Iqbal World Premiere, The Children's Theater
March 3 - 28, 2009
Minneapolis, MN
The Children's Theatre Company, the largest children's theater in North America, hosted Faces of Freedom in the lobby throughout the running of the play Iqbal, the real-life story of a Pakistani carpet slave boy. Iqbal was rescued at the age of 10, then awarded the Reebok Human Rights Award for his activism. Lauded as a hero by the human rights community and fellow children still toiling on carpet looms, Iqbal was also perceived as a threat to a certain industry faction. On Easter Sunday in April 1995, Iqbal was murdered while riding his bike in his hometown. Over a decade later, the case remains unsolved.
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