23 July: Unsilencing Pakistan — a tribute to Sabeen Mahmud

22 Jun 15 | Events

In May 2007 Sabeen Mahmud founded The Second Floor (now known as T2F), a coffee house and “community space for open dialogue” in Karachi, Pakistan.

In April 2015, Mahmud was shot dead by unidentified gunmen. Travelling home after hosting a panel discussion on the missing people of Balochistan, a poor but resource rich province of Pakistan, armed motorcyclists surrounded her car and opened fire.

Three months after this brutal act, Index on Censorship are working together with Yasmin Whittaker-Khan, Anneqa Malik and the Sabeen Mahmud Foundation to commemorate and celebrate an extraordinary woman.

Featuring prominent speakers alongside live art, music, poetry and Pakistani food.

Hosted by British-Pakistani stand-up comedian and TV presenter Aatif Nawaz. With:

• Ali Dayan Hasan, Pakistani human rights activist
• Annie Zaman, Bytes for All
• Declan Walsh, New York Times
• Dr Ayesha Siddiqa, University of Oxford
• Jodie Ginsberg, Index on Censorship
• Kali Chandrasegaram, classical dancer
• Hyder Cheema, musician
• Kamila Shamsie, novelist
• Omer Tariq, DJ
• Shaan Taseer, Pakistan for All (and son of late Salman Taseer)
• Sonia Metha, singer
• Students from City And Islington Sixth Form College
• Suniya Qureshi, Qismat Foundation
• Tehmina Kazi, British Muslims for Secular Democracy
• Ustad Roshan Abbas Khan, musician
• Yasmin Whittaker-Khan, playwright
• Ziad Zafar, Sabeen Mahmud Foundation

When: Thursday 23 July, 7:00pm
Where: Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4RL (Map/directions)
Tickets: Free, book here

Presented in partnership with Conway Hall Ethical Society and the Sabeen Mahmud Foundation