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\"Saiyna<\/p>\n

Saiyna Bashir is a Pakistani photojournalist currently based in Islamabad, Pakistan. She works on international assignments for The New York Times, The Washington Post, National Geographic, The Telegraph and the Wall Street Journal, and serves as a consultant photographer to UNICEF, UNHCR, WHO, IMF and the World Food Programme, among other international NGOs. Her photography focuses on migration, gender, healthcare and climate change.<\/p>\n

Her Instagram profile describes her as a National Geographic Explorer and a frequent contributor to The New York Times, with 6,505 followers as of November 2026. She has also directed the documentary short Ustad, a cinematic biopic of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, made with Zakir Thaver and shown in the Divvy Film Festival 2024.<\/p>\n

MA Journalism, Columbia College Chicago (2015); BA Journalism, Beaconhouse National University, Lahore (2013)<\/p>\n

Bashir studied journalism at Beaconhouse National University, Lahore, earning a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism in 2013, and a Master of Arts in Journalism from Columbia College Chicago in 2015. Her assignments have taken her across Pakistan and South Asia for news, feature, portrait and video work. She is available for assignments in Pakistan and South Asia.<\/p>\n

In 2018 she was a TEDx speaker in Pakistan.<\/p>\n

Saiyna Bashir’s Achievements<\/h2>\n