Archive - Dear دوست

March 2025

Fatima Jafar's poem + its Urdu translation

Mar 30 •

Javeria Hasnain

Burning (translation as praxis)

Shlagha Borah's poem translated into Urdu + some thoughts on the project

Mar 20 •

Javeria Hasnain

and

December 2023

community+ poetry

i remember last summer, when it rained the most horrendous rain in Brooklyn, which coincided with the poets coming to my apartment and B wanted a…

Dec 4, 2023 •

Javeria Hasnain

November 2023

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

June 2021

The Splendid Nurseries of my Otherwise Barren City

I’m back in Karachi and commuting everyday to and from work.

Jun 24, 2021 •

Javeria Hasnain

November 2020

September & October

journal entries

Nov 30, 2020 •

Javeria Hasnain

October 2020

Ghazal: October

Remember you asked, “it’s Fall!

Oct 10, 2020 •

Javeria Hasnain

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