Editing Salima Hashmi

{{Short description|Pakistani painter, artist, former college professor and anti-nuclear weapons activist}}
{{Use Pakistani English|date=November 2018}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2014}}
{{Infobox person
| name               = Salima Hashmi<br/><small>{{Nastaliq|سلیمہ ہاشمی}}</small>
| image              = Salima2-1-.jpg
| alt                = 
| caption            = 
| birth_name         = Salima Ahmed
| birth_date         = {{Birth year and age|1942}}
| birth_place        = [[New Delhi]], [[British Raj|British India]]
| citizenship        = Indian (1942–1947)<br/> Pakistan (1947–present)
| spouse             = [[Shoaib Hashmi]] (husband)
| children           = 2
| mother             = [[Alys Faiz]]
| father             = [[Faiz Ahmed Faiz]]
| relatives          = [[Muneeza Hashmi]] (sister)
| alma_mater         = [[National College of Arts]],<br/>[[Bath Academy of Art]],<br/>[[Rhode Island School of Design]]
| occupation         = {{Hlist | Painter | Actress}}
| employer           = [[Beaconhouse National University]] (BNU)<br/>[[Government College University, Lahore]]
| known_for          = {{Nowrap|Her political views against [[nuclear weapons]],<ref name="jazbah"/>}} painting
| awards             = [[Pride of Performance|Pride of Performance Award]] in 1999<ref name="jazbah"/><ref name=peacemuseum/>
}}

'''Salima Hashmi''' ({{langx|ur|{{Nastaliq| سلیمہ ہاشمی}}}}; born 1942)<ref>{{Cite book|last=Khan|first=Rina Saeed|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6E8bAAAAYAAJ&q=%22Salima+Hashmi%22+1942|title=Profiles|date=1998|publisher=Vanguard|isbn=978-969-402-319-9|pages=107|language=en}}</ref> is a [[People of Pakistan|Pakistan]]i painter, [[artist]],<ref name=peacemuseum>{{cite web|url=http://peacemuseum.org.uk/peace-museum-receives-painting-from-renowned-artist-salima-hashmi/|title=Peace Museum receives painting from renowned artist Salima Hashmi (Profile of Salima Hashmi)|publisher=The Peace Museum.Org|date=27 June 2011|access-date=16 December 2018}}</ref> former [[college professor]],<ref name="dawn">{{cite news|url=http://dawn.com/2011/02/02/herald-exclusive-ayesha-jatoi-in-conversation-with-salima-hashmi/|title=Herald Exclusive: Ayesha Jatoi interviews Salima Hashmi|newspaper=Daily Dawn (newspaper)|date=2 February 2011|access-date=16 December 2018}}</ref> [[Anti-nuclear movement|anti-nuclear]] [[Nuclear weapon|weapons]] activist and former caretaker minister in Sethi caretaker ministry.<ref>[https://www.thenews.com.pk/archive/print/421858-profiles-of-punjab-caretaker-ministers Profiles of Punjab caretaker ministers (including Salima Hashmi)] The News International (newspaper), Published 2 April 2013, Retrieved 16 December 2018</ref> She has served for four years as a professor and the dean of [[National College of Arts]]. She is the eldest daughter of the renowned poet [[Faiz Ahmed Faiz]] and his British-born wife [[Alys Faiz]].<ref name="rbe"/><ref name="jazbah">[http://kazbar.org/jazbah/salima.php Profile of Salima Hashmi] Retrieved 16 December 2018</ref>

She represents the first generation of modern artists in Pakistan who carry an artistic identity different from indigenous artists. She is known for condemning the [[Pakistan and weapons of mass destruction|Pakistani]] and [[India and weapons of mass destruction|Indian]] [[Nuclear power|nuclear program]]s; she is one of the few Pakistani intellectuals who condemned the nuclear tests by India and Pakistan in 1998.<ref name="jazbah"/> She received the [[Pride of Performance]] Award in 1999 for her services to the nation.<ref name=peacemuseum/>

==Early life and education==
Salima was born in 1942, in before-the-partition [[New Delhi]], India to parents [[Faiz Ahmed Faiz]] and [[Alys Faiz]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Siddiqui|first=Ras H.|date=September 11, 2011|title=Community: Remembering Faiz in Conversation: Salima Hashmi at Berkeley|url=https://www.pakistanlink.org//Community/2011/Sep11/30/03.HTM|access-date=2021-05-03|website=Pakistanlink.org}}</ref> She is Pakistani. She has one younger sister, [[Muneeza Hashmi]], a senior producer with [[Pakistan Television Corporation|Pakistan TV]]. Her mother, Alys Faiz, was a sister of Christobel Taseer, mother of [[Salman Taseer]], the former [[Governor of Punjab, Pakistan]].

Salima migrated with her family to [[Lahore]] during the [[partition of India]] in 1947 and was raised in [[Lahore]]. After studying design at Lahore's National College of Arts (NCA), she moved to England in the early 1960s, where she studied at the [[Bath Academy of Art]] in [[Corsham]], receiving a diploma in art education from there in 1965.<ref name="artasia">{{cite web|title=Paradise Found & Lost by Salima Hashmi|publisher=ArtAsiaPacific Magazine|url=http://artasiapacific.com/Magazine/57/ParadiseFoundLostSalimaHashmi|access-date=16 December 2018}}</ref> Salima later studied at the [[Rhode Island School of Design]] in Providence, Rhode Island, and received a MAE degree in 1990.<ref name="southasia">{{cite web|url=http://www.southasiafoundation.org/chairperson_pakistan.htm|title=Prof. Salima Hashmi – SAF Chairperson – Pakistan|publisher=South Asia Foundation.Org|access-date=16 December 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=|title=RISD XYZ Spring/Summer 2015|url=https://issuu.com/risd/docs/risdxyz_springsummer_2015_web/61|access-date=2021-05-03|website=Issuu|date=2 June 2015 |page=59|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=|date=2008-06-13|title=An Evening with Salima Hashmi|url=https://www.t2f.com.pk/an-evening-with-salima-hashmi/|access-date=2021-05-03|website=T2F {{!}} A Project of PeaceNiche|language=en-US}}</ref>

Salima married a fellow professor [[Shoaib Hashmi]]. The couple has two children, son Yasser Hashmi and one daughter [[Mira Hashmi]]. Her husband [[Shoaib Hashmi]] retired from a teaching position at [[Government College University, Lahore]], and [[Lahore School of Economics]], and was also a popular co-star with her in comedy and children's television shows on [[Pakistan Television Corporation|Pakistan television]] in the early 1970s - for example the highly popular 1970s children's show 'Akkar Bakkar'.<ref name=Tribune>{{cite web|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/121724/banning-cartoons-chasing-fairytales/ |author=Ali Usman|title=Banning cartoons: Chasing fairytales|publisher=The Express Tribune (newspaper)|date=21 February 2011|access-date=14 December 2018}}</ref>

==Career==

===Academic===
"Salima Hashmi, artist, curator and contemporary art historian, taught at [[Lahore]]'s [[National College of Arts]] for 31 years before working as its principal for four years. Currently dean at the [[Beaconhouse National University]]'s school of visual arts, she is known to promote a unique intellectual perspective among students, teaching them to appreciate nature, cultural traditions and sacredness of the crafts."<ref name="dawn"/>

She has served as Dean of the School of Visual Arts & Design at the [[Beaconhouse School System|Beaconhouse National University]] Lahore, Pakistan.<ref name="yalepress">{{cite web|title=Hanging Fire, Contemporary Art from Pakistan|publisher=Yale University Press|url=http://yalebooks.com/book/9780300154184/hanging-fire}}, Retrieved 16 December 2018</ref> Hashmi was also professor and the head of the National College of Arts. She is famous for her quick wit and ability to read and analyse artwork. She is a respected patron of young artists known to have the capacity to make or break a career. Formerly known as "Art-Shart", Rohtas-2 is the gallery set up by Hashmi at her house in [[Lahore Model Town]]. In recent years she has been working on developing closer links with India and working towards a unity group. Hashmi is a member of [[Amnesty International]], and Pakistan Peace Initiative to India after 2009 Mumbai Attack. She is also vice-chair person (Punjab) [[Human Rights Commission]] of Pakistan.<ref name=peacemuseum/>

===Arts===
Hashmi is one of the most well-known artists of Pakistan. Besides being an accomplished painter, she taught at Pakistan's prestigious National College of Arts (NCA) for about thirty years and served as the principal of NCA for four years.<ref name="southasia"/> In 1999, she received Pakistan's 'Pride of Performance for Arts' award. She also co-founded Lahore's ''Rohtas 2 Gallery'', an art gallery featuring works of young artists.<ref name=Dawn1>[https://images.dawn.com/news/1174147 'In Conversation with Salima Hashmi'] Dawn (newspaper), Updated 2 November 2015, Retrieved 16 December 2018</ref><ref name="southasia"/> Salima Hashmi has exhibited her works internationally and she has travelled all over the world and lectured extensively for it.<ref name=peacemuseum/> She has organised several international art shows in England, Europe, United States, Australia, Japan and India.<ref name=peacemuseum/><ref name="southasia"/><ref name="rbe">{{cite web|url=http://www.rbe.co.in/news-big-pictures-24.html|title=Pakistani Poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz's daughter – Salima Hashmi in India|publisher=Reliance Big Entertainment website|access-date=16 December 2018|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304082700/http://www.rbe.co.in/news-big-pictures-24.html|archive-date=4 March 2016|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

== Political views ==
Hashmi comes from a socially and politically active family. Her father was the communist Pakistani writer, [[Faiz Ahmed Faiz]], and her mother, the British-born [[Alys Faiz]] was a journalist and peace activist in Pakistan. One of two daughters, Hashmi was always active in the arts, performing in plays before taking on painting professionally.<ref name="jazbah"/>

Salima expressed her frustration at the India and Pakistan nuclear tests by saying, "It would be so much more fruitful if these energies could be used in producing food to eat, providing shelter, freedom from disease and education for all."<ref name="jazbah"/>

Hashmi was about eight years old when Faiz Ahmed Faiz was imprisoned for his political views. She remembers visiting him in jail. Later, during the repressive years of [[General Zia-ul-Haq]] rule, Hashmi's father had to go into self-exile as a result of the harassment he faced by Zia's government. Therefore, Salima grew up in a politically charged atmosphere. Painting became her outlet.<ref name="jazbah"/>

==Filmography==
===Television series===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|- style="text-align:center;"
! scope="col"|Year
! scope="col"|Title
! scope="col"|Role
! scope="col"|Network
|-
|1970
| ''Akkar Bakkar''
| Storyteller
| [[Pakistan Television Corporation|PTV]]
|-
|1972
| ''Such Gup''
| Newscaster
| [[Pakistan Television Corporation|PTV]]
|-
|1974
| ''Taal Matol''
| Angela
| [[Pakistan Television Corporation|PTV]]
|}

==Awards and recognition==
* [[Pride of Performance]] Award by the [[President of Pakistan]] in 1999.<ref name=peacemuseum/><ref name="southasia"/>

==Bibliography==
Hashmi also authored a critically lauded book titled [https://www.amazon.com/Unveiling-Visible-Lives-Artists-Pakistan/dp/9693513614 "''Unveiling the Visible: Lives and Works of Women Artists of Pakistan''"] in 2001. In 2006, Hashmi co-authored a book with Indian art historian Yashodhara Dalmia titled 'Memory, Metaphor, Mutations: Contemporary Art of India and Pakistan', published by Oxford University Press. Her latest work, a series of illustrations to accompany English translations of her father's poetry by her husband [[Shoaib Hashmi]], is in process of publication.<ref name=peacemuseum/>

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://pakistanlink.org/Community/2011/Sep11/30/03.HTM Remembering Faiz in Conversation: Salima Hashmi at Berkeley]

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