Last updated: 10 نومبر 2026
Biography
Syeda Abqurah Shaukat is a Karachi-based filmmaker and photographer. Her work explores memory, culture and relationships. In 2025 she was selected as one of eight fellows for the seventh edition of Patakha Pictures, Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy Films' mentorship and funding programme, titled “Stories She Tells”. With Faryal Diwan she co-directed the short documentary Saaz, Dhi, Azadi, about a woman named Raheela who lives between two worlds. On Instagram, where she posts as @abqurah.s, she describes herself as the founder of @chashm_e_zan, and her account had 27.3K followers as of November 2026.
Life Events
- 2025 – Selected as a Fellow of Patakha Pictures “Stories She Tells”.
- 2025 – Co-directed the short documentary Saaz, Dhi, Azadi with Faryal Diwan.
Work Experience
Patakha Pictures, launched by Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy Films in 2022, is a funding and mentorship programme that has supported 61 filmmakers; its seventh edition, “Stories She Tells”, brought together eight female filmmakers. Shaukat and Faryal Diwan's film Saaz, Dhi, Azadi revolves around Raheela: “For Raheela, Karachi is noisy and rushed. We wanted the viewer to feel it in the way we framed her,” the filmmakers said. The mentorship programme, they said, “pushed us to stay curious instead of conclusive, to let the contradictions…”
Achievements
- Selected as a Fellow of Patakha Pictures “Stories She Tells” 2025. Co-directed the short documentary Saaz, Dhi, Azadi. Her Instagram account @abqurah.s had 27.3K followers as of November 2026
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