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Friday, March 27, 2026 by Montez Press Radio #interviews #media

Smut of the Middle World

A discussion with Khajistan founder and director Saad Khan and creative director Joey Chriqui on their new publication, Smut of the Middle World, Vol. 1: Pakistan. Drawing on banned Pakistani erotic magazines from the 1960s through the 2000s, the book recovers a censored archive and preserves cultural media that once informed everyday life across the Islamicate world.

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Bonus Links:

>>> Buy the publication here

>>> Browse Khajistan's Exhibition Ephemera here

>>> Download digital magazines from Khajistan's archive for FREE here

 

The cover of Smut of The Middle World, featuring a couple holding each other in their arms.

 

A post it note with the title of the show handwritten on it.