SHAZIA KHAN – “Memories” Campaign, UNOCT/UNCCT Global Victims of Terrorism Support Programme

Описание: Shazia Khan is a member of the Hazara community from Quetta, Pakistan, and a victim and survivor of terrorism.

She lost her brother in a Taliban attack when she was a child, and later she lost a cousin in a bomb blast in her community. In 2002, she and her mother managed to escape a deadly bombing in her town’s market. Engaged in the protection of the rights of minorities, women and victims, her camera was an important tool to help those around her.

Part of our shared human experience is an innate need to attach personal meaning to physical objects: it is something we do from the moment of our birth. Physical objects hold memories, emotions, aspirations: they form links to people no longer with us, and they keep us connected to versions of ourselves that were lost or forever changed—sometimes through growth or the passage of time, sometimes by a traumatic event, such as a terrorist attack.

The Memories Exhibition shares the intimate memories of victims of terrorism such as Shazia, and the personal meaning tied to physical objects they hold dear. Through film and photography, it highlights these stories belonging to the twenty-two portrayed victims of terrorism. The Exhibition was launched in May 2022 at the High-Level Conference on Human Rights, Civil Society and Counter-Terrorism held in Malaga, Spain, and continued to be showcased at the Global Congress of Victims of Terrorism held from 8-9 September, 2022, at the UN Headquarters in New York.