Bilal Hassan aka Mystapaki is on the show this week! Prolific Instagram photojournalist, contributor to publications like Dawn, The Guardian, Vice and more, buff dude and also some a psychiatrist, Bilal's a busy man. Lucky for us we were able to nab him for a chat where we talk about all of it! Check out the chapters below and also the links to some of his works he mentions in the episode!
Things discussed in this episode:
00:00 Intro
02:18 Small talk intro & COVID catchup
06:57 Why we had to get him on the show & how he got into photojournalism
12:48 The FIFA World Cup in Lyari, working with Vice, Karachi tours
19:33 How does he manage his life as a doctor with all the social media work?
24:56 The Pandemic pushes him to take the social media work more seriously
30:23 Planning trips in advance and the Gwadar trip
32:35 Balance pressures with a larger audience to “speak up” vs taking up space
40:59 The realities and results of expressing opinions on the internet
49:17 Getting into the podcast world with Patari!
54:43 His dreams of writing a book!
57:40 His fitness journey! He STARTED working out in the pandemic!
1:03:19 Jinn story!
1:07:14 People’s misconceptions & outro
LINKS:
Bilal's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mystapaki/
1. Bilal's Lyari piece: https://www.dawn.com/news/1416428/for-a-second-youd-be-mistaken-into-thinking-that-neymar-and-messi-were-from-lyari
2. Meeting Balochistan's first female vlogger: https://www.instagram.com/p/CMhmUKhnIA-/
3. His video with AJ Plus on toxic masculinity in Pakistan: https://twitter.com/ajplus/status/1421851966771056644
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