Kitab Ghar Lahore

07/10/2026

The Battle of Algiers (1966) depicts a pivotal time in the Algerian struggle against French colonial occupation.

Join us for a screening of this classic on Friday, October 9 at 7 pm and a reading circle on the Urdu translation of Frantz Fanon's A Dying Colonialism on Sunday, October 11.

Between 1954 and 1962, the National Liberation Front (FLN) engaged in guerrilla and urban warfare against the French occupation of Algeria. The French Army sought to squash insurgency by Napalming villages and deploying systemic torture against suspected freedom fighters.

Algeria had been a French colony since 1830, and France insisted that "Algeria is France." The armed struggle led to the liberation of Algeria, "the land of a million martyrs", in 1962 and the exodus of European settlers and Harkis from Algeria, as well as the collapse of France's 4th Republic.

Algiers, known as the "Paris of North Africa", became the Revolutionary Capital of the decolonizing world, most notably for the Palestinian struggle, Black Panthers, and the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa. Today, three years since the Palestinian resistance in Gaza's historical offensive against the occupation, we are reminded of the righteousness of resistance: Algeria today, Palestine tomorrow.

06/10/2026

A kashkol is a bowl you carry, and most of us carry more than we say out loud.

Kashkol Safehouse is a initiative where you get to put it down. Think of it like therapy, but with people: a warm, no judgment circle where you can say what you have been keeping inside, listen to others say theirs, and walk out feeling a little lighter.

No fixing. No advice contests. No pressure to share. You can speak, or you can just listen. Both count.

🗓 Sunday 18 October
🕔 5 PM onwards
📍 Kitab Ghar, Lahore

Seats are limited, and registration closes the moment we have enough participants. When it is full, it is full.

Register through the link in bio.

You don't have to carry everything alone.

29/09/2026

The Last Session is a short film written and directed by Salman Alam Khan. Set in Los Angeles, the story brings together two South Asian men from different generations through an unexpected connection. The film explores themes of love, identity, acceptance, and the complexities that exist across generations.

About Salman:

Salman is a Los Angeles based, Pakistani filmmaker working across narrative and documentary cinema as a writer, director and producer. His work has been broadcast internationally on platforms including HBO Max and Channel News Asia, supported by competitive international grants, and recognized at film festivals around the world.
He also served as Executive Producer of the short film Permanent Guest, which was presented at the Toronto International Film Festival, and has served as a film jury member for the Voices With Impact Film Grant and the Rome Independent Cinema Festival.

23/09/2026

Sunday, 11 am to 12 pm, in-person
September 27 and October 4, 2026
Rs. 1500 (scholarships available)

Unpacking violence from a feminist perspective

For feminists violence is always at the forefront of our work and existence - in fact regardless if you identify as a feminist, you experience different forms of violence every day. We confront militarization and war, economic violence, histories of discrimination colonialism, and ecocide every time we scroll through our phones or turn on the news, or within and outside our homes. However how we view violence is deeply tied to capitalist, patriarchal and colonial structures, what counts as violence as opposed to what is normalised, or the violence necessary to hold up these structures and which acts of violence are afforded accountability. Our view of violence is also coded within the gender binary. In this session we seek to interrogate these different forms of violence, their constructed hierarchies and how they land in our own lives and bodies.

Week 1
How we talk about gender-based violence: moving beyond outrage cycles

Reading:

A Feminist Theory of Violence: A Decolonial Perspective
by Françoise Vergès (chapter 1)

Week 2

Reading:

Female Militancy and the Wars on Terror: Revisiting Feminist Interventions from South Asia
by Neloufer de Mel

23/09/2026

Dear patrons,

We will meet over nine weeks to read and discuss these essays, chapters, and books. The first two sessions are being led and organized by Shmyla Khan (more info on sign up form).

Sunday, September 27 and October 4
11 am onwards
In-person @ Kitab Ghar Lahore

Sign up for the first two sessions by scanning the QR code or link in bio! 🔗

You can expect the format of reading group sessions to be a free flowing conversation about that week's reading with one or more conveners present. Your participation will shape the group and our learning.

The selections are taken from longer books and while it is suggested to read as much as possible, the discussions might only make sense if you have read at least the provided chapter per week.

23/09/2026

14/09/2026

Film screening every Thursday at 8 pm 🎬🎥✮⋆˙

Layla - September 17
Omkara - September 24
Rocky Horror Picture - October 7

No registration and pay-what-you can (Rs. 500 suggested) 😮 Bring your friends and join 🍿

Poster Sufyan Shiekh 🫶

08/09/2026

Pssssssst, here! Ever grow tired of having insentient algorithms pushing ugly, soulless AI-churned slop down your throat that was created on the stolen labour of creatives?

What about the hyper-edited, commercialized, & sensationalist content over-stimulating your brain to a mess, the commoditization of your attention? Techno-fascists & Techno-utopists running full throttle and gutting all non-corporates to make some quick bucks, selling your data for dimes to Big Brother and curtailing on all sorts of dissent & internet freedoms, or the, for a lack of a better word, "ensh*ttification" of the internet? Well, so are we, and we are here to let you in on some happy news - there has been a movement fighting to make the internet a better place for all, and we want you to be a part of it! 🙂‍↔️

So round up, dostoon and soon-to-be-but-not-yet-dostoon, and join Pakistan For Fediverse for a teach-in on the internet - its politics of the present, and the fight for a future of a revolutionary, ever-human social-network that panders not to the likes of BIg Tech's goons but rather, us, the people - in every shade we come in. Because f**k AI, f**k billionaires, f**k fascists, & f**k capitalism - in all caps, bold, slab serif font, 100 text-size.

For the meeting link, DM Pakistan For Fediverse or Aleah F.. Hope to see you there!

07/09/2026

🎤 The mic is yours Lahoriyo!

Join us for an evening of music, stories, poetry & everything in between. Come perform, come listen, or simply come be part of the vibe.

- Saturday, 5th September | 6 PM
- PKR 800 (Perform) | PKR 400 (Attend)
- Pay what you can for Library ❤️

Don’t just watch. Be part of the show!

We can't wait to welcome you all!

12/08/2026

ever feel like you had something to say to Kitab Ghar but didn't know who to say it to, or when? an experience you'd like to report or reflect on, a suggestion you'd like to make, a critique issued?

to all our regulars, patrons, friends, ex-friends, event organizers, event attendees, collaborators, confidants — submit to our open call for feedback!

head to the form in our bio for more info, and submit your feedback to our Working Group! the deadline for submission is 20th August - we look forward to your responses.

(poster by ⟡ ♥️)