My name is Shabina Mustafa and I am the wife of Flight Lieutenant Syed Safi Mustafa (Shaheed) S.J. I was widowed at the age of 20 with my 2 month old son, Zain, who is now an architect in Dubai. I completed my B.A Honours in Sociology from the University of Karachi after my husband’s death. From 1974 onwards I worked with Saudi Airlines for 32 years. I recently resigned due to the old age and ailing health of my mother who is now 95 years old. She has studied in Allahbad, India with Indira Gandhi. Continue reading ‘How it all began’
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Shandana Minhas in CHOWK:
A maidservant’s daughter in Shabina Mustafa’s building was refused admission in a sewing class because she could not read or write. In the intro to the project her rejection spawned, Shabina writes, “if I could teach her some basic numeric and literacy skills, she could build on them and learn specialized skills to make something of her life. It was then that I thought, why not teach the children of other servants too. My garage was lying unused and it came in handy for this purpose.”
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In November 1999, Shabina Mustafa’s maid’s daughter was refused admission to the neighbourhood sewing classes. “She cannot read or write”, they said. And thus, the Garage School was formed. This film screened at the 4th KaraFilm Festival in 2004.
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