Zahra Mani is a musician and composer from Pakistan and London. She has lived and worked in Austria since 2001 and also spends time in the UK, Croatia and Pakistan. Curatorially and culturally, Zahra Mani has been active in Austria, the AlpsAdriatic Region, and across Europe for twenty years. Working in various curatorial teams and collaborations, her focus has shifted away from urban art in public space towards art and cultural practice in the rural periphery, beyond and across borders. Together with her partner Karin Schorm, she develops and runs collaborative cultural initiatives across Europe and is increasingly involved in advocacy and interest groups on local, regional and national levels. As a cultural advocate, Zahra Mani is involved at local, regional, national and European levels for the protection of music authors’ rights (ECSA) and for the sustainability of arts and culture in the socio-political landscape. She has participated in numerous Austrian and international symposia and conferences on fairness, diversity and inclusion, music streaming, digitization and the future of music in Europe as well as the diversity of cultural expressions.