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+921HeritageTalks: Learning from Archives, Walking and Documenting

July 3, 2022 by Alex Shams

Alex Shams participated in +921HeritageTalks, on the theme of “Learning from Archives, Walking and Documenting,” in January 2023, sponsored by Pakistan Chowk Community Centre. “The idea of history as neatly

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Naskh va Taaliq: Connections Between Iran and Pakistan, Old and New

March 27, 2021 by Alex Shams

In February 2020, I was invited on behalf of Ajam Media Collective to organize a workshop at the Lahore Biennale. Entitled, “Naskh va Taaliq,” the workshop explored cultural connections between

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On Persian pilgrimages, Pakistanis and Indians reconnect with Iran

December 6, 2018 by Alex Shams

Originally published by Dawn on December 6, 2018. Atop a rocky hill southeast of Tehran sits the shrine of Bibi Shahrbanu, a Persian princess who was the daughter of the last Sassanian

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Exhausted Geographies: Mapping the Dream of Pakistan in the Streets of Karachi

November 12, 2015 by Alex Shams

Originally published by Ajam Media Collective on November 12, 2015. In Karachi, the dream of Pakistan – in all of its glory, misgivings, failures, and triumphs – has become reality.

+921HeritageTalks: Learning from Archives, Walking and Documenting

Naskh va Taaliq: Connections Between Iran and Pakistan, Old and New

On Persian pilgrimages, Pakistanis and Indians reconnect with Iran

Exhausted Geographies: Mapping the Dream of Pakistan in the Streets of Karachi

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