Ameena Qayyum joined the Monitor in November, 2014, shortly after graduating from Columbia Journalism School. She now writes and blogs for the business desk and occasionally for the world desk.
She's originally from Lahore, Pakistan and her interests lie in covering social issues, international news specifically about her home country and environmental issues. At Columbia, her concentration was in TV and audio broadcasting and has produced a few short-form documentaries.
She currently lives in Boston, MA with her brother and sister-in-law and hopes to return to her home country one day, reporting on the positive, grounded realities of how Pakistan really is.
