THIS PAGE CURATES IMAGES FROM PAST EVENTS RUN BY ZAHRA MANSOOR AND NAQSH HAQUE, AND INSPIRATION FROM ARCHIVES TO SYNTHESISE A FEEL FOR THE SHALIMAR ROOM, PRESENTING OUR PROOF OF CONCEPT.
ARCHIVE: THE NASREEN ROOM LOUNGE, KARACHI, 1960sARCHIVE: SHALIMAR GARDENS, LAHORE, 1931EVENT: SILENCIO BEITHAK, SILENCIO CLUB, PARIS, BRIEF SHALIMAR, 2024ARCHIVE: ADVERTISEMENT FOR THE NASREEN ROOM LOUNGE, KARACHI, 1960sEVENT: AT A BRIEF SHALIMAR SOIREE, 2024EVENT: AT A WEDDING IN LAHORE, ZAHRA MANSOOR, 2025ARCHIVE: THE STORK CLUB, NEW YORK CITY, 1954EVENT: SHALIMAR ROOM POP-UP AT THE MEMOIRE DE L’AVENIR, PARIS, 2025EVENT: FORMAL HALL AT QUEEN’S COLLEGE, ZAHRA MANSOOR, 2026 EVENT: AT A WEDDING IN LAHORE, ZAHRA MANSOOR, 2025 EVENT: AT A WEDDING IN KARACHI, ZAHRA MANSOOR, 2024 ARCHIVE: QUEEN ELIZABETH ON A STATE VISIT TO PAKISTAN, 1961ARCHIVE: ENTERTAINMENT AT THE METROPOLE HOTEL, KARACHI, 1960sEVENT: SHALIMAR ROOM POP-UP AT THE MEMOIRE DE L’AVENIR, PARIS, 2025EVENT: (IN)FORMAL DINNER, CAMBRIDGE, NAQSH HAQUE, 2025ARCHIVE: COPACABANA CLUB, NEW YORK CITY, 1976ARCHIVE: ZULFIKAR ALI BHUTTO AND NUSRAT BHUTTO, KARACHI, 1976ARCHIVE: LADIES OFF DUTY IN LAHORE, 1959ARCHIVE: ZAHRA MANSOOR’S FAMILY WEDDING, KARACHI, 1998ARCHIVE: A DANCE AIRED ON PAKISTAN TV, 1972ARCHIVE: MENU AT THE PARK LUXURY HOTEL, LAHORE, 1668ARCHIVE: ENTERTAINMENT ON RADIO PAKISTAN, 1958ARCHIVE: INDIAN AND PAKISTANI SOCIALITES DANCING TOGETHER, KARACHI, 1950sARCHIVE: INTERCONTINENTAL HOTEL, LAHORE, 1961EVENT: SHALIMAR ROOM POP-UP, PARIS, 2025EVENT: FORMAL HALL AT SIDNEY SUSSEX COLLEGE, ZAHRA MANSOOR, 2026 EVENT: AT A WEDDING IN LAHORE, ZAHRA MANSOOR, 2026 EVENT: FORMAL HALL AT WOLFSON COLLEGE, ZAHRA MANSOOR, 2025 EVENT: SHALIMAR ROOM POP-UP, PARIS, 2024EVENT: AT A PARTY IN KARACHI, ZAHRA MANSOOR, 2024EVENT: SHALIMAR ROOM POP-UP, PARIS, 2024EVENT: AT A WEDDING IN LAHORE, ZAHRA MANSOOR, 2025EVENT: AT A PARTY IN KARACHI, ZAHRA MANSOOR, 2024EVENT: FORMAL HALL AT SIDNEY SUSSEX COLLEGE, ZAHRA MANSOOR, 2026 EVENT: FORMAL HALL AT SIDNEY SUSSEX COLLEGE, ZAHRA MANSOOR, 2025EVENT: STUDIO PARTY AT THE 59 RIVOLI, ZAHRA MANSOOR, PARIS, 2024EVENT: SILENCIO BEITHAK, SILENCIO CLUB, PARIS, BRIEF SHALIMAR, 2024EVENT: BRIEF SHALIMAR SALON, VIE PROJECTS,PARIS, 2024EVENT: BRIEF SHALIMAR SALON, VIE PROJECTS,PARIS, 2024EVENT: BRIEF SHALIMAR SALON, MASS WORKS,PARIS, 2024EVENT: ART INSTALLATION, SILENCIO CLUB, PARIS, BRIEF SHALIMAR, 2024EVENT: ART INSTALLATION, SILENCIO CLUB, PARIS, BRIEF SHALIMAR, 2024EVENT: SHISHA LOUNGE, SILENCIO CLUB, PARIS, BRIEF SHALIMAR, 2024EVENT: ART INSTALLATION, SILENCIO CLUB, PARIS, ZAHRA MANSOOR, 2023EVENT: ART INSTALLATION, SILENCIO CLUB, PARIS, ZAHRA MANSOOR, 2023EVENT: (IN)FORMAL DINNER, CAMBRIDGE, NAQSH HAQUE, 2025EVENT: ART PARTY IN KARACHI, ZAHRA MANSOOR, 2024EVENT: SHALIMAR ROOM POP-UP AT THE MEMOIRE DE L’AVENIR, PARIS, 2025EVENT: FORMAL HALL AT SELWYN, ZAHRA MANSOOR, 2025EVENT: BRIEF SHALIMAR SALON, VIE PROJECTS,PARIS, 2024EVENT: SILENCIO BEITHAK, SILENCIO CLUB, PARIS, BRIEF SHALIMAR, 2024ARCHIVE: SHALIMAR GARDENS, LAHORE, ZAHRA MANSOOR, 2025ARCHIVE: SHALIMAR GARDENS, LAHORE, ZAHRA MANSOOR, 2025EVENT: AT A PARTY IN KARACHI, ZAHRA MANSOOR, 2026ARCHIVE: SALON ON RUE DU BAC BY DORIAN FITZGERALD, PARISARCHIVE: SHEESH MAHAL, LAHOREARCHIVE: INTERIOR OF A PARTY TENT IN LAHORE, ZAHRA MANSOOR, 2025ARCHIVE: SHEESH MAHAL IN LAHOREARCHIVE: INTERIOR OF A PARTY TENT IN LAHORE, ZAHRA MANSOOR, 2025ARCHIVE: AT A WEDDING IN KARACHI, ZAHRA MANSOOR, 2026ARCHIVE: INTERIOR OF A PARTY TENT IN LAHORE, ZAHRA MANSOOR, 2025ARCHIVE: AT A WEDDING IN KARACHI, ZAHRA MANSOOR, 2026