[4] In 2002 his exhibition Enduring Operation Freedom, criticizing the Bush policies in Afghanistan, resulted in the McMaster Museum of Art in Canada shutting down the event.
[6] He has published his work in publications including The Huffington Post, The Guardian, The Express Tribune, Courrier International, and The New York Times Press Syndicate.
[13] The Canadian Parliament debated his story,[14] and in an open letter released by Amnesty International in December 2007 Shahid’s case was cited as a prime reason to implement the recommendations[15] made by the Arar Commission that advocate for balanced and transparent security measures in Canada.
[16] Shahid claims that his criticisms of US foreign policy and military interventionism resulted in him being denied boarding to a domestic Air Canada flight[4] in 2004.
[20] Shahid has also received threats from Islamic fundamentalists for his works criticizing fundamentalism,[3] including an image of the Taliban depicted as an ape reading an upside-down Qur’an.