What it is
Quarterly · English and Urdu
- Mental health written from the inside, rather than explained from outside it
- Poetry, essays, short fiction and memoir, including writing about caring for someone else
- Anxiety, grief, recovery, therapy, sleeplessness, and the ordinary days in between
- Written in English or Urdu, by writers at any stage of their work
- Work that stays with the difficulty is as welcome as work that finds its way out
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SanctuaryIssue No. 2
Our magazine on women's empowerment, identity, resilience and selfhood in Pakistan.
Deadline
11 September 2026
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