PROJECTS:

Founder, Editor
2003- Current

JAZBAH.ORG (http://www.jazbah.org)

Writer for The Seattle Times Newspapers In Education Series
2004 - Current

Democracy and the Constitution
In-paper 18 article series on the Constitution.
The Seattle Post Intelligencer, January - April 2008.

The Nobel Peace Prize
In-paper 6 article series on the Nobel Peace Prize focusing on some of the prize recipients.
The Seattle Times, January - February 2007

Embracing Diversity
In-paper 18 article series on the culture and history of major ethnic groups residing in the United States today.
The Seattle Times, April - June 2006

Democracy, citizenship, and patriotism
In-paper 18 article series on the meaning of democracy, citizenship, and patriotism.
The Seattle Times, September - November 2004

Associate Editor
2005 - 2006

Chowrangi Magazine (http://www.chowrangi.org)

Curatorial Credits

Urban Hum of Pakistan
Sunday, September 18th, 2005

A diverse selection of short films and documentaries by contemporary Pakistani filmmakers, varying in themes from personal to social to political,curated by Laila Kazmi for the 2005 Independent South Asian Film Festival in Seattle, produced annually by Tasveer.

Seattle Poetry Festival
Sunday, May 1st, 2005

Curated by Laila Kazmi, Jazbah at the Seattle Poetry Festival at the Hugo House. Poetry readings by acclaimed Palestinian-American poet, Suheir Hammad (co-sponsored by Hedgebrook), and local Seattle poets Maged Zaher and Negin Almassi, Sunday, May 1, 2005 at 3:00.

Festival Co-ordinator
2004

In 2004, Laila was one of two festival co-ordionators for a month-long festival of film, visual arts, and literature by women of Muslim origins, organized with the help of participating artists. More info and list of artists: