Lyari Notes
Lyari Notes is set in Lyari, a volatile neighborhood in Karachi, Pakistan. Humza Jafri, a rock star in Pakistan, has taken to teaching music to a group of girls as a form of self-expression in those violent and oppressive surroundings. Jafri and wife, Nida Butt, over a period of 3 years, coached 11-year-old Aqsa and her three friends. Their battle to teach girls music included fighting social norms, security concerns and sheer apathy in a region where violent attacks happened all the time. An armed escort to music lessons was but a regular affair. Promoting music to encourage dreams is Lyari Notes