Dear دوست | Javeria Hasnain | Substack

community + collab + poetry

last week, Soje and I collaborated on a video for the Gaza monologue— i remember last summer, when it rained the most horrendous rain in Brooklyn, which…

Dec 4, 2023 •

Javeria Hasnain

journal entries + reading news!

May + June 2023

Nov 29, 2023 •

Javeria Hasnain

an original Urdu poem

after Sara Shagufta

Nov 27, 2023 •

Javeria Hasnain

journal entries (two years later!)

Nov 26, 2023 •

Javeria Hasnain

The Splendid Nurseries of my Otherwise Barren City

I’m back in Karachi and commuting everyday to and from work. First things first, traffic is unbearable. My father comes to pick me 15 minutes before…

Jun 24, 2021 •

Javeria Hasnain

September & October

journal entries

Nov 30, 2020 •

Javeria Hasnain

Ghazal: October

Remember you asked, “it’s Fall! How is the world blossoming?” early October? This meadow of mine, carefully tended—crushed again, this October! So…

Oct 10, 2020 •

Javeria Hasnain

journal excerpts

Aug 29, 2020 •

Javeria Hasnain

Dear دوست

Personal essays/musings/opinions. Letters/journal entries. Poems (& drafts). (دوست; friend)

Dear دوست

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