Obituary:
Nabil Shaban (1953 – 2025)
It is with sadness that The BBS heard the news of the death of Nabs Sil (Nabil Shaban)
on 18 October 2025.
Nabil helped launch what would become the Disability Arts Movement.
He leaves behind his beloved wife Marcela, a vast circle of friends and comrades, and an artistic and political legacy that will echo for generations.
Former Trustee of the BBS Simon Mckeown, has written a moving tribute and you can read Simon’s tribute HERE.
“We shared not only the same condition, brittle bones (osteogenesis imperfecta), but also a similar humour and refusal to accept limitation. He confirmed what I likewise knew and had grown up with: disability need not be a barrier to creativity or defiance. Nabs demonstrated to me, and countless others, what was possible”.
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Images 1-4 show Nabil acting in part of a digital project entitled Motion Disabled. © Simon Mckeown with permission to use.
