Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy hobnobs with A-listers!

Obaid-Chinoy was spotted with celebs Meryl Streep, America Ferrera and Angelina Jolie!

Obaid-Chinoy was spotted with celebs.

Academy Award-winning film-maker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy recently attended the Newsweek Women in the World Summit in New York to discuss global issues and launch her new film Humaira: The Dream Catcher.

At an event held at the David H Koch Theater — Lincoln, Obaid-Chinoy along with activists Humaira Bachal and Khalida Brohi were spotted with celebs Meryl Streep, America Ferrera and Angelina Jolie!




Newsweek & The Daily Beast’s 2013 Women in the World Summit welcomed a diversity of inspirational women on April 4 and 5 to discuss ways in which community building can further gender equality. It featured renowned personalities from diverse fields such as the former US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, TV host Oprah Winfrey, CNN correspondent Christiane Amanpour, Indian journalist Barkha Dutt, actor Tom Hanks along with Obaid-Chinoy. Wearing a lovely Adnan Pardesy outfit, Obaid-Chinoy was part of a special segment named ‘The next generation of Malalas’ moderated by Christiane Amanpour, where the Oscar winning documentary film-maker introduced the house to two young women, Humaira Bachal and Khalida Brohi in Pakistan who were fighting in obscurity and risking their lives for the rights of women and girls—including the right to go to school.

Published in The Express Tribune, April 6th, 2013.

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