TEDxMargalla - Beena Sarwar - How to Make Peace? February 14, 2012

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Beena Sarwar, born and brought up in Karachi, is an artist, journalist and filmmaker active in women's rights, human rights and peace movements. With an undergraduate degree in art and literature from Brown University (1986), she has been assistant editor at the Star Weekend, Karachi; features editor of The Frontier Post, Lahore; founding editor of The News on Sunday and op-ed editor The News. Her column 'Personal Political' is published in The News, Pakistan, as well as Hard News, India. She has been principle correspondent for the Rome-based IPS (InterPress Service). Her work is published in various papers and websites around the world, including the US-based website www.chowk.com, New York Times, Boston Globe, Volkskrant (Netherlands), Il Manifesto (Italy) and others. In addition to her work in print, Beena has a master's degree in TV Documentary from Goldsmiths College, London (2001), and was a member of Geo Television's launch team as a producer in the News Department. She has made several documentaries and news features on issues related to gender, peace and human rights, including 'Mukhtiar Mai: The Struggle for Justice' (2006), 'Milne Do: Let Kashmiris Meet' (2009) and 'Aur NikleiN Ge Usshaq ke Qafley' (2010, on the 1950s student movement in Pakistan). A Nieman Fellow at Harvard University (2005) and a Fellow at the Carr Centre for Human Rights at the Kennedy School (2006), she is now the editor in Pakistan for Aman ki Asha ("hope for peace") a joint campaign for peace by the Jang Group and The Times of India Group, launched in January 2010.

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