Danial Shah turned to Sabeen Mahmud, for help with his first photo exhibition when all other organisations refused to show his work. After a meeting at Mahmud’s community space, T2F, in Karachi, Pakistan’s biggest city, she agreed to host his exhibition. But Mahmud, a 40-year-old human rights activist who oversaw a programme of progressive arts at T2F, did not get to see Shah’s first exhibition. Often filled with artists, activists and writers, it has become a safe haven for free-thinkers, just as Mahmud hoped, and survived after her killing. Photograph: Shakil Adil/APPIA Arts Academy was set up in 1966 by Pakistan International Airlines and later became the National Performing Arts Group.

Source: The Guardian June 24, 2021 04:52 UTC