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Bilal Virji

Bilal is a U4 Urban Studies major. As a third-culture kid, his interests lie across global current affairs. He is particularly passionate about multimedia content creation, and currently manages MIR's podcasts. When he is not editing multimedia content for MIR, Bilal spends his time curating his honey collection.

Mask Hysteria: Pandemic (Ep.3)

Bilal Virji
In this episode, Mask Hysteria host Bilal Virji sat down with Dr Sandra Rafman, a child and developmental psychologist specialising in trauma and PTSD, to talk about the psychological impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and what we can do to…
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Mask Hysteria: Containment (Ep.2)

Bilal Virji
With panic and hysteria creeping in, the economic and geopolitical consequences of the coronavirus outbreak have begun to surface. In this episode, Mask Hysteria host Bilal Virji speaks with Naomi Shi to analyze the political and economic…
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Mask Hysteria: Outbreak (Ep.1)

Bilal Virji
On December 31st 2019, China alerted the World Health Organization to a small outbreak of pneumonia, and by the end of the very next day a seafood wholesale market in Wuhan, the capital of the Hubei Province, was shut down and…
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