Muniba Mazari
Muniba Mazari منیبہ مزاری | |
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| File:MunibaMM.png Muniba Mazari in 2014 | |
| Born | 3 March 1987 |
| Nationality |  Pakistan |
| Occupation(s) | Artist, motivational speaker |
| Children | 1 |
| Website | www |
Muniba Mazari (Template:Lang-ur; born 3 March 1987) is a Pakistani artist and activist.
She uses a wheelchair due to injuries sustained in a car accident at the age of 21 which makes her Pakistan's first wheelchair-using model. She is also the National Ambassador for UN Women Pakistan.[1]
Early life
Muniba Mazari is of Baloch background.[2] In 2007, Muniba was in a car accident where she sustained multiple injuries including a spinal cord injury which left her paraplegic. Along with philanthropic efforts, she has established her brand known as Muniba's Canvas with the slogan Let Your Walls Wear Colors. Her medium is acrylics on canvas.
She has an adopted son, Niele.[3][4]
Career
Muniba Mazari, who currently serves as the National Ambassador for UN Women Pakistan and has participated as a motivational speaker at various conferences and forums, her first break being TEDx Islamabad. She is one of the two Pakistanis to be named BBCs 100 most inspirational women in 2015,[5] and works as an occasional anchor at PTV, being their first wheelchair-using anchor. Additionally, Muniba is the first wheelchair-using model for the Toni & Guy chain of hairdressing salons in Pakistan, featured in Forbes 30 under 30 in 2016, and head of CSR for Chughtai Labs.
See also
References
- ^ "National UN Women Ambassador Muniba Mazari". Retrieved 6 March 2019.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ Hasan, Rabia; Haq, Farah. "Muniba Mazari, Unbroken". FUCHSIA. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
But, you know what?I am a Baloch girl, living in a country with no awareness on disability, a single mother
- ^ "Inspiration on a wheelchair". The Frontier Post.com. 29 June 2015. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
- ^ "Up Close and Artsy with Muniba Mazari". Times of Youth.com. 3 April 2015. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
- ^ "BBC 100 Women 2015: Who is on the list?". BBC News. 17 November 2015. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
- 1987 births
- Living people
- Baloch people
- Pakistani motivational speakers
- Pakistani people with disabilities
- Pakistani women artists
- Pakistani women writers
- People from Rahim Yar Khan District
- People from Islamabad
- Pakistani non-fiction writers
- People with paraplegia
- Pakistani women's rights activists
- BBC 100 Women