This Is Crazy NAMI Benefit Performance - NYC

This Is Crazy NAMI Benefit Performance - NYC

Mohammad Saleem attends the 'This Is Crazy!' by V Formerly Eve Ensler Benefit Performance for The National Alliance On Mental Illness event in New York on October 6, 2025. Photo by Charles Guerin/ABACAPRESS.COM

4 bodies recovered after factory blaze in Pakistan's Karachi

STORY: 4 bodies recovered after factory blaze in Pakistan's Karachi DATELINE: April 13, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:57 LOCATION: Islamabad CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of site of the factory blaze STORYLINE: Bodies of four firefighters were recovered from the rubbles of a collapsed factory in Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi on Thursday morning, rescue teams said. A massive fire broke out in the multi-story building of a bedsheet factory on Wednesday morning and a dozen fire engines worked to douse it, Salman Qureshi, a firefighter from Saylani Welfare Trust told Xinhua. "The firefighters were working at the incident site when part of the factory collapsed, trapping several people under the debris," Qureshi said. Karachi's Central District Deputy Commissioner Taha Saleem said that the fire was contained on early Thursday morning, and a cooling operation was underway. He said that fire erupted in the building due to a short circuit and it got worse because the firefighters could not take big eng

China-Pakistan volunteer organization donates relief supplies to flood-hit areas in Pakistan

STORY: China-Pakistan volunteer organization donates relief supplies to flood-hit areas in Pakistan DATELINE: Sept. 8, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:34 LOCATION: Islamabad CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of China-Pakistan Youth Exchange Community donating goods 2. SOUNDBITE (English): RAJA SHAHAB SALEEM CHISHTI, Project manager of China-Pakistan Youth Exchange Community 3. various of flood-hit areas in Pakistan STORYLINE: As Pakistan's devastating floods have impacted millions of people, a volunteer organization has donated relief supplies to flood-hit areas in Pakistan. China-Pakistan Youth Exchange Community is composed of overseas Chinese, students and young people from Pakistan. They went to the city of Nowshera to deliver relief packages, including rice, flour and infant milk powder, to 300 families affected by the torrential rains and subsequent floods. In the city of Multan, volunteers sent tents, bedding, drinking water and other supplies to 80 hard-hit families and taught them how to set up simple

Amputee actors in Gaza break stereotype through theater performances

STORY: Amputee actors in Gaza break stereotype through theater performances DATELINE: July 22, 2022 LENGTH: 00:03:30 LOCATION: GAZA, Palestine CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Gazan amputee actors performing a theatrical play in Gaza 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): ADLI OBEID, Performer 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): MANSOUR AL-QIRIM, Performer 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Arabic): AREEJ AYESH, Gazan resident 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): MARIA SOLEDAD RUEDA, Operations coordinator at ICRC STORYLINE: A group of Gazan amputee actors have creatively and successfully played their real life in a local theater for the first time. Eighteen amputee actors, the majority of whom were injured in wars, staged two theater performances at the Red Crescent Society theater in Gaza that featured both comedy and tragedy. Ten actors staged a theatrical performance titled "Saleem Al-Saleem," while the other eight actresses presented a theatrical performance titled "Limb". SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): ADLI OBEID, Performer "For the first time in Pal