No Honor in Killing – Making Visible Buried Truth

2008-2010

Co-curator: Niilofur Farrukh

No Honor in Killing – Making Visible Buried Truth

2008-2010

Co-curator: Niilofur Farrukh

Curator’s note

This exhibition is dedicated to the five women who were buried alive in the name of honor in the Nasserabad district of Baluchistan. Perhaps the most surprising in this case was the impenetrable silence that denied access to the murder site and prevented an early investigation. The crime was eventually reported by the Asian Human Rights Commission and credit goes to a proactive media which doggedly pursued the case till an investigation was started by the government. After the lapse of several months, when the bodies were exhumed from the

exhibitions

VM art Gallery, Karachi

Indus Resource Centre, Khairpur

National Art Gallery, Islamabad

Maham Mujtaba

Abdul Majeed Mangi

Indus Resource Centre, Khairpur

Naima Dadabhoy

Maria Aftab

Sonia Ahmed

Amin Rehman

community outreach

Interactive sessions, seminars and consultative meetings with communities formed a vital part of this project.

OPEN FORUM – VM ART GALLERY, KARACHI.
Ms Khadija sharing her research on Naseerabad incident

Open forum University of Sindh Jamshoro
Presentation for students

Open forum – National College of Arts, Lahore
NIILOFUR FARRUKH WITH UZMA NOORANI, DIRECTOR PANAH KARACHI, and I. A. Rehman General Secretary, Human Rights Commission of Pakistan.

Open forum – National Art Gallery, Islamabad
Left to Right Niilofur Farrukh, Samina Omer Asghar Khan Founder Sanghi and Maria Rashid Coordinator Rozan

Open forum – Indus Resource Center, Khairpur

Community Dialogue – Indus Resource Center, Khairpur

EXHIBITION INAUGURATION AT SINDH UNIVERSITY, JAMSHORO

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