On April 24, 2015 activist and self-described postmodern flower child, unabashed Mac snob, Pink Floyd and Bruce Springsteen devotee, and Tetris addict, Sabeen Mahmud, was gunned down after holding a public event on Balochistan in her cafe, The Second Floor in Karachi. In this video, we remember her spirit and fierce courage.
Remembering Sabeen
Un-silencing Sabeen | Nadia Naviwala Medium
Badtameez Dil Sabeen | Alia Chughtai Dawn.com
Idealism Didn’t Kill Sabeen, Bullets Did | Sami Shah Dawn.com
‘She was both Mother and Anarchist’ | Saim Saeed Scroll.in
Pakistan PM Orders Probe into Killing of Activist | Asad Hashim Al-Jazeera English
Gunmen Kill Arts Advocate in Pakistan After Human Rights Event | Saba Imtiaz New York Times
Murder of Activist Adds to Backlash Against Pakistan Authorities | Saeed Shah WSJ
‘Bravest Woman’ Free Speech Activist Killed in Pakistan | Sophia Saifi & Ben Broomfield CNN.com
TQ on Balochistan
Looking for Uncle Ali | Mohammed Hanif
Why Trouble Rules Balochistan | Malik Siraj Akbar
In Solidarity | Editorial
Balochi, Urdu | Shah Muhammad Marri
Turning Balochistan into a Cemetery | Mir Muhammad Ali Talpur
Sit-ins with the Dead | Ayesha Omer
God’s Gravediggers: The Politics of Sectarian Killing | Matthew Green
The Hunger Strike No One is Reporting | TQ
Why do the Baloch Reject the 2013 Elections? | Dr. Allah Nazar Baloch
The Man Who Could | Umar Farooq
Between the Earthquakes and the War | Mahvish Ahmad
More Balochistan Coverage
From Rallies to Armed Resistance | Madiha Tahir Al-Jazeera English
Homefront | Mahvish Ahmad Caravan
Balochistan: Pakistan’s Broken Mirror | Madiha Tahir The National
Pakistan’s Unending Battle over Balochistan | Asad Hashim Al-Jazeera English
The Baloch who is Not Missing | Muhammad Hanif Dawn.com
Balochistan: Freedom Reconciliation Annihilation | Hashim Bin Rashid TNS
Balochistan: Pakistan’s Other War | Al-Jazeera English