Welcome to a generous selection of articles from DAWN's Weekly Gallery.
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Shy guy
 After graduating from college in the US in 1985, Arif returned to Karachi, where he took up photography as a hobby because, “I wanted to see the country in a closer way,” he says. He bought himself a camera and “started clicking away”’...
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Paradise lost and won
 Islamic landscape design has been the subject of many authors in the past; yet, Earthly Paradise comes as a welcome addition to this theme. The book is a unique comparative study...
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Gal watch
 Clockwise from above: Works by Laila Shahzada and others — Rabia Zuberi, Jamil Naqsh, Changez Sultan, Athar Jamal, Tabinda Chinoy, Shehla Rehman, Moeen Faruqui, Kazim, Muna Siddiqui, Shahbano Farooki,...
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Crafting a tazia
 Tinsel, gota, lace, glitter, beads, and an assortment of paper. I eyed the dazzling details of the tazia, and listened to the words of Babu Taziaywallah of Karachi, “... replica of...
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Emblems of Karbala
 The mourning rituals of Muharram in the subcontinent have given birth to a riot of colours, traditions, literature, art and craftsmanship. Alams, tazias, zaris and other symbols of martyrdom at Karbala...
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Labour of love
 Muharram sets in an array of specialized creativity rarely witnessed in other months of the year. For someone immune to the heart-rending details of the Karbala tragedy, the sight of ornately...
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Scaling new heights
 Some 32 artists were brought together last month to present a colourful spectrum of their paintings, sculptures and ceramics in a variety of mediums. The idea was to lend a voice...
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Lahore, New York, Toronto
 Masood Haider reports on the recently opened two exhibitions of NCA artists in New York ...
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Punja Buzz: Tollinton lives on
 The question whether Tollinton Market, Lahore, can be restored to its original has finally been answered by ‘experts’ with a promise. They understand that ‘much of its rudimentary structure has survived...
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Women painters: going places
 An exhibition showing the works of Pakistan’s women artists marked the opening of the extensively remodelled V.M.Gallery, now with three display sites, at the Rangoonwala Hall in Karachi. Collectively titled Let...
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