Maliha Abidi

Maliha Abidi is a Pakistani-American artist, author, and medical neuroscience student. Her work focuses on women’s empowerment, human rights (domestic violence against women, immigration, refugee stories, against women, etc), BIPOC (Black , Indigenous and People of Colour), and mental health. Her debut book Pakistan for Women: Stories of women who have achieved something extraordinary combines her passion for art and writing. It features 50 women from Pakistan with their biography and portrait illustration. Abidi’s 2nd book, Rise, is set to be published in March 2021. It brings together 100 stories of BIWOC (Black , Indigenous and Women of Colour) from more than 30 countries. In the near future, Abidi aims to start an organisation with a focus on mental illness and creating safe spaces for women from underprivileged backgrounds.