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Deep Time, Slow-building and โ€˜Ancient Intelligenceโ€™: Pakistan at the 19th Venice Architecture Biennale

Zoya Gul Hasan

Aug 28, 2025

The 19th International Architecture Exhibition, titled ๐˜๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด. ๐˜•๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ญ. ๐˜ˆ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ญ. ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ., curated by Carlo Ratti and organised by La Biennale di Venezia opened in May 2025. A team of eight dedicated Pakistani architects and researchers presented (๐˜๐˜ณ)๐˜ˆ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜š๐˜บ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ด, while facing bureaucratic hurdles, visa and shipment delays and the four-day war back home. Zoya Gul Hasan walks us through the installation and ponders Pakistan's future at international art biennales.

Pakistanโ€™s Moment to Shine in Osaka

Hassan Khan

Aug 28, 2025

Universe in a Grain of Saltโ€™, curated by Noorjehan Bilgrami for the Pakistan Pavilion at Expo 2025 in Osaka, features pink rock salt structures and art that mesmerises audiences through the lens of geological and urban history, spanning eons with moments of serenity.

Unconditional: How American Campaign Finance Enables Israel

Staff Reporter

Apr 22, 2025

In contemporary America, the system of financing election campaigns has become a vast, institutionalised behemoth that ensures elected officials are more accountable to their wealthiest donors than to their constituents. Therein lies the not-so-secret to bipartisan, unconditional support for Israel

In Helsinki, Minutes for Gaza

Dua Abbas Rizvi

Feb 04, 2025

A reflection on the surreal experience of living in a largely indifferent Europe run by complicit governments as a genocide unfolds elsewhere

THE SIRDAH TWINS

Sama Faruqi

Jan 19, 2025

Against the backdrop of Israelโ€™s blockade and wars, Gazaโ€™s birdwatching twins look skywards for inspiration