Born in 9th-century Herat, Afghanistan, today Khajistan lives on as an archive founded by Saad Khan. Khajistan saves, digitizes, and distributes art, words, and media from forgotten or silenced communities, stretching from the Indus to the Maghreb. Their work addresses gaps or losses of diverse local cultural expression within mainstream “global” media settings while considering how changing Western technologies (and a lopsided internet) risk intensifying the cultural disappearance of marginalized communities.

In 2025, Khajistan’s growing digital archive has over 85,000 community-contributed photos and videos, while Toshakhana, Khajistan’s physical archive, contains the world’s largest collection of Pakistani film memorabilia, rare gems like Islamicate Judaica, censored and discontinued Urdu, Farsi, and Arabic magazines, and American and local war propaganda.

At SculptureCenter, Khajistan presents a #spasialprogram, opening its vault of banned, censored, and overlooked audiovisual and print media, alongside a weekend bazaar.