Heartbreaking Art From Afghanistan's First Female Street Artist Shamsia Hassani

[demmiblue]

In Afghanistan, there is real fear and concern as the Taliban take back control of the country after 20 years. Of particular concern is how women will be treated, given the brutality they faced during the Taliban's last regime. Shamsia Hassani, who is Afghanistan's first female street artist, is turning her emotions into art and has published a series of heartbreaking images on her social media.

Hassani was born as a refugee in Iran in 1998, when the Taliban was still in control of Afghanistan. She returned to her home country in 2005, determined to make a difference and hoping to use art to cover the scars of war. After finishing her visual arts degree at the University of Kabul, she became part of the faculty as a fine arts lecturer and sculpture professor. As a street artist, she dared to bring her work—which mainly focuses on women—into public space. In doing so, she became lauded internationally as an example of a new generation of trailblazing Afghani women.







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[chia]

1. Stunning. I am awestruck at the beauty of her work

Thank you.

[secondwind]

2. Very lovely woman, she has very high aspirations, I wish her well.

She’s like Pollyanna in a burka.

[bluedevil4]

3. I hope

she gets out

[barbtries]

5. me too.

they'll kill her.

[lpbk2713]

4. Her work carries strong messages.

I hope she gets to share it with the rest of the world.

[crickets]

6. What a thoughtful, talented woman.

I hope she has changed her mind about staying. She can do more for Afghanistan if she leaves and lives to create more beautiful art to spread her vision.

[calimary]

7. Such beautiful and poignant work.

Thank you for posting all this, demmiblue!

[Kali]

8. "Everybody has a very bad image of Afghanistan in their mind so maybe I can change it a little bit."

yeah