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  1. Read more: Archive Forensics: Eastern Film (October 1971): "A Cinema in Denial"
    Archive Forensics: Eastern Film (October 1971): "A Cinema in Denial"

    Archive Forensics: Eastern Film (October 1971): "A Cinema in Denial"

    by Khajistan Cultural Desk

    A close reading of Eastern Film’s October 1971 issue, showing Pakistan’s film industry before Bangladesh through studio reports, censorship, star profiles, advertisements, reader letters, and release blockages.

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  2. Read more: Khajistan’s Office of War Information in The Guardian
    Khajistan’s Office of War Information in The Guardian

    Khajistan’s Office of War Information in The Guardian

    by Khajistan Cultural Desk

    The Guardian recently published a piece on Khajistan’s exhibition Office of War Information (O.W.I.), now on view at Pioneer Works in Brooklyn. The...
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  3. Read more: Khajistan Office of War Information (O.W.I.) Exhibition Guide
    Khajistan Office of War Information (O.W.I.) Exhibition Guide

    Khajistan Office of War Information (O.W.I.) Exhibition Guide

    by Saad Khan

    Khajistan: Office of War Information (O.W.I.). Click the image to open the full exhibition guide PDF. Khajistan: Office of War Information (O.W....
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  4. Read more: Khajistan in Hyperallergic — The Detritus of Censored Culture
    Spasial Program at SculptureCenter — yellow walls hung with South Asian film posters, red rug, yellow benches

    Khajistan in Hyperallergic — The Detritus of Censored Culture

    by Khajistan Cultural Desk

    Naib Mian reports the archive from the Queens apartment and the SculptureCenter basement: Toshakhana's holdings, six Instagram shutdowns, the university placements, and censorship read as a class argument.
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  5. Read more: Khajistan: Office Of War Information (O.W.I.) Exhibition at Pioneer Works
    Khajistan: Office Of War Information (O.W.I.) Exhibition at Pioneer Works

    Khajistan: Office Of War Information (O.W.I.) Exhibition at Pioneer Works

    by Khajistan Cultural Desk

    Thousands of U.S. propaganda leaflets accumulate in a simulated wartime office. ON VIEWMay 8 to August 9, 2026 Download PDF New York, NY, March 24,...
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  6. Read more: Khajistan Announces Bay Area Screenings of Showgirls of Pakistan
    Khajistan Announces Bay Area Screenings of Showgirls of Pakistan

    Khajistan Announces Bay Area Screenings of Showgirls of Pakistan

    by Khajistan Cultural Desk

    Khajistan is pleased to share two Bay Area screenings of the feature documentary Showgirls of Pakistan directed by Khajistan founder Saad Khan this...
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