Pakistan's Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy gets an Oscar!

[RazPaK]

Second Acid Attack In Under a Week - ABC News

Arizona Mom Hit With Acid Days After Similar Attack On Woman In Washington | Fox News

 

[Aridhaman]

Its a very unusual surname for a Pakistani? Is Chinoy a common surname in Pakistan?

 

[VelocuR]

If you want something different to expose corruption, drugs, mujras, drones, government, just email to Sharmeen's next project. She will be motivate to do next step after receiving first Oscar. Please email to her instead complaining here.

First Ever OSCARRRR, rememeber forever !

More pictures: http://xtremefast.com/showbiz/sharm...an-its-first-oscar-award-for-saving-face.html

 

[Dance]

First Ever OSCARRRR, rememeber forever !

And may many more come in the future

 

[VelocuR]

wtf, this is also Canadian !!!

Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy: Oscar Win For Pakistani-Canadian Who Says She Has Struggled To Make Films In Canada

Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, a Pakistani-Canadian also won a golden statue for her documentary "Saving Face." The short film is about women in her home country disfigured after their husbands’ attacked them with acid.

She told the newspaper she tried to make films in Canada but found the National Film Board process too cumbersome. She also at one point reached out to the CBC to get funding, but the public broadcaster didn’t bite. Instead, Al Jazeera International gave her the funds to produce "Highway of Tears," a documentary about Aboriginal women in Canada who have gone missing around B.C.’s highway 16.

Obaid-Chinoy, who lives in York Mills with her husband, investment banker Fahd Chinoy, and his family, says that when she came here after getting married, "It seemed like the kind of country where there were no stories for me — no human rights violations, no women subjugated. But when you live in a country, then you understand its issues."

Which led to "Highway of Tears," released this year. The CBC didn't respond to her proposal, but Al Jazeera International did and funded the project.

"I'd like to do a film in Canada," she says, "but it's too difficult. National Film Board funding takes too long, and there's too much paperwork; by the time the film is approved the topic is dead and gone."

Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy: Oscar Win For Pakistani-Canadian Who Says She Has Struggled To Make Films In Canada

Canada Rock!

 

[W.11]

And may many more come in the future

for what??

pakistan terror breeding ground

pakistan worst nightmare for world

all women are raped in pakistan

pakistan where all the shitt lies

balochistan becoming independent??

pornistan a country where people watch animal ****?

confused desis making pakistanis learn about pakistan?

 

[SHAMK9]

for what??

pakistan terror breeding ground

pakistan worst nightmare for pakistan

all women are raped in pakistan

pakistan where all the shitt lies

balochistan becoming independent??

pornistan a country where people watch animal ****?

confused desis making pakistanis learn about pakistan?

ignorance in the society shud be in there too

 

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for what??

pakistan terror breeding ground

pakistan worst nightmare for pakistan

all women are raped in pakistan

pakistan where all the shitt lies

balochistan becoming independent??

pornistan a country where people watch animal ****?

confused desis making pakistanis learn about pakistan?

I've already said this, but i'll say it again:

A lot of people haven't even seen the documentary yet they are still making assumptions about it

 

[VelocuR]

for what??

pakistan terror breeding ground

pakistan worst nightmare for pakistan

all women are raped in pakistan

pakistan where all the shitt lies

balochistan becoming independent??

pornistan a country where people watch animal ****?

Yaar, imagine, she gave up luxury life in Europe/North America and came to Pakistan for a better change. Do you want me to tell her go away to leave Pakistan alone ??

Other problems are on governments, not Sharmeen responsible. If you want something positively, just email her or you can make FILM monster!!!

Monster film in Pakistan !!!

 

[RazPaK]

Alright guys. According to the members here all of us Pakistani males are acid throwing Mullahs. Ok. You liberal facists have made your point.

 

[Raja.Pakistani]

 

[W.11]

wtf, this is also Canadian !!!

Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy: Oscar Win For Pakistani-Canadian Who Says She Has Struggled To Make Films In Canada

Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy: Oscar Win For Pakistani-Canadian Who Says She Has Struggled To Make Films In Canada

Canada Rock!

all shitty things come from there, like you and now this

 

[W.11]

Yaar, imagine, she gave up luxury life in Europe/North America and came to Pakistan for a better change. Do you want me to tell her go away to leave Pakistan alone ??

Other problems are on governments, not Sharmeen responsible. If you want something positively, just email her or you can make FILM monster!!!

Monster film in Pakistan !!!

yes because they dont deserve pakistan

 

[VelocuR]

So hey guys. How many girls did you throw acid at tonight?

alot....

Helping Pakistan's acid attack victims - YouTube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErFnCDqwQL0

REPORTAGE: A Pakistani organization, the Depilex Smile Again Foundation, is caring for 600 female victims of sulfuric acid or kerosene attacks. Most often, a husband or jealous lover is the attacker, leaving the woman disfigured and full of shame.

You seem have no sympathy towards women victims....I understood you protect men from embarrassing....

 

[Abingdonboy]

Film-maker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy's triumph in becoming the first Pakistani to win an Oscar has been greeted with jubilation in her home country.

Tributes on TV and social media have been pouring in, with local channels repeatedly showing footage of her receiving the award on Monday.

She won the award for best documentary in the short subject category for her film Saving Face, about acid attacks on women. The film chronicles the work of acclaimed British-Pakistani plastic surgeon Mohammad Jawad.

It follows him as he travels around the country to perform reconstructive surgery on survivors of acid violence and is told by survivors going through the recovery and reconciliation process.

Ms Obaid-Chinoy's dedication at the Oscar ceremony was pointed: "For all the women in Pakistan working for change, don't give up on your dreams - this is for you."

Although the film and its international acclaim has served to bring to the fore this brutal aspect to Pakistani society, activists say there is still a long way to go before the situation on the ground truly changes.

One of the acid attack victims featured in the documentary did not want to speak on the record as she still lives with the husband who carried out the crime. She says that it is necessary to do so for the sake of the children.

'Horribly disfigured'
The observational documentary was filmed entirely in Pakistan, primarily in the centre of the country and in the cities of Rawalpindi, Karachi and Islamabad.

The practice of acid attacks in Pakistan leaves victims - who are mostly women - horribly disfigured in the face.

Although thousands are affected by acid attacks, in a country where women are often the victims of numerous crimes, the problem has often been under-reported.

But in 2011 legislation was introduced to address the problem. The Acid Control and Acid Crime Prevention Bill stipulates that attackers can be jailed from 14 years to life, in addition to receiving a 1m rupees fine (£7,000; $12,000).

But life for many victims also amounts to a form of imprisonment.


Ms Obaid-Chinoy said that she wanted to win an Oscar to make Pakistan proud
Another acid attack victim - who still has not been compensated for the attack against her - says that she is thrilled over Ms Obaid-Chinoy's win.

"We've been watching TV all morning," she said, "and I don't have the words to thank Ms Obaid-Chinoy for what she's done.

"I think it will become easier for women now and it will scare the perpetrators."

Meanwhile Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has announced the highest civil award for Ms Obaid-Chinoy. Such moves have been warmly welcomed by her admirers.

"When the bill was passed Sharmeen was there to film it. It was a huge deal for women," said politician Marvi Memon who featured in the film.

"The law is already in place but Sindh [province] has been defaulting - so people may wake up now because of this documentary. I think this issue has come to the forefront.

"We are extremely proud of Sharmeen - she is hardworking, capable and it is an honour for Pakistan that we have won an Oscar through her.

"She won and she embodies a beautiful woman of Pakistan - she is beautiful inside and out."

Other supporters are equally full of praise.

"This documentary shows we are not powerless - Pakistani women... are not victims anymore, but agents of change," proclaims Valarie Khan, Chairperson of Acid Survivors Foundation who helped Ms Chinoy make the documentary.

"There are 200 attacks a year," she says, with reports [of such incidents] increasing.

"We have treated 150 patients - it is a long-term treatment [programme] but there is much more work [still] to do.

"We need to focus on [the police] investigation, the trial [process] and rehabilitation and we hope this documentary adds pressure not to stop here."

When she was nominated for the award in January Ms Obaid-Chinoy said it was the "stuff dreams are made of".

Now that dream has been fulfilled.

BBC News - Pakistan's Oscar triumph for acid attack film Saving Face