Culture
A beginner’s guide to qawwali listening
A listening route into qawwali through poetry, repetition, ensemble roles and the difference between recording and mehfil.
Bilal Ahmed · 29 Aug 2026 · 2 min
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Culture
Contemporary artists connecting Pakistan and New York
A reader’s route into six contemporary practices linking Pakistan and New York through painting, sculpture, installation, and performance.
Bilal Ahmed · 10 Jun 2026 · 3 min
Fashion
Pakistani and Pakistani-American artists to know in the US
Six artists with substantial US practices whose work moves across painting, sculpture, miniature traditions, installation, light, and performance.
Zainab Noor · 9 Jun 2026 · 3 min
Fashion
A first-timer’s guide to ordering Pakistani food in America
How to read a Pakistani restaurant menu in the US, choose a balanced table, and ask useful questions—using six real menus as starting points.
Zainab Noor · 7 Jun 2026 · 3 min
Fashion
Pakistani clothing boutiques in New York and New Jersey
A practical New York–New Jersey shopping route for Pakistani outfits, from Edison appointments to Brooklyn stitching and nationwide delivery.
Zainab Noor · 31 May 2026 · 3 min
Culture
Salman Toor: painting friendship, interiors, and queer life
Salman Toor paints friendship, desire and unease inside rooms glowing green, where intimacy can feel protected from the street and exposed to the viewer at once.
Bilal Ahmed · 6 Feb 2026 · 3 min
Heritage
Pakistani heritage sites every diaspora family should research
A diaspora heritage itinerary should begin with family questions and primary sources, then connect those private histories to sites that complicate—not merely confirm—the national story.
Mehreen Ali · 12 Jan 2026 · 3 min
Cities
First trip to Pakistan from the USA: flight, phone, money, and pacing
Flying from the United States to Pakistan turns the first forty-eight hours into a time-zone problem. Pace the trip as seriously as the flight booking.
Mehreen Ali · 1 Jan 2026 · 4 min
Ramadan
Ramadan freezer preparation without sacrificing texture
Ramadan freezer preparation should remove repetitive labour, not fill the freezer with ninety identical fried parcels that all soften by the second week.
Hassan Raza · 20 Dec 2025 · 3 min
Culture
Humayun Saeed: actor, producer, and television entrepreneur
Humayun Saeed is both the face in front of the camera and one of the people who helped decide what Pakistani commercial television would look like behind it.
Bilal Ahmed · 6 Dec 2025 · 4 min