Dounumber is a zine that offers a trenchant critique of the role-playing and posturing that characterizes elite art circles. In doing so, it exposes the absurdity of the social hierarchies and power dynamics that underlie cultural production in Pakistan.

The word Dounumber draws from local Pakistani vernacular, where it means questionable or inferior quality, imitation or fake.

Established in 2018, Lahore, Pakistan, at its core, this collection of comics, photographs and illustrations talks through its incisive commentary and innovative approach to storytelling, it invites readers to question their assumptions and challenge their preconceptions about the cultural landscape of Pakistan.

Dounumber has been instrumental in the development of a cultural movement in Pakistan that values independent and alternative forms of expression, reflected in the rise of zines.

Text a mix of English, Urdu, Punjabi.