Peter Gabriel records song for Pakistan

A Garden in Shigar, new film by Mahera Ogar

A Garden in Shigar from Mahera Omar on Vimeo.

Nusrat, Khezran, Zakia, Asiya and Sajida are five young women from the scenic Shigar Valley in the mountainous northern areas of Pakistan. As interns with the Aga Khan Cultural Service Pakistan (AKCSP), their project is to landscape the Abruzzi secondary school's garden in the village of Sainkhor, Shigar, Baltistan. Tahereh,­­­­ their guide and mentor, has come all the way from Los Angeles, California, to teach the women the principles of design and landscaping. In learning these skills to transform a rubble strewn field into a one-of-a-kind teaching garden, these women sow the seeds for their own transformation.

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Mahera Ogar