The
Dancing Girls
of Lahore
SELLING LOVE AND SAVING DREAMS
IN PAKISTAN’S ANCIENT
PLEASURE DISTRICT
Louise Brown
For Maha
Contents
Five new girls are staying in the thin pimp’s brothel.
“We Were Artists…Not Gandi Kanjri”
(HOT SEASON: APRIL–JUNE 2000)
Lahore is a wonderful city with rich character and a…
(MONSOON: AUGUST 2000)
Today is August 14, Pakistan’s Independence Day, and crowds of…
(COLD SEASON: NOVEMBER 2000–JANUARY 2001)
I’m so pleased to be back after an absence of…
(HOT SEASON: APRIL 2001)
Muharram is the most important month in the Shia religious…
Child Bride of a Monsoon Wedding
(MONSOON: JULY–AUGUST 2001)
The intensity of the June heat has gone but it’s…
(COLD SEASON: DECEMBER 2001–JANUARY 2002)
A thick fog hangs over Lahore and every other person…
(COLD SEASON: DECEMBER 2003–JANUARY 2004)
Our rickshaw has pulled up by the barbeque stall outside.