The sketchpad that saved my life
When she was paralysed during a car crash in rural Pakistan, Muniba Mazari thought her life was over. But the gift of a sketchpad gave her purpose again.
When Muniba Mazari was paralysed in a car crash in rural Pakistan, she thought her life was over. She spent two years bedridden and despairing until her brothers presented her with a sketchpad and oil pastels. Art became an outlet for her pain and eventually it turned into an opportunity to become a professional artist, model and Pakistan’s first wheelchair-using TV host.
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Presenter: Emily Webb
Producer: Troy Holmes
(Photo: Muniba Mazari in Pakistan. Credit: Courtesy of Muniba Mazari)
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