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This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. Very few or no other articles link to it. Please help introduce links to this page from other articles related to it. Tagged since September 2010. It may need to be wikified to meet Wikipedia's quality standards. Tagged since July 2010. Sections should be added to this article, to conform with Wikipedia's Manual of Style. Tagged since July 2010. Nigar Nazar Nigar Nazar Birth name Nigar Qizilbash Nationality Pakistani Field Cartoonist Works Gogi (cartoon) Website www.gogicomics.com Nigar Nazar is the first woman cartoonist of Pakistan and perhaps the entire Muslim world. Her character, Gogi, is an urban Pakistani woman struggling with her frailties in the context of gender-discriminate social norms.[1] Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Gogi 1.2 Awards and Honours 2 Publications 2.1 Projects and Focused Issues 2.2 Comic books 3 References 4 External links // Biography She started her career in 1967, when she switched out of a pre-medical degree to study fine arts. As a result, she was drawing comics when no teachers or coursework in this artistic format were available. "When I wanted to learn cartooning in the 1970s, no one in Pakistan taught this art," she recalls. She approached the principal of the arts council Ali Imam in Karachi, who gave her six books on how to draw cartoons- the principal suggested she draw a cartoon every day. "So I drew cartoons daily. But what I really wanted was to create a female cartoon figure," she says. "It was important for me to infuse a woman's voice into the cartoon world, which was male-dominated globally." She has never looked back from that experience. Gogi made her debut in 1970 in Karachi's Institute of Arts and Crafts annual magazine.[2] Her Gogi comic strips have been published in the Morning News, Dawn, The Mirror, and the Daily News. Since then, 'Gogi' featured in all the countries where Nigars husband's diplomatic career led them. Traveling with her diplomat husband, Nazar volunteered with UNICEF, Oxfam and UNESCO. Her cartoons were published in Turkey, Libya and other parts of Africa. Whenever she returned to Pakistan, Gogi reappeared, speaking out on new issues such as arranged marriage and domestic violence. In the process, she became a symbol of the modern Muslim woman and the challenges she faces. Nearly 40 years later, Nazar is now settled in Islamabad, but Gogi has extended beyond the pages of the national Daily Jang: "My work ... it came from the newspaper and then it came into the community, on public buses. And from public buses, it went into hospitals. From hospitals, it went into books. And from books it went to comic books. From comic books, I teach programs now." Currently, she is the CEO of Gogi Studios (Pvt) Ltd. She is also an International Art Instructor. She has been drawing cartoons professionally since 1971. Gogi Studios works on projects that actively address social issues [3]. In her last project, Nigar Nazar completed five ”Awareness Comic Books” in English, Urdu and Pashto languages. 3 books of her compiled cartoons have been published as well as several calendars, brochures, diaries and posters. In collaboration with NGO’s, 15 public transport buses were wrapped from 2001 to 2003 with Gogi cartoons to convey social messages. She has produced several books for children on health and hygiene, environment, disaster management, first aid and safety published and distributed by the Government of Pakistan. Nigar studied as a Fulbright scholar at the Art Department of The University of Oregon. She also went as a UNICEF candidate to do a six-week training in cell animation at the subsidiary of Hanna-Barbera Studios in Manila, Philippines. She did her Graduate (Fine Arts) Punjab University, Lahore. In addition she took a Computer Animation course, Air- brush painting course and Life Drawing classes from (ANU) Australia National University, Australia. Her main character, Gogi, has been a popular character in the form of comic strips for newspapers and publications both in her home country, Pakistan as well as other countries such as, the United Kingdom, Australia, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Turkey, Mozambique. She is one of the founding members of the Asian Youth Association for Animators and Cartoonists (AYAAC) with headquarters in Guiyang, China. She has been an official speaker and jury member of numerous art and cartoon competitions, both international and national such as the APACA (AYAAC), Aydin Dogan Vakfi (Turkey), Himal Cartoon Conference (Nepal), Cartoonists Congress (Malaysia/Singapore), Oxfam Congress for Women's Issues (Sri Lanka). Nazar has conducted many workshops and outreach programs to privileged and under privileged students in Pakistan. She has also been invited as a Fulbright visiting specialist to the United States to give lectures and live cartoon demonstrations. Gogi Nigars character Gogi expresses her views about diverse subjects ranging from male chauvinism to suicide bombers. Nazar has chosen Gogi to be her main character as a long-lashed, short-coiffed, polka dot-wearing, pixie-faced modern Pakistani Muslim woman. Nazars work shows womanly humour in a male-dominated society where she seeks social freedom. Nigar’s character of Gogi reflects gentle humour. But some might misinterpret her sense of humour especially when she makes a point of criticism related to her culture. She pointed out once in one of her strips that the traditional headscarf, the chaddar, actually has advantages, such as hiding one from creditors.[4] This hint about a high section of her poor society and many who suffer the debts might be misinterpreted as criticism or disrespect of a Muslim Pakistani traditional costume that equals wearing the hijab in other Muslim societies. Her created character Gogi and friend once remarked as well on the reaction to male births and female births since her Pakistani society prefers have a baby boy as is the case in many societies. ‘When a son is born, the father passes out cigars. When a daughter is born, a father simply passes out’ she commented. “That was my first meaningful cartoon,” Nigar said. With the high illiteracy rates in Pakistan, Nazar saw that cartoons are a good way to get messages across.” Through Gogi, Nazar has tackled topics such as AIDS, arranged marriages, domestic violence, government corruption and sectarian strife, and even health and hygiene illustrations that she was assigned to do by UNICEF. She’s written and drawn children’s storybooks on the environment as well, such as “The Garbage Monster.” She’s painted hospital murals and illustrated comic books to help children avoid recruitment as suicide bombers. Her Cartoon character Gogi began as a daily comic strip in a Pakistan newspaper called The Sun in 1970 when Nazar was 22. She also animated a cartoon for Karachi Television the same year. Later she freelanced for The Herald monthly before publishing books of Gogi cartoons; her first published book was on the market in 1975. England 1986: Nigar Nazar painting a portrait of 'Father of the nation, Quaid-e-Azam' on National Day celebrations for the Pakistan Embassy. That painting is still present in the Pakistan consulate. Awards and Honours Shield of distinction by USAID for the uniqueness of her products in ‘Vaxnet’ exhibition may 31st 2010 Nigar was featured in Wateen Telecom Pakistan yearly calendar, as one of the most prominent icons of Pakistan in 2010 Received Mohtarma Fatima Jinnah Award from the government of Pakistan for her contribution in the field of art Awarded the UNESCO BOORUKER Award for the voluntary work rendered for the Orphanage in Bishkek in 1997 Won the first Prize for the Red Cross Poster Competition on "Nine Billion world Population “ in 1996 Publications January 2010: produced 5 comic books on skills of life girls’ education, corruption, anti-recruitment, and women's rights, sectarian violence. Today, they are being translated in English and Pashto. Collection of best comic strips of Nigar Nazar “Going Gogi” published in 2009, later on, it was translated in Urdu as well. Prepared and illustrated 2 books on disaster management in 2006 (a JICA project) Designed and authored a baby record book published by ferozsons (Pakistan) in 2006 Prepared training modules for HIV Aids with a board game for UNISEF 2005 Prepared educational training modules of SMC for ESRA Ministry of Environment published the book written and illustrated by Nigar along with an Environmental Board game for children “Koorey ka Jin”(The Garbage Monster) in 2005 Designed a Calendar and illustrated 3 training modules for Devolution Support program under Asian Development Bank Illustrated the second book, with cartoons for The Career Center of The University of Oregon called “The Job Search and Interview “ Second book of cartoons: “Gogi on the Go” published by Pak-American publishers, Pakistan in 1982 First book of Gogi cartoons published “Glad to meethcha Gogi” by Adam Publishers in Malta in 1975. Projects and Focused Issues Nigar has focused on the following issues through her cartoons: • Women rights • Trauma counseling of earthquake victims through puppets: Puppet Show for Trauma Counseling of Earthquake Victims, (October 2005) Using puppets from the Gogi comic strip characters, trauma counseling was given to earthquake victims in the form of an entertaining puppet show. • Social messages on the exterior of buses • Environment • Disability • Manners • Child safety: Gogi Ghar pilot program, (2003) A pilot program was prepared that addressed skills of life and social issues using cartoons, puppets and interaction with children. Puppet Show for Trauma Counseling of Earthquake Victims, (October 2005) Using puppets from the Gogi comic strip characters, trauma counseling was given to earthquake victims in the form of an entertaining puppet show. Cartoon Murals in DHQ, CGH and PIMS Hospitals on Health Messages, (April 2008) The PIMS Emergency ward for Children was decorated with 21 murals. Comic books (February 2005 - September 2009) Comic book on disaster management for JICA (Japan). Comic book on Health and Hygiene for UNICEF. Five Awareness comic books “Discouraging children from dropping out of school”, “Girls’ rights”, * “Tolerance of diversity in communities”, “Be wary of strangers” and “Corruption”. Outreach Programs and lectures, (January 2008 - December 2009) Conducted outreach programs in Islamabad, Rawalpindi and Lahore on the subjects of environment. Showed cartoon animated spots, demonstrated with live drawings of cartoons, interacted with children and distributed free Gogi books and stationary in Gogi school bags to the attendees. Workshops, (2008–2010) Conducted numerous cartooning workshops for children of all levels of society, but especially from disadvantaged communities with the International NGO’, PLAN, HEC (Higher Education Commission), National Government/CARE and Shaj-re-Ilm. Workshops were also organized with private organizations for children such as KFC. References ^ http://blog.dawn.com/2010/04/12/a-reason-to-smile/ ^ http://blog.dawn.com/2010/04/12/a-reason-to-smile/ ^ http://blog.dawn.com/2010/04/12/a-reason-to-smile/ ^ http://muslimahmediawatch.org/2009/12/muslim-women-cartoonists/ External links Gogi comics online Biography Interview [1] [2] [3] [4] Interview [5] [6] [7] [8] Persondata NAME Nazar, Nigar ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH