TOSHAKHANA

TOSHAKHANA is Khajistan's Special Collections, dedicated to rescuing rare periodicals, manuscripts, books, and ephemera from the Islamic world. We digitize these materials to ensure their accessibility through the forthcoming Khajistan Reader. After digitization, the physical items require professional care. We seek partners with archival expertise to safeguard Khajistan's curated treasures by professionally preserving and storing the last pieces of our obscure histories. Current partners include the Kislak Center at the University of Pennsylvania, and the libraries of Princeton and Stanford. All listed TOSHAKHANA materials are stored and shipped from Brooklyn, NY. For acquisition inquiries, please contact info@khajistan.com.
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  1. Read more: Khajistan Portal Opens at Recess, Brooklyn
    The Khajistan Institute for Advanced Research and Necessary Development reception room in the house yellow and green — the pigeon in atom orbits over KHAJISTAN in heavy caps, balloons on the floor

    Khajistan Portal Opens at Recess, Brooklyn

    Khajistan is moving part of the archive into a room in Brooklyn for two months and building the rest of it in front of whoever walks in. September 19 to October 24, 2026, at Recess.
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  2. Read more: Khajistan Press at Printed Matter's NY Art Book Fair, 2026
    Printed Matter's NY Art Book Fair 2026 key art, September 24–27 at MoMA PS1

    Khajistan Press at Printed Matter's NY Art Book Fair, 2026

    Khajistan Press exhibits at table M13 at Printed Matter's NY Art Book Fair, MoMA PS1, 25–27 September 2026. Four books launch at the table: Hunting Homosexuals in Occupied Iraq, Karachi, After Midnight: Volume 3, No Unnecessary Contact, and An Erection in Pakistan.
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  3. Read more: No Myth Here — Khajistan in Pioneer Works' Broadcast
    Khajistan: Office of War Information (O.W.I.) at Pioneer Works

    No Myth Here — Khajistan in Pioneer Works' Broadcast

    Saad Khan and Joey Chriqui in conversation with Megan Fernandes for Pioneer Works Broadcast — how the archive began, why the O.W.I. office was built to feel like your uncle's, and what the leaflets were actually for.
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