Sabika Aziz Sheikh
Age 17
Santa Fe, Texas
An unexpected one-way flight to America
She couldn’t believe her luck when she was accepted to a student exchange program in the U.S. “I was squealing, jumping like a madman,” she said. “It was the best moment of my life.”
As a youth ambassador and hopeful diplomat, she wanted to change the Islamophobic culture in America by showing people her religion is nonviolent. She was a sister to four siblings, and “one of the most precious gifts” to her host family.
Sabika Aziz Sheikh, 17, was fatally shot at Santa Fe High School in Texas on May 18, 2018, 19 days before her return to Karachi, Pakistan.
