identity was influenced by marrying a non-Pakistani.

Saira Saeed is an incredible human being sitting at the intersection of foreign policy, international development and what it means to be an Extraordinary Pakistani American woman in 2023. We unpack her journey, career and identity in this episode.

Uzair Younus is a bright, young and refreshing voice influencing policy makers around the world about Pakistan. He is everywhere: from BBC to CNN, Kamran Khan to Shahzeb Khanzada and he hosts two podcasts.

Today, we have a heart to heart with Kiran Khalid, the first Pakistani American woman on broadcast news in the US. We’ll talk to her about breaking into the glamorous world of TV, while fending off rishtas at home and growing up as a brown girl in Texas.

I’m going through an identity crisis.