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A Story of Pakistani Women Persevering1/19/11 - 6:19 PM
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By Anisah Hashmi
What happens to the survivors of natural disasters when they disappear from breaking newsreports? Most people forget about them and we collectively move on to other headline news. But the need for long-term solutions in the wake of disaster does not disappear. Aware of thisreality, activist and filmmaker, Nausheen Dadahboy resolved to find solutions.
The magnitude of the 2005 Pakistan/Kashmir earthquake deeply moved Nausheen to flyhalfway across the world simply, as she puts it, “to help people.” There, she discovered Ruqiyaand Khalida, two women whose lives fell victim to tragic circumstance when they foundthemselves paralyzed in the aftermath. Forced to give up dreams of marriage and startinglives outside the home, these women have had to redefine their roles as women in a societythat expects them to be homemakers and caretakers. While Ruqiya is limited by her disability,Khalida turns hers into an opportunity to live and work in the city.
Over the span of five years, Nausheen filmed these women through the most difficult time oftheir lives: the recovery period. She broke all boundaries with her documentary subjects anddedicated her time to helping Ruqiya and Khalida salvage their futures. “I organized Khalida’ssurgery in Karachi and Ruqiya’s wheelchair broke so we got her a new one...I don’t think youcan really get to know [your subjects] unless you are that involved,” she said.
With this film, Nausheen hopes to reveal a different kind of narrative that concerns the lives ofordinary Pakistanis outside of the discourse on terrorism, corruption and political instability.These narratives have obscured the suffering of the poorest Pakistanis and shrouded theirfaces from public view. “It’s easier to hate a group when they’re not human,” she reflects. “Ifwe can just humanize them, reveal a face that people can respond to...People will say thatcould’ve been my daughter or my sister.” She hopes that she inspires this kind of empathy
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Currently Nausheen is working to raise funds for the launching of her film. By February 2nd,she must collect $10,000 in order to present her project. Additionally, Nausheen iscollaborating with Spinal Cord Injury Project for Pakistan Earthquake Rehabilitation(SCIPPER), which sponsors the medical care of 33 men and women who were injured duringthe earthquake, some of whom have been abandoned by their families. They are trying tobuild a community housing center and Nausheen’s film will be used as a tool to raiseawareness and funds for SCIPPER.
“The wider context is that these kinds of disasters effect people for a really long time.Obviously we need to respond in the emergency phase, but we also need to think of long-termrelief efforts. We need to give them the tools to rebuild themselves, so they’re notdependent on outside aid all the time.”
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Keywords: Pakistani Women, Pakistan Earthquake, Nausheen Dadahboy, SCIPPER, 2005Pakistan/Kashmir Earthquake
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