People at stalls in corner market on the street. Location: Lahore, India Date taken: 1946 Photographer: Margaret Bourke-White |
View of the exterior of Jubilee Museum & Technical Institute, Prince Albert Memorial Museum Location: Lahore, India Date taken: 1946 Photographer: Margaret Bourke-White |
Moslem men & women walking & lying in the street. Location: Lahore, India Date taken: 1946 Photographer: Margaret Bourke-White |
Herd of bullocks on the street (Outside Shalimar Garden). Location: Lahore, India Date taken: 1946 Photographer: Margaret Bourke-White |
Man carrying ornate box on his head w. others on street. Location: Lahore, India Date taken: 1946 Photographer: Margaret Bourke-White |
Pedestrian traffic on the street. Location: Lahore, India Date taken: 1946 Photographer: Margaret Bourke-White |
Moslems taking water fr. pool of Badshahi Mosque. Location: Lahore, India Date taken: 1946 Photographer: Margaret Bourke-White |
View of the front entrance to the Jubilee Museum & Technical Institute, Prince Albert Memorial Museum Location: Lahore, India Date taken: 1946 Photographer: Margaret Bourke-White |
Pedestrian traffic on the street. Location: Lahore, India Date taken: 1946 Photographer: Margaret Bourke-White |
Moslem woman in purdah walking w. others on street. Location: Lahore, India Date taken: 1946 Photographer: Margaret Bourke-White |
Moslem mother in purdah, holding her baby as she walks w. others through a market. Location: Lahore, India Date taken: 1946 Photographer: Margaret Bourke-White |
Butcher brandishing a switch over cuts of meat to keep the flies away in his stall at market. Location: Lahore, India Date taken: 1946 Photographer: Margaret Bourke-White |
Moslem woman in purdah walking w. others through pottery stall in a market. Location: Lahore, Pakistan Date taken: 1946 Photographer: Margaret Bourke-White |
Goats loll around the feet of woman looking over fabrics at stall in market. Location: Lahore, India Date taken: 1946 Photographer: Margaret Bourke-White |
Man using a hand-cranked sewing machine to make clothes as he smokes a hooka pipe in his shop. Location: Lahore, India Date taken: 1946 Photographer: Margaret Bourke-White |
Indian soldiers driving two-wheeled carts drawn by mules through the street. Location: Lahore, India Date taken: 1946 Photographer: Margaret Bourke-White |
Man preparing meat & flour as he gets reading to cook a meal. Location: Lahore, India Date taken: 1946 Photographer: Margaret Bourke-White |
Butcher w. large fan which he uses to fan cuts of meat in his stall in a market. Location: Lahore, India Date taken: 1946 Photographer: Margaret Bourke-White |
Shopkeeper using balance scale to weigh portion of food for a customer in his food stall at market. Location: Lahore, India Date taken: 1946 Photographer: Margaret Bourke-White |
Indian women peeking out from the doorways. Location: Lahore, India Date taken: 1946 Photographer: Margaret Bourke-White |
Shopkeepers posing w. others at their spice store stall in market area of the city. Location: Lahore, India Date taken: 1946 Photographer: Margaret Bourke-White |
Barber appraising growth on man’s face before giving him a shave in market place. Location: Lahore, India Date taken: 1946 Photographer: Margaret Bourke-White |
Man smoking a hooka pipe as others look on. Location: Lahore, India Date taken: 1946 Photographer: Margaret Bourke-White |
Horse-drawn wagon on a busy city street.. Location: Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan Date taken: September 1946 Photographer: Margaret Bourke-White |
Moselms sitting inside of the gate of Vazir Khan Mosque Location: Lahore, India Date taken: September 1946 Photographer: Margaret Bourke-White |
Moslems washing themselves in the pool in Vazir Khan Mosque. Location: Lahore, India |
Moslems gathered at pool in front of the beautiful Vazir Khan Mosque. Location: Lahore, Punjab, India Date taken: August 1946 Photographer: Margaret Bourke-White |
Shiraz Hassan is a magazine reporter and feature writer for Sunday Magazine in Lahore, Pakistan, where he covers social issues, art and culture. At the magazine, he has published more than 400 features related to social problems, culture and ‘show biz.’ Shiraz has also worked as a news editor at the radio network “MAST FM 103” in Lahore.
He writes about culture and heritage of South Asia, particularly Pakistan. He advocates rich culture of this land and tries to explore facts. Recently he was given an award from the Federal Ministry of Population Welfare for his article on population crises. Writers Guild also awarded him a Medal of excellence for his work.