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How illustrator Azra Hirji turns the family table into an archive of food, migration and memory

The artist behind the Substack In The Filing Cabinet is on a mission to preserve her family's table. From her mother's homemade chutney to her late father's lentil daar – one appetising artwork at a t...

How illustrator Azra Hirji turns the family table into an archive of food, migration and memory

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The artist behind the Substack In The Filing Cabinet is on a mission to preserve her family's table.

From her mother's homemade chutney to her late father's lentil daar – one appetising artwork at a t...

The artist behind the Substack In The Filing Cabinet is on a mission to preserve her family's table. From her mother's homemade chutney to her late father's lentil daar – one appetising artwork at a t...

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The artist behind the Substack In The Filing Cabinet is on a mission to preserve her family's table. From her mother's homemade chutney to her late father's lentil daar – one appetising artwork at a t...

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