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  1. Read more: Kharabaat: Archiving the Male Sexual Culture of Lootis in Iran
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    Kharabaat: Archiving the Male Sexual Culture of Lootis in Iran

    by Khajistan Cultural Desk

    A Khajistan podcast explores Iran’s Looti men, hyper-masculine working-class figures whose identity blends power, loyalty, and defiance. Rejecting rigid sexual labels, their culture reflects resilience, harsh upbringings, and camaraderie, showcased through tattoos and Instagram expressions.
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  2. Read more: Khajistan in the Dazed MENA 100
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    Khajistan in the Dazed MENA 100

    by Khajistan Cultural Desk

    Maya Abuali's profile for the first issue of Dazed MENA — the name, the manifesto's two questions, Challawa, Toshakhana, and the argument that a lopsided internet is about to become a lopsided model.
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  3. Read more: Khajistan Launches Khajistan Digital Archive
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    Khajistan Launches Khajistan Digital Archive

    by Saad Khan

    Explore the Khajistan Digital Archive—a living record of over 65,000 images and videos capturing humor, struggles, and inner worlds from the Greater Middle East. Dive into a playful space where meaning is yours to make. Visit archive.khajistan.com.

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  4. Read more: 1970s Lollywood Club Culture: Where Lust, Danger, and Deception Collide
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    1970s Lollywood Club Culture: Where Lust, Danger, and Deception Collide

    by Omar Khan

    Lollywood historian Omar Ali Khan dives into the significance of the nightclub, or ‘Killub’, in 1970s Pakistani cinema and how the rise of disco ev...
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  5. Read more: Top 30 Sensual, Sultry, and Sinful Lollywood Club Dance Classics
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    Top 30 Sensual, Sultry, and Sinful Lollywood Club Dance Classics

    by Omar Khan

    The Club (short for Night Club) was a western evil imported into Pakistani Cinema primarily in the 1960s and 1970s, meeting its end with the advent...
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  6. Read more: The Humor and Heartache of Punjabi Stage Show Shartiya Mithay
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    The Humor and Heartache of Punjabi Stage Show Shartiya Mithay

    by Harris Gondal

    **The Humor and Heartache of Punjabi Stage Show *Shartiya Mithay*** explores the iconic play's wit, social commentary, and cultural legacy in Punjab’s theater.
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