Facebook page of the day: Snapistan – Pakistan 'in a snap'

Core team of Snapistan consists of photographers who want to use pictures to portray what our country truly possesses.

You will come across a great many people whining about the plight of Pakistan, and a very few looking at the bright side and appreciating what little good our country has. In the latter category falls Snapistan, an initiative launched online by Aizaz Ahsan and Natasha Noorani from Lahore, ‘working to heal Pakistan’.

The core team of Snapistan consists of photographers who not only want to use pictures to portray the positive side of Pakistan but also to depict what our country truly possesses – all ‘in a snap’.

The unique logo of Snapistan, which replaces some of the English alphabets with alphabets from our dialects, is also unique in its own way and captures the importance of the distinct languages we find in our country.

The objective of this initiative is well explained by Noorani in her bio on the website, where she writes:

If by putting up pictures of Pakistan some individuals are given the hope and inspiration to act on the opportunity and help Pakistan in anyway possible then I think that would pay tribute to both the field of photography and the country as a whole.

The project features prominent photographers like FurSid, Mobeen Ansari and Yasir Qureshi, but also features anyone who would like to send in their photographs to the team. Even though their Facebook page isn’t very active, they have still managed to gather over 2,000 page likes and provide an interactive forum to the aspiring photographers of the country.

Website Rating: Two thumbs up for spreading cheerful optimism!

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