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2024: space, and existence in that space

SEPTEMBER

Nature Sings the Blues by Azmi Jafarey - a photograph
Art
Nature Sings the Blues by Azmi Jafarey


Art
Protest Self Portrait by Zehra Haider


Poetry
Zinfandel Grapes by Hibah Shabkhez

AUGUST

Painting by Balach Khan, called Imam-e-Har Zamaan
Art
Imam-e-Har Zamaaan by Balach Khan

Artwork by Izza Ali Khan called Untitled
Art
Untitled by Izza Ali Khan

JUNE

The photograph-like painting shows six children standing on a little bridge in a play structure. On the left is a boy in white shalwar qameez, one foot on a lower railing. Next to him is a girl in a purple qameez and grey shalwar, white-sandalled foot sticking out through the gap in the railings, one arm wrapped around the top. A girl in a pink shirt and light trousers is stands next to her. The boy next to her, in jeans and a shirt, has a foot on the lower railing on either side of the bridge. A girl in a floor length yellow dress is next to him, standing with a hand on the top railing. The last child is a girl in green shalwar qameez and dupatta, sitting on the little platform under the roof at the end of the bridge.
Essay
Language by Amama Bashir


Poetry
All that could have been said is this by Fareha Siddiqui

An amaltas tree full of drooping yellow blooms, behind, on the left, part of a house with beige walls. The sky is blue, it is daytime.
Essay
Amaltas by Rabia Malik

MARCH

The artwork by Bashar shows a Palestinian woman, dressed in a red hijab and long red shirt with full sleeves, clinging to an olive tree with two branches. She seems to be half lying on the ground. Behind her is a cityscape in light brown of flat-roofed houses and the dome of a mosque and a minar. The background sky is teal. On the top are the words Palestine in English and Falasteen in Arabic, and the artist's instagram handle @bashargram below that.
Poetry
Olive Tree by Hafsa Mubarik


Poetry
Majlis by Mirzya Haider


Essay
اویس، میرے نام کا دوبارہ تعارف
مصنف: اویس احمد  ۔  ترجمہ: اسد علی ذوالفقار


Prophets of the 21st century
Pretenders of peace and equality
With their selective humanity

Poetry
Palestine – فلسطین by Saud Ahmed

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