Hannah Bloch
@hannahbloch.bsky.social
Senior editor on NPR’s international desk.
Redford le Magnifique—needs no translation
September 19, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Redford le Magnifique—needs no translation
Remembering the great Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Pakistan’s gift to world music, who died on this day in 1997. “The message of my music is to convey love,” he told me. “It works like a bridge between people and God.”
August 16, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Remembering the great Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Pakistan’s gift to world music, who died on this day in 1997. “The message of my music is to convey love,” he told me. “It works like a bridge between people and God.”
The lessons of the Partition of India and Pakistan continue to resonate broadly today.
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August 15, 2025 at 5:22 PM
The lessons of the Partition of India and Pakistan continue to resonate broadly today.
www.npr.org/sections/par...
www.npr.org/sections/par...
From a letter mailed in 1978, stamps with the message:
July 5, 2025 at 11:42 AM
From a letter mailed in 1978, stamps with the message:
In honor of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s 125th birthday today, the title pages from the Urdu edition of The Little Prince I picked up years ago at a bookshop in Lahore.
June 30, 2025 at 1:50 AM
In honor of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s 125th birthday today, the title pages from the Urdu edition of The Little Prince I picked up years ago at a bookshop in Lahore.
In honor of National Typewriter Day (which was June 23), my grandmother’s Hermes Baby
June 25, 2025 at 2:35 AM
In honor of National Typewriter Day (which was June 23), my grandmother’s Hermes Baby
Bloomsday celebration at
🇮🇪 ambassador’s residence
🇮🇪 ambassador’s residence
June 10, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Bloomsday celebration at
🇮🇪 ambassador’s residence
🇮🇪 ambassador’s residence
Today marks 9 years since NPR colleagues David Gilkey and Zabihullah Tamanna were killed on assignment in Afghanistan. The memorial display at NPR honors their memory. The camera David was carrying when he died is on the left.
We remember them on this day and always.
We remember them on this day and always.
June 5, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Today marks 9 years since NPR colleagues David Gilkey and Zabihullah Tamanna were killed on assignment in Afghanistan. The memorial display at NPR honors their memory. The camera David was carrying when he died is on the left.
We remember them on this day and always.
We remember them on this day and always.
Soon-to-be-mama duck nesting in a tree planter on 17th St. NW
May 11, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Soon-to-be-mama duck nesting in a tree planter on 17th St. NW
Screening tonight in DC of Lynzy Billing’s powerful film on years of lifesaving work by dedicated staff of the Emergency NGO in Afghanistan
May 1, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Screening tonight in DC of Lynzy Billing’s powerful film on years of lifesaving work by dedicated staff of the Emergency NGO in Afghanistan
Half-mast for the pope at Argentina’s embassy
April 26, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Half-mast for the pope at Argentina’s embassy
At the French ambassador’s residence
April 26, 2025 at 1:23 AM
At the French ambassador’s residence
A glimpse of Metro’s elusive cherry blossom train!
April 13, 2025 at 2:12 PM
A glimpse of Metro’s elusive cherry blossom train!
A delightful and unexpected glimpse of Pakistan at the Tyson’s Corner Center
April 13, 2025 at 3:41 AM
A delightful and unexpected glimpse of Pakistan at the Tyson’s Corner Center
A really special day!
He kindly chatted and autographed my CD liner afterward. Wonderful memories
He kindly chatted and autographed my CD liner afterward. Wonderful memories
March 6, 2025 at 2:03 AM
A really special day!
He kindly chatted and autographed my CD liner afterward. Wonderful memories
He kindly chatted and autographed my CD liner afterward. Wonderful memories
“I’m just an ordinary Joe. I roll up my sleeve, get the needle and then I go home,” prolific blood donor James Harrison told me in 2015. Hearing news of his death today, am remembering this remarkable man whose blood donations for 60+ years saved millions of babies’ lives
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www.wsj.com/articles/a-b...
March 3, 2025 at 1:28 PM
“I’m just an ordinary Joe. I roll up my sleeve, get the needle and then I go home,” prolific blood donor James Harrison told me in 2015. Hearing news of his death today, am remembering this remarkable man whose blood donations for 60+ years saved millions of babies’ lives
www.wsj.com/articles/a-b...
www.wsj.com/articles/a-b...
Pakistani poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz, born on this day in 1911.
“Speak, your life is still yours”
“Speak, your life is still yours”
February 13, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Pakistani poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz, born on this day in 1911.
“Speak, your life is still yours”
“Speak, your life is still yours”
Kabul’s Serena Hotel announces it is closing on Feb. 1
January 31, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Kabul’s Serena Hotel announces it is closing on Feb. 1
The Washington Monument and Jefferson Memorial just before sunset, from the Metro on the bridge above the Potomac
January 13, 2025 at 2:38 AM
The Washington Monument and Jefferson Memorial just before sunset, from the Metro on the bridge above the Potomac
25 years ago today, New Year’s Eve 1999, the week-long hijacking of an Indian Airlines passenger jet ended in Kandahar after India released 3 jailed terrorists in exchange for the passengers. Here are a few photos I took at Kandahar airport as I was covering the story for Time magazine.
December 31, 2024 at 8:30 PM
25 years ago today, New Year’s Eve 1999, the week-long hijacking of an Indian Airlines passenger jet ended in Kandahar after India released 3 jailed terrorists in exchange for the passengers. Here are a few photos I took at Kandahar airport as I was covering the story for Time magazine.
The great Pakistani-born writer Bapsi Sidhwa died on Wednesday. I only met her once, years after we’d corresponded as Time magazine was commissioning her to write this essay in 1997, but she greeted me as if I were a long-lost friend.
As always, she wrote with wisdom, insight, compassion and humor:
As always, she wrote with wisdom, insight, compassion and humor:
December 27, 2024 at 1:12 AM
The great Pakistani-born writer Bapsi Sidhwa died on Wednesday. I only met her once, years after we’d corresponded as Time magazine was commissioning her to write this essay in 1997, but she greeted me as if I were a long-lost friend.
As always, she wrote with wisdom, insight, compassion and humor:
As always, she wrote with wisdom, insight, compassion and humor:
Seeing sad news of the death of Sher Ali Khan, who, with his brother Mehr Ali, formed one of Pakistan’s greatest qawwali groups. They performed at my home in Islamabad in 2002, and I recall some of my neighbors settling in on their terraces to enjoy this special performance that evening as well.
December 26, 2024 at 7:38 PM
Seeing sad news of the death of Sher Ali Khan, who, with his brother Mehr Ali, formed one of Pakistan’s greatest qawwali groups. They performed at my home in Islamabad in 2002, and I recall some of my neighbors settling in on their terraces to enjoy this special performance that evening as well.
Austin Tice, always remembered at the National Press Club.
December 20, 2024 at 6:29 PM
Austin Tice, always remembered at the National Press Club.
Outside the White House
December 19, 2024 at 11:41 PM
Outside the White House