called "Penny Power," and build a school in his honour in Kasur, Pakistan. Iqbal's story was depicted in a book entitled Iqbal by Francesco D'Adamo, a fictional story based on true events, from the point of view of a girl named Fatima. In 1994 he received the Reebok Youth in Action Award. In 1996 the Movimiento Cultural Cristiano (MCC- Christian Cultural Movement) and Camino Juvenil Solidario (CJS- Youth Solidarity Path) promoted 16 April as International Day against Child Slavery in Spain and South America. In 1998 the newly formed Istituto Comprensivo Iqbal Masih, a comprehensive education institute comprising several schools in Trieste, Italy, was named after him. In 2000 he received a posthumous World's Children's Prize for the Rights of the Child and the Piazzale dei Traghetti Iqbal Masih was inaugurated in Genoa, Italy. The 2006 book The Little Hero: One Boy's Fight for Freedom tells the story of his legacy. In 2009 the United States Congress established the annual Iqbal Masih Award for the Elimination of Child Labor. On 16 April 2012, the Council of Santiago, after a proposal of Movimiento Cultural Cristiano, inaugurated a square named after Iqbal in Santiago de Compostela, Spain. The 2014 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to children's rights advocate Kailash Satyarthi on grounds of prevention of child labour and promotion of female education. Satyarthi mentioned Masih in his Nobel Peace Prize award speech, dedicating it to him and other martyrs. In 2016, the "X Iqbal Masih Rugby Tournament" was held in Catania, Sicily. On 17 April 2017, the University of Salamanca committed itself to celebrating every 16 April as a Day Against Child Slavery on behalf of Iqbal Masih. In May 2019, Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy released an Urdu-animated short titled 'Iqbal Ka Bachpan' which explores the story of Iqbal under its 4-part series, Shattering The Silence. On 23 March 2022, President of Pakistan Arif Alvi conferred the Sitara-e-Shujaat (award for bravery) posthumously to Iqbal. Movie Iqbal - The Forgotten Story References Further reading External links "Who Was Iqbal Masih?" mirrorimage.com. 1983 births 1995 deaths Pakistani child activists Pakistani children's rights activists Pakistani Christians Murdered Pakistani children Assassinated Pakistani activists Pakistani slaves People murdered in Punjab, Pakistan Deaths by firearm in Pakistan People from Sheikhupura District Punjabi people Debt bondage in South Asia Violence against children Child abuse in Pakistan 20th-century slaves Pakistani Catholics Recipients of Sitara-i-Shujaat