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Continue reading →: The Gentleman Of Old AnarkaliA chance encounter with Muhammad Yusuf Sahib, a nonagenarian who founded his pharmacy in Old Anarkali 75 years ago. By Usama Malick On a sweltering, humid day, I left my office for Old Anarkali to meet some friends. The Mall, to me, serves as a bridge — connecting the Lahore…
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Continue reading →: How An iPad, A Pandemic, And Motherhood Helped Me Find Myself AgainThis week, Maryam Akram, a well-known Pakistani illustrator, writes candidly about motherhood, ambition, and the courage to begin again. By Maryam Akram I became an illustrator in the midst of the pandemic – a time when the world felt suspended and uncertain. We had just settled into a new life…
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Continue reading →: Lights, Lahore, Action! WIFF Is Bringing Women-Led Cinema To The CityFor the first time in its ten-year journey, the Women International Film Festival (WIFF) is gearing up to bring its magic to Lahore. Taking place on February 14–15 at Olomopolo, the 10th edition of WIFF marks a historic first for the festival, which has lived and grown in Islamabad for…
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Continue reading →: Eight Lives, One Cable – Pakistan’s Real-Life Thriller Hits SundanceKids. A Cable Car. 900 Feet of Terror. It premiered at Sundance this year, but Hanging by a Wire feels less like a film and more like a collective intake of breath the world still hasn’t quite let go of. Directed by acclaimed Pakistani filmmaker Mohammed Ali “Mo” Naqvi, the…
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Continue reading →: Up In The Air – Lahore Ka Ravi Channels Pure Basant Energy At TollintonOn the 25th of January, Old Tollinton on Mall Road turned into a buzzing little hub of colour, craft, and community as Lahore Ka Ravi hosted a kite-making workshop that felt equal parts nostalgic and joyful. With Basant season just around the corner in February, the timing couldn’t have been…
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Continue reading →: 3 Historic Monuments at Lahore Fort Just Got A Major RevivalOn a quiet winter morning, the Lahore Fort revealed parts of itself that had long remained in the background – spaces shaped by ritual, power, and everyday life, now carefully brought back into view. On 25 January, this month, three historic monuments within the Fort – the Loh Temple, the…
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Continue reading →: Meesha Shafi And Talhah Yunus Turn Up The Heat In ‘Paisa Bolay’If Pakistani music right now feels louder, bolder, and more fearless than ever — that’s because it is. We’re living in a moment where genre lines are blurring, artists are speaking back to power, and pop isn’t afraid to be political or fun. Enter ‘Paisa Bolay,’ the electric new single…
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Continue reading →: How One Pakistani Indie Publisher Is Pushing Back And Making Space For Overlooked VoicesThis week, Mehr F. Husain writes about resistance, Indie publishing, and what it takes to give voice to writers long pushed to the margins. By Mehr F. Husain So you want to be a writer… Getting published by one of the big 5 is the ultimate dream. Let’s rephrase it.…
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Continue reading →: Being An Outsider In Lahore Helped Me Give A Voice To Countless WomenBy Sarosh Ibrahim I opened my eyes in a home with many rooms, the kind that allowed a child to disappear for hours with her books. If it wasn’t books, it was music. Madam Noor Jehan’s melodic Punjabi songs filled my parents’ room, spilling into the corridors of a house…
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Continue reading →: Farewell To Lahore’s Renowned Artist Who Painted Its Hardest TruthsIqbal Hussain, the Lahore-based painter whose work confronted some of the city’s most uncomfortable truths, has passed away, leaving behind a body of art that remains as arresting as it is uncompromising. For decades, Hussain painted life as it unfolded in Pakistan’s social margins, offering not spectacle or scandal, but…
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