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Y IS THERE a Q ?

January 3, 2026 by Sehr Jalil

Reflection: on queues and queuing, across London and Lahore. The difference of queueing systems and people in queues in different geographies and nations speaks for the mindset or mental structure of the people at large. I have absorbed and reflected on this tempramentality while observing people in queues across London and Lahore and other places.… Read more
In Ali kazim’s Studio

November 6, 2025 by Sehr Jalil

From the archive. 1# Published earlier in Art Now Pakistan 2013. Pre-text: I am sharing this piece as an invitation to my community (all of you) and myself for many deeper conversations, adventures, and thinking together. In this ‘from the archive’ series, I will be sharing pieces that hold urgency and depth in the present.… Read more

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Y IS THERE a Q ?