Amnah Siddiqui, a medical student from Karachi, has paid an
unusual tribute to the Army Public School Peshawar children martyred on the
16thDecember last year by using her talent as an artist by writing the names of
the 135 students on canvas in calligraphic style and including Quranic verses
in the art work.
Speaking to The Nation, Amnah Siddiqui said, “This cannot
bring the kids back, but not only will this bring peace to the poor families’
hearts, but it will also give them boundless satisfaction that the nation is
(stands) with them in this time of ultimate chaos.”
Amnah also talked about the cost of the project and of her
desire to send these pieces of art to APS Peshawar for display in a suitable
location or to send the artwork to the families of the students so that each
family has a piece of this to keep close to their hearts. However, the expense
of transporting these from Karachi to Peshawar is something that she needs
assistance with.
She said, “The whole project has been possible only due to
donations through my Facebook page. I had spread the word on social media and
called it the Canvas Project. People appreciated the idea and donated money for
the expenditure of paints, brushes, canvases etc.Now, I need help to send these
canvases to Peshawar either to the school or to the parents of the innocent
souls. The cost of postage is very high which I, being a student, can’t afford
on my own and need assistance with.”
When asked how she was inspired about this idea she said,
“Calligraphy is my hobby and I don’t have any training in it and I practise it
on my own.16 December was an incident that united the nation. For me this was
the only way to make a contribution, to ease the pain of those parents. Even
though it’s hard to do anything extra while studying medicine but the pain and
loss of those innocent souls gave me courage to work on it.”
This commendable effort of Amnah Siddiqui’s needs the
support of all and the least we can do is to contribute towards the
transportation costs of these pieces either to one collection point in Peshawar
from where the families may collect these or to APS Peshawar.
This article was published in The Nation on 23 Dec 2015
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