{"id":67136,"date":"2015-06-22T17:50:47","date_gmt":"2015-06-22T16:50:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indexoncensorship.org\/?p=67136"},"modified":"2017-01-11T12:34:31","modified_gmt":"2017-01-11T12:34:31","slug":"23-july-unsilencing-pakistan-a-tribute-to-sabeen-mahmud-partner-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.indexoncensorship.org\/newsite02may\/?p=67136","title":{"rendered":"23 July: Unsilencing Pakistan &#8212; a tribute to Sabeen Mahmud"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.evbuc.com\/eventlogos\/73447719\/unsilencingpakistanupdate01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"707\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In May 2007 <a href=\"http:\/\/asiasociety.org\/video\/asia-21-sabeen-mahmud\">Sabeen Mahmud<\/a> founded The Second Floor (now known as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.t2f.biz\/\">T2F<\/a>), a coffee house and \u201ccommunity space for open dialogue\u201d in Karachi, Pakistan.<\/p>\n<p>In April 2015, Mahmud was\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/news\/news-desk\/the-life-and-death-of-sabeen-mahmud\">shot dead<\/a> by unidentified gunmen. Travelling home after hosting a panel discussion on the missing people of Balochistan, a poor but resource rich province of\u00a0Pakistan, armed motorcyclists surrounded her\u00a0car and <a href=\"http:\/\/tribune.com.pk\/story\/875375\/t2f-director-shot-dead-in-karachi\/\">opened fire<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Three months after this brutal\u00a0act, Index on Censorship are working together with Yasmin Whittaker-Khan, Anneqa Malik and the Sabeen Mahmud Foundation to commemorate and celebrate an extraordinary woman.<\/p>\n<p>Featuring\u00a0prominent speakers alongside live art, music, poetry and Pakistani food.<\/p>\n<p>Hosted by\u00a0British-Pakistani stand-up comedian and TV presenter <strong>Aatif Nawaz. <\/strong>With:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Ali Dayan Hasan,<\/strong> Pakistani human rights activist<\/li>\n<li><strong>Annie Zaman,<\/strong> Bytes for All<\/li>\n<li><strong>Declan Walsh,<\/strong> New York Times<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dr Ayesha Siddiqa,<\/strong> University of Oxford<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jodie Ginsberg,<\/strong> Index on Censorship<\/li>\n<li><strong>Kali Chandrasegaram<\/strong>, classical dancer<\/li>\n<li><strong>Hyder Cheema,\u00a0<\/strong>musician<\/li>\n<li><strong>Kamila Shamsie<\/strong>, novelist<\/li>\n<li><strong>Omer Tariq, <\/strong>DJ<\/li>\n<li><strong>Shaan Taseer,<\/strong> Pakistan for All (and son of late Salman Taseer)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sonia Metha<\/strong>, singer<\/li>\n<li><strong>Students <\/strong>from City And Islington Sixth Form College<\/li>\n<li><b>Suniya Qureshi, <\/b>Qismat Foundation<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tehmina Kazi<\/strong>, British Muslims for Secular Democracy<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ustad Roshan Abbas Khan, <\/strong>musician<\/li>\n<li><strong>Yasmin Whittaker-Khan,<\/strong>\u00a0playwright<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ziad Zafar,<\/strong> Sabeen Mahmud Foundation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>When:<\/strong>\u00a0Thursday 23 July, 7:00pm<br \/>\n<strong>Where:<\/strong>\u00a0Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4RL\u00a0(<a href=\"http:\/\/conwayhall.org.uk\/about\/visiting-us\/\">Map\/directions<\/a>)<br \/>\n<strong>Tickets:<\/strong> Free, book <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/unsilencing-pakistan-a-tribute-to-sabeen-mahmud-tickets-17481516687\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Presented\u00a0in partnership\u00a0with\u00a0Conway Hall Ethical Society and the Sabeen Mahmud Foundation<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indexoncensorship.org\/newsite02may\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Conway_logo_web.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-67140\" src=\"https:\/\/www.indexoncensorship.org\/newsite02may\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Conway_logo_web-300x128.jpg\" alt=\"Conway_logo_web\" width=\"200\" height=\"85\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.indexoncensorship.org\/newsite02may\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Conway_logo_web-300x128.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.indexoncensorship.org\/newsite02may\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Conway_logo_web-350x149.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.indexoncensorship.org\/newsite02may\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Conway_logo_web.jpg 448w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join in commemorating and celebrating an extraordinary woman who lost her life working fearlessly for free expression, human rights and social 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