Zoom event, International Day of Light

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Dear colleagues,

The Pak-ICTP Alumni Society invites you to an online activity it is 
holding for the International Day of Light (IDL) 2021, on 5th of March 
at 2PM Rome time.

A popular talk will be given by Unicorn Black founder and international 
pop star Aaron Haroon Rashid, who has directed Pakistan’s first 3D 
animation series BURKA AVENGER. He created the series as a way to 
emphasise the importance of girls’ education in Pakistan and abroad, as 
well as issues such as equality and discrimination.

The protagonist of the show is Jiya, a school teacher at a local girls 
school. Burka Avenger wears the burka as a costume to disguise her 
identity similar to other super heroes. The all-encompassing veil has 
typically been viewed as symbol of female repression in the West but the 
cartoon presents it in a different light, as a symbol of female 
empowerment. Her use of books and pens as weapons is symbolic on many 
levels. The Burka Avenger fights for Justice, Peace and Education for 
all. It has been launched to great success in Pakistan in July 2013 then 
made its international airing in Afghanistan, India and Indonesia and 
dubbed in many languages including Turkish, Arabic, Tamil, Pashto, and 
Persian. You can get further information from 
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burka_Avenger.

The event will be held on Zoom:

Join Zoom Meeting

https://osachapter.zoom.us/j/99033973357?pwd=OTJxeG9Xclp5SnpEK1pXMmNXMUlWdz09

Meeting ID: 990 3397 3357

Passcode: 171951

It will be live streamed on the Facebook page 
too:https://www.facebook.com/PakICTPAlumni.

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