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PRESS

Khajistan Press publishes what doesn't get published elsewhere. Lobbycards and lost histories of Pakistani cinema. American war propaganda recovered from the field. Erotic literature from the Pakistani underground. Accounts of queer life in the Islamic world. Small editions, printed in New York.

American War Propaganda Leaflets (1990 - 2022)
Smut of The Middle World Vol. 1: Pakistan

$95.00
Kharabat Vol. 1

$95.00
There Are No Homosexuals in Iran

$10.00
Lollywood Lobby Cards Vol. 1
Lollywood Lobby Cards Vol. 2
Karachi, After Midnight: VOLUME 1 — COMPLETE EDITION

$45.00
Karachi, After Midnight: VOLUME 2 — COMPLETE EDITION

$45.00
Loose Cannons and Dangerous Curves: An Unholy Bible of Pakistani Popular Cinema
Mashallah Bohot Zabardast Vol. 1
Dickiran
True Colors of Filmic Fairies
New York City Street Ephemera: 2023-2026

$58.00
Homosexual Desires in Madrassas (Second Edition)
Karachi, After Midnight: VOLUME 1 & 2 — COMPLETE EDITIONS
Sale

~~Regular price$90.00~~ Sale price$65.00
Smut of The Middle World Vol. 1: Pakistan & Kharabat Vol. 1
Sale

~~Regular price$190.00~~ Sale price$150.00

Announcements + Archive Insights

Read more: Archive Forensics: Firdusi No. 5, November 1978 — In That Suffocation, If Only They Had Let Us Be

Archive Forensics: Firdusi No. 5, November 1978 — In That Suffocation, If Only They Had Let Us Be

Archive Forensics: Part of an Ongoing Series In Archive Forensics, we pull one magazine out of Khajistan's digitized archive and read it closely. T...

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Read more: Archive Forensics: Al-Dunya al-Musawwara (Issue 34, 8 January 1930) – The Illustrated World

Archive Forensics: Al-Dunya al-Musawwara (Issue 34, 8 January 1930) – The Illustrated World

Archive Forensics: Part of an Ongoing Series In Archive Forensics, we pull one magazine out of Khajistan's digitized archive and read it closely. T...

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

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

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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Preservation Projects

Read more: Khajistan Seeking Preservation and Digitization Partners for Historic Erotic Film Posters

Khajistan Seeking Preservation and Digitization Partners for Historic Erotic Film Posters

December 01, 2025

Preservation Projects: Part of an Ongoing Series New York, NY — Khajistan is launching a preservation and digitization initiative for its collectio...

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Read more: Khajistan Seeks Preservation Partner for 202 U.S. Propaganda Leaflets Dropped on Japan

Khajistan Seeks Preservation Partner for 202 U.S. Propaganda Leaflets Dropped on Japan

December 01, 2025

Preservation Projects: Part of an Ongoing Series New York, NY — Khajistan has completed the full digitization of 202 American war propaganda leafle...

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Read more: Khajistan Completes Digitization of 1,000+ Urdu Children’s Books

Khajistan Completes Digitization of 1,000+ Urdu Children’s Books

December 01, 2025

Preservation Projects: Part of an Ongoing Series New York, NY — Khajistan has completed the digitization and preservation of a large, vulnerable co...

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Read more: Emergency Preservation of Pakistan’s Early 2000s Sexploitation Cinema

Emergency Preservation of Pakistan’s Early 2000s Sexploitation Cinema

December 01, 2025

Preservation Projects: Part of an Ongoing Series Khajistan has acquired a vulnerable set of original 35mm reels containing five films from Pakistan...

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