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I live in Karachi, where I trained as a graphic designer.

I have had two shows in Karachi of my hand-made stuffed toys for children; later, I designed fabric murals for the children’s ward of the Aga Khan University Hospital, the IUCN head office in Karachi and its headquarters in Gland, Switzerland.

I taught art and environmental studies to school children; headed a school for several years, and co-founded a publishing company for children’s Urdu language books; I have written and illustrated over forty children’s books; and I also write for a local English daily, Dawn, mostly on visual and performing arts and travelogues as well.

I have co-founded and am Senior Editor of Pakistan’s only magazine that is primarily devoted to the visual arts: NuktaArt, an English language biannual that also interfaces with other cultures.

For seven years I worked as Head, Activism and Outreach of an NGO: the Children’s Museum for Peace and Human Rights, which is being set up in Karachi.

I am involved in researching, scripting and presenting a television series based on art and architecture for a local channel.

I am happily married to an architect. We have two children. Our son (together with his wife and young daughter…a toddler) lives in China. Our daughter is studying in USA.

Currently I am on an extended leave from my job at the NGO as I am researching for my book which I hope to publish by the end of 2009.

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