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Mother, I Survived by Zehra Nigah, translated by Iqra Shagufta Cheema

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Lacrimae Rerum by Sheza T

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Solitudes by Raja’a Khalid

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Pardes Mein by Waleed Nasir

Poetic Renditions
Urdu to English: غزل ۔ ناصر کاظمی

Current issue
Beyond Gumnam Tareekh by Musfira Khurshid

Poetry | Dawat-e-December by Misha Anwar

Essay | Lebanon by Farah-Silvana Kanaan

Fiction |Punne by Rashid Jahan, translated by Tehseen Baweja

ٖPoetry | ملول اب یہ سبو جام by Pirzada Asjal Alvi

Essay | Notes on Clifton, Block 2 by Eman Farhan

Interview | Opposing Forces: Lariab Ahmad on What Drives Her As An Artist by A Arain

ISSUE SEVEN - table of contents

Included in this issue

Hinapa by Jameel Ahmad Paul, translated by Rana Saadullah Khan  ||
A Smoldering Symphony of Voices by Leena Zaidi ||
A Different Perspective: Roohi Choudhry on Reconciling through Writing
by Saniyah Salman || Do Darya, Aik Kashtiby Omair Danish ||
From the House of Beauties
by Ali Akbar Natiq, tr. by Zahra Sabri

Avaaz . آواز
by Hammad Rind

Cymraeg/Welsh: Against All Odds
قمبری/ویلش: ایک زبان سو رکاوٹیں

Chowk . چوک
2026: Transformations
۲۰۲۶: تبدیلیاں

Fiction, March 2026
Tomorrow
by Altamash Zehri

Art, March 2026
The In-Between
by Affifa Zia

Poetry, March 2026
Lacrimae Rerum
by Sheza T

Essay, March 2026
Pardes Mein
by Waleed Nasir

Poetry, February 2026
clay
by Malalai Noor Khan


Art, February 2025
Nomads Within the Modern City by Aiman Shahid

Essay, February 2026
S(h)elf Reckoning: Books That Transformed Me
by Ayza Ahmad

Poetry, Photography, November 2025
Dargah
by Jawziya F Zaman

Fiction, January 2026
Hunger
by Bassam Sidiki

Art, September 2024
Protest Self Portrait
by Zehra Haider

artwork by Maliha Hasan

Maliha Hasan and Aima Tariq speak with editors Bareerah Ghani and Sidra Hassan
Watch the conversation here

Poetic Renditions

Urdu to English

غزل ۔ ناصر کاظمی
Mumtaz Mohiuddin, Kate Roy, Abdul Sabur Kidwai, Fuzaila Khan, Farhan Farooq Wani, Parul Behl, Amna Ali Khan, Ali Arif, Siddiqua Fatima Virji, and Shah Faisal Mushtaq.
Guest edited by Naima Rashid.

Gujarati to English

મળે ન મળે – આદિલ મન્સૂરી 
Male Na Male – Adil Mansuri
Rohee Dholakia and Meena Desai. Edited by Saniyah Salman.

Punjabi to English

ٹبہ ٹویا اک برابر ۔ تجمل کلیم
Jasdeep Singh and Ayesha Waheed. Edited by Mahin Zia.

Urdu to English

لاہور کی ایک سنیک بار کے نام ۔ سرمد صہبائی
Bilal Tanweer, Sarmad Sehbai, and Sherdil Awais Rashid. Guest edited by Bilal Tanweer.

 

English to Urdu

Making a Fist – Naomi Shihab Nye
Sukhan, Iqra Khan, Taran Khan, and Asad Hussain. Edited by Iraj Toosy.

The artwork by "creature" shows two black rotary phones with white dials, one on each end of a horizontal banner, connected by a telephone cord. In the center of the cord are the words Trunk Call in white capital letters. There is a switchboard in the background.
artwork by creature

Shandana Minhas speaks to writers, artists, absurdists. listen to episodes here.

28 February 2025
with SABAHAT ZAKARIYA
Sabahat Zakariya is a writer, cultural critic and creator of iconoclastic videos. Her celebrated multimedia platform, Feminustani, has carved a new genre in the South Asian cultural space by excavating Pakistani popular culture for feminist and social critique. Some of the things she talks about in this episode are identity, creativity, saris, and Pakistani English language writing.

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