Pakistan fridge magnets!
Posted by Ethan Casey on October 20, 2009 · 2 Comments
As many of my friends know, I have an extensive collection of refrigerator magnets from around the world and America. Whenever I go somewhere new in my public speaking, I make sure to get a fridge magnet. Whenever a friend goes somewhere interesting, I ask him or her to bring me back a magnet. If I speak at a university – as I did at Pomona College in Southern California last February, for example – I specify, only half in jest, that my fee is $X, plus one t-shirt (size XL) and one fridge magnet.
The Moghal-era Badshahi mosque in Lahore, available as a fridge magnet. Photo by Pete Sabo.
I have magnets from everywhere from Cincinnati to Singapore, Pittsburgh to … well, not Pakistan, because there doesn’t seem to be such a thing as a Pakistan fridge magnet.
It dawned on me recently that I’m in a position to rectify that. I think it’s a shame that there aren’t scenic and touristy fridge magnets of Pakistan, which I’ve known for 15 years as a pleasant and interesting country to visit. So, in addition to prints and cards and other formats, I’m experimenting by having fridge magnets made from some of Pete Sabo’s great Pakistan photos. 10 copies each of the first two have arrived, and I’ll be taking them with me next month to Orange County and San Diego (Nov 5-9), TCU in Fort Worth (Nov 17-19), Portland (Nov 21-22), and Minneapolis (Nov 27-29).
Monkeys on the road to Murree, available as a fridge magnet. Photo by Pete Sabo.
These 4″ x 5 1/2″ magnets will sell for $5 each, and proceeds will support my ongoing work of writing and speaking about the human dimension of Pakistan. Look soon on the Gallery page of this website for an enhanced online store offering magnets and much more! :-)
Yeah! you’re right about that and it’s not just fridge magnets there are many things which we can use to promote our country …but we just don’t use our heads !
yeah,i am also working on a series of magnets for the same purpose.But they’re currently under processCan you kindly let me know as to where i can get magnet bases from to attach to my fridge magnet art work.
I shall be highly grateful.
Thankyou.
p.s:I am from Karachi so let me know if there’s any place you know where i can easily get it from?