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29 Jan – 8 Feb 2026

Overview of articles

  • Sandstorm

    Zara is blackmailed by her virtual boyfriend after sharing a dance video.
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  • Brown Bodies in an Open Landscape are Often Migrating

    Migration’s struggles and cinematic reenactment collide in Basir Mahmood’s exploration of representation.
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  • Kamli

    An affecting, fable-like romantic musical drama about a woman torn between tradition and desire.
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  • Nadah

    A Pakistani girl of 11 wants to do things that girls really shouldn’t.
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  • These Silences Are All the Words

    Madiha Aijaz’s observational documentary on public libraries in Karachi, Pakistan, contemplates the slow disappearance of the Urdu literary trad
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  • The Lost Procession

    Bani Abidi emphatically presents scenes from the daily lives of the Hazara community in Quetta, Pakistan, alongside narratives of persecution and exod
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  • Memorial for the Lost Pages

    Brief, acute observation by photographer and filmmaker Madiha Aijaz on the changing times in Pakistani society.
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  • Silent Waters

    Pakistan, late 1970s. Against the background of increasing intolerance and fundamentalism, in which her son also becomes involved, unbearable secrets
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  • A Wedding (Noces)

    The strong bond between Zahira and her parents is tested when an arranged marriage with a Pakistani man is set up as tradition decrees. She…
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  • Where Peacocks Dance

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