Social media reacts to Sharmeen Obaid's second Oscar win
The filmmaker won for her documentary A Girl in the River, which sheds light on honour killing in Pakistan
29 Feb, 2016
Today Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy made history as the only Pakistani to win two Academy Awards.
She was awarded the Oscar in the category Best Documentary - Short Subject for her documentary A Girl in the River, which follows the life of an 18-year-old girl who is a survivor of an honour killing attempt.
She is one of only eleven female directors who have ever won an Oscar for a non-fiction film and the only Pakistani to win two Academy Awards.
Social media reacted to the win, here's what people had to say:
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