"I never got into this line of work thinking I’m being a feminist activist. I still see myself as a person who draws and tells stories about my experiences and my observations as a woman." Photo: Omer Jilani.
One of the three posters designed by Shehzil Malik for Aurat March in Lahore today. Photo: Shehzil Malik.
"The posters are free to download, and women and girls across Pakistan have been proactively engaging in outreach, talking to people and pasting the posters all across the cities." Photo: Shehzil Malik.
"Passed by this road yesterday and saw that the posters had been viciously torn off walls and got upset. I'm not going to dwell on the reasons but now thinking of new strategies for pasting around Lahore." Photo: Shehzil Malik.
Birth of a Feminist
A Long Road Ahead
"When I reveal that I have been cycling, its met with shock and interest. Once you step out, people do stare, I’ve gotten a lot of “MashAllahs!” and smirks, little boys on bikes stop in their tracks, adult men on motorbikes stop, mothers point me out to children, little girls wave." Photo: Shehzil Malik.
