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A Word from the Editor, Special FeaturesMarch 10, 2017

New Voices Writing Competition: Pakistan

By TMS Staff

Presenting the first writing contest exclusively for writers in Pakistan. Guest judge: Sabyn Javeri. Deadline: May 15, 2017!

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In the IssueMay 8, 2016

Issue 14 – Summer 2016

By TMS Staff
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A Word from the Editor, MagazineMay 8, 2016

Don’t cry like a girl. Be a (wo)man.

By TMS Staff

Why holding up the women in our lives can help build a nation, in place of tearing it down.

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A Word from the Editor, MagazineOctober 13, 2015

The Groupthink of Marital Discourse

By TMS Staff

At a time where “femininity” is weighed by the proclivity of procreation, the author ponders what place “the white picket fence” fantasy merits in Pakistan today.

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Commentary, EssaysOctober 13, 2015

In Search of the Pakistani Author

By Momina Masood

“The Author dies, along with his world. The Reader is born into a different universe, and confronts the text as rootless and wayward as the autumnal wind brushing through his hair.” Momina Masood searches for the Pakistani author.

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In the Issue, MagazineOctober 12, 2015

Peeling the Onion of Central European Writing

By TMS Staff
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Commentary, Essays, MagazineOctober 12, 2015

How Adult Are You?

By TMS Staff

Ghausia Rashid Salam assesses young adult fiction and asks why grown adults are so drawn to the genre.

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Featured Articles, MagazineOctober 12, 2015

More Than 50 Shades of Grey

By TMS Staff

“Certainty needs to be upheld and so all inquiry in its midst must be regulated so as not to topple some invisible, delicate balance of floundering egos insisting upon their “only truth”.”

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Featured Articles, MagazineOctober 12, 2015

Literature & Individuality in the Classroom

By TMS Staff

“Unfortunately, in a country with a rich tradition of literature, and one that has and continues to produce prolific writers and poets, the pursuit of literature suffers.”

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Commentary, Essays, MagazineOctober 12, 2015

Examination of the Unchained: What Makes A Mob?

By TMS Staff

“The definition of a mob, or protest, and how the two vary relies on intent as it does the outcome — what starts peacefully can end in tragic violence, or it can revolutionize a nation.”

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One last love letter...

April 24, 2021

It has taken us some time and patience to come to this decision. TMS would not have seen the success that it did without our readers and the tireless team that ran the magazine for the better part of eight years.

But… all good things must come to an end, especially when we look at the ever-expanding art and literary landscape in Pakistan, the country of the magazine’s birth.

We are amazed and proud of what the next generation of creators are working with, the themes they are featuring, and their inclusivity in the diversity of voices they are publishing. When TMS began, this was the world we envisioned…

Though the magazine has closed and our submissions shuttered, this website will remain open for the foreseeable future as an archive of the great work we published and the astounding collection of diverse voices we were privileged to feature.

If, however, someone is interested in picking up the baton, please email Maryam Piracha, the editor, at maryamp@themissingslate.com.

Farewell, fam! It’s been quite a ride.