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Moral conundrum? | Letter from our Co-founder
- 18.11.24
“I love my glasses and my husband wants to buy me some more. But I’m concerned about supporting a regime which is so oppressive to women. I’ve never been and so I don’t know much other than what...
GUEST EDIT | Mathilda Della Torre
- Guest Edit
- 29.01.24
Mathilda Della Torre is a designer and activist whose work focuses on creating projects and campaigns that transition us to a sustainable, fair, and just society. She is the founder of Conversat...
GUEST EDIT | TARAN KHAN
- 15.08.23
One reason we wanted a physical ISHKAR shop was so that we could host events, talks, supper clubs, screenings, exhibitions, etc. A place to join with others and explore the cultures in some of t...
GUEST EDIT | RUBY ELMHIRST
- bookshop
- 24.11.22
Ruby Elmhirst is a creative producer, working with sustainable and socially conscious designers, artists and brands on unique projects across an array of mediums. Originally from London, her fam...
THE JADID MOVEMENT IN SOVIET UZBEKISTAN
- Exhibition
- 27.10.22
We spoke to Niloufar Edmonds, the curator of 'Bound for Life and Education: Sara Eshonturaeva and the Jadid Movement in Soviet Uzbekistan' about the photographs, documents, and objects presented...
My Pen Is the Wing of a Bird: Striking New Fiction by Afghan Women Writers
- 26.09.22
'My Pen Is the Wing of a Bird' is an extraordinary anthology of fiction by Afghan women writers, published in Feb 2022 by MacLehose Press in the UK. A powerful collection that draw on real-life ...
NFT Print Capsule
- 04.07.22
For the Print Sale for EMERGENCY 2022, some of the photographers are offering one-off prints as NFTs, some for the first time!Including Matthieu Paley, Glen Wilde & Michael Christopher Brown.
EMERGENCY PRINT SALE 2022
- 22.06.22
On the 15th of August 2021, Afghanistan fell to the Taliban. As the world looked on, ISHKAR launched a sale of photographic prints to raise money for EMERGENCY Hospitals in Afghanistan. Like you...
Collection: Handmade in Pakistan & Yemen
- Collection
- 14.06.22
Our handmade shirts and soap stone bowls, photographed by Charles Thiefaine on the island of Socotra, Yemen. November 2021.
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