Ahmed, 9, waits for a chance to play pool at a hangout spot near his home. Due to the sporadic violence in Lyari, his parents have forbidden him to go far from his home after dark. (Photo by Faris Kasim)

Sara McCaslin is an editor and visual journalist for The Seattle Globalist. She worked for several daily midwest newspapers including The Flint Journal, The Columbia Missourian and The Boone County Journal before moving to Seattle. Sara trains the next generation of journalists through the Globalist Apprenticeship Program and is a graduate of the Journalism School at the University of Missouri.