Black and white photo of Rana Saadullah Khan, standing in the courtyard of a masjid.
π Rana Saadullah Khan is a writer from Lahore and Islamabad. His work has been published in Jamhoor, The Aleph Review, Dunya Digital, as well as through UNESCO Pakistan and the history education platform, Hashiya.
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Black and white photo of Malaika Rai, next to a tall plant
π Malaika Rai is a postgraduate in Clinical and Counseling Psychology based in Lahore. Her work dissects the visceral realities of female identity. She explores the body as both an offering and a battleground...unapologetic feminine rage.
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Poster for Lakeer Kahaniyan Lahore
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We can't wait to see everyone at Lakeer Kahaniyan Lahore! This will be an open-mic evening, with some of our contributors reading as well.
β° 15 Feb | 6pm
π The Last Word Bookstore, Lahore
9 A Main Blvd GulbergΨ above Third Culture Coffee, Block K Gulberg 2, Lahore
'The Marchers Have Reached the Capital' by Sakina Hassan, in Lakeer Magazine's Spring 2024 issue.
Read the full poem here:
lakeermag.com/the-marchers/
π’ We are also accepting poetry for a special folio: poems with a visual art component.
These can be:
- Ekphrastic poems
- Shape/Pattern poems
- Poems in conversation with other art forms (painting, photography, sculpture, video, and architecture)
π’ Deadline: April 30
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π’ SUBMISSIONS CALL for Lakeer Magazine!
π’ Fiction, personal essays, and book reviews.
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'Unrest' by Zuneera Shah, a short story we published in our first issue, in autumn 2023.
Read the complete story here:
lakeermag.com/unrest
π To attend:
To register for your free admission, please email hello@lakeermag.com with "REGISTER" in the subject, and the names of the attendees in the email.
π Places are limited! Send that work! Sign up fast!
π Artwork by the wonderful Sarah Khan
π To read:
If you'd like to read your original prose or poetry, please send your submission to: hello@lakeermag.com with "EVENT" in the subject. If selected, we'll contact you. Each reading will be for five minutes.
Deadline: January 25.
π We are thrilled that our next Lakeer Kahaniyan event will be in Lahore!
Free admission! Registration required.
π Date: 15 February 2026
π Venue: The Last Word Books
9 A Main Blvd Gulberg, above Third Culture Coffee, Block K Gulberg 2, Lahore
π Time: 6pm - 7:30pm
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Cymraeg/Welsh: Against All Odds
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Ψ¨Ψ±Ϋ/ΩΫΩΨ΄: Ψ§ΫΪ© Ψ²Ψ¨Ψ§Ω Ψ³Ω Ψ±Ϊ©Ψ§ΩΩΉΫΪΊ
One of the poems that Hammad Rind has translated for Avaaz, into Urdu from Welsh, is 'Marwnad i ieithoedd' by Menna Elfyn. The Urdu title is Ψ²Ψ¨Ψ§ΩΩΪΊ Ϊ©Ψ§ Ω
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lakeermag.com/avaaz-welsh/
@hammadrind.bsky.social
'Judy, Judith, No Holofernes' by Sara Javed Rathore, in Issue Six of Lakeer Magazine.
lakeermag.com/judy-judith/
Thank you to everyone who attended Lakeer Kahaniyan on Nov 16! We had a wonderful gathering. Thank you to the attendees, and to Fatima Sajjad, Fatima Shafi and Maliha Hasan.
Here's Irta Usman reading from a new short story.
and Shah Faisal Mushtaq, Mumtaz Mohiuddin, Kate Roy, Abdul Sabur Kidwai, Fuzaila Khan, Farhan Farooq Wani, and Parul Behl.
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The ninth column of Poetic Renditions is a wonderful array of translations, from Urdu to English, of a ghazal by Nasir Kazmi.
Guest edited by Naima Rashid, with translations by Amna Ali Khan, Ali Arif, Siddiqua Fatima Virji
Read it here:
lakeermag.com/prcolumn9
From 'The Edge', a short story by Fatima Sajjad, in Issue Six of Lakeer Magazine.
Read the story in full here:
lakeermag.com/the-edge
Read their brilliant words at: lakeermag.com/prcolumn2
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The second column of Poetic Renditions includes translations into Urdu of Naomi Shihab Nye's deeply affecting poem, 'Making a Fist'.
This column was edited by Iraj Toosy, with translations by Taran Khan, Asad Hussain, Sukhan, and Iqra Khan.
Read 'ΩΎΪΪΎΩ ΩΪ©ΪΎΨͺ', Waqas Manzoor's Punjabi translation of Marie Howe's poem 'Postscript', in Issue Six of Lakeer Magazine:
lakeermagazine.com/pichal-likhat
The November edition of Chowk is full of thoughtful explorations of 'Boundaries/Borders - Ψ³Ψ±ΨΨ―ΫΪΊ/ΨΨ―ΩΨ―':
Read the November edition here:
lakeermag.com/chowk2025
Earlier this year, Rabia Malik had an in-depth conversation with artist Sayera Anwar.
Read the full interview here:
lakeermag.com/interview-sa...
An excerpt from Maaz Ahmed's personal essay, 'October of Sonipat', about virtual borders in close friendships, published in Chowk 2025.
Read the full essay here:
lakeermag.com/maaz-ahmed-o...
@maazahmedddd
#essay #pakistaniwriters #chowklakeer
Manahil Tahira
Tayyba Kanwal @tayyba.bsky.social
To register, send your name + email address (+ optional interest in reader draw) to: hello@lakeermag.com
There is no fee to register or to attend.
Sign up!! lakeermag.com/events
Hammad Rind @hammadrind.bsky.social
Fatima Sajjad
Waqas Manzoor
We told you our line up is π₯. Meet our readers for our upcoming virtual event, Lakeer Kahaniyan, on November 16, Sunday at 8pm Pakistan Time:
Irta Usman
Muneeb Ilyas
Saad Jabbar
One month left to submit to our Summer 2026 Special Issue!
Send us your fiction, poetry, essays, short plays, photography/art, centering the idea of 'Food (in)security in Pakistan'.
Guidelines here:
lakeermag.com/submissions
Last date: November 30
We're looking forward to your work!
Faizan Ahmad shares his beautiful photography in his essay 'Lahore Between Two Trains: Then and Now'. You can read the full essay here:
lakeermag.com/lahore-between
From Durre Shahwar's essay, 'Reflections on Jagged Movements', in Issue Six.
Read the full essay here, on what informs - consciously and subconsciously - the ways we allow ourselves to move:
lakeermag.com/reflections/
'1974, Ali vs Foreman' by Jaweerya Mohammad.
Read this brilliant poem in full here:
lakeermag.com/1974-alivforeman
The surreal world of Ishma Fahim's art in Issue Six:
lakeermag.com/naag-phalli's/#ishmaart
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