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Sabeen Mahmud () was a Pakistani human rights activist and social NGO worker. She was founder and director of the Karachi-based cafe The Second Floor (T2F) and president of the Karachi branch of TiE.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Sabeen Mahmud Director T2F gunned down in Karachi )〕 On 24 April 2015, she was shot dead by unidentified gunmen on her way home after hosting a seminar at T2F.〔 As of 20 May 2015, Pakistani authorities have arrested the culprit behind Mahmud's murder.〔 ==Life== Mahmud wanted to challenge injustice and discrimination, and to encourage critical thinking; she told ''Dawn'' that her biggest dream is to "change the world for the better through the Internet." She founded PeaceNiche, an organisation that provides a "social platform" for public good.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=T2F: A pursuit of the heart )〕 Mahmud founded a small tech company called bitsonline. In 2006, she founded The Second Floor (T2F), a cafe modelled after the Pak Tea House〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Second helpings at a model tea house )〕 that hosted public forum discussions, film screenings, poetry writing, stand-up comedy and live theatre.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Sabeen Mahmud — a profile )〕 In 2013, Sabeen co-hosted Pakistan's (first civic hackathon ), held at T2F in Karachi,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Meet the Woman Behind Pakistan's First Hackathon )〕 which was designed to bring together people from different disciplines to brainstorm ways to solve civic problems.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Meet Sabeen Mahmud, a Woman Trying to Change Pakistan One Line of Code at a Time )〕 Mahmud hosted public figures, including Ayesha Siddiqa who authored a controversial book on military financing, leading to the Inter-Services Intelligence contacting The Second Floor.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Pakistani Cafe Is Oasis In Desert Of Civil Discourse )〕 In 2013, she told ''Wired'' magazine that she didn't want an armed security guard in The Second Floor "I said, that’s the price you pay for having a public space. I’m not having people checked and a military guy there because of a pervasive fear." She went on to state "Read Chomsky. Things are dangerous and bad things happen. But you can’t let fear control you, you’ll never get anything done."〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Tech Guru Sabeen Mahmud: 'Fear Is Just a Line in Your Head' )〕 Her work received coverage in international media. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sabeen Mahmud」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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