Street Art in Afghanistan
"I"LL NEVER RETURN" - a poem by Meena
I'm the woman who has awoken
I've arisen and become a tempest through the ashes of my burnt children
I've arisen from the rivulets of my brother's blood
My nation's wrath has empowered me
My ruined and burnt villages fill me with hatred against the enemy,
I'm the woman who has awoken,
I've found my path and will never return.
I've opened closed doors of ignorance
I've said farewell to all golden bracelets
Oh compatriot, I'm not what I was
I'm the woman who has awoken
I've found my path and will never return.
I've seen barefoot, wandering and homeless children
I've seen henna-handed brides with mourning clothes
I've seen giant walls of the prisons swallow freedom in their ravenous stomach
I've been reborn amidst epics of resistance and courage
I've learned the song of freedom in the last breaths, in the waves of blood and in victory
Oh compatriot, Oh brother, no longer regard me as weak and incapable
With all my strength I'm with you on the path of my land's liberation.
My voice has mingled with thousands of arisen women
My fists are clenched with the fists of thousands of compatriots
Along with you I've stepped up to the path of my nation,
To break all these sufferings, all these fetters of slavery,
Oh compatriot, Oh brother, I'm not what I was
I'm the woman who has awoken
I've found my path and will never return.
(www.rawa.org/ill.htm)
Expression through the Arts
The Women Artistic Center in Afghanistan was established in October 2007 to help give women the right to express themselves through art and literature. The organization works with giving women the tools needed to discover their own artistic style. The WAC is currently working with other human right groups like the Ministries of Women’s Affairs, Information and Culture, Higher Education and Ministry of Education organizations.
Young Artist On The Rise
"Khadija Hashemi, 21, an Afghan female artist, stands next to her painting during the first ever woman's art exhibition at Amani school in Kabul, Afghanistan in 2008.
Twenty-three young women artists have displayed 93 of their paintings in the country's first ever women's art exhibit - a landmark event because just seven years ago, these women would have been beaten or jailed for daring such to organize such a show, and their art would have been torn to pieces by the Taliban.
Under the hardline Taliban regime, women were forbidden from leaving home without a male relative as an escort, while figurative art was banned and even destroyed."
Twenty-three young women artists have displayed 93 of their paintings in the country's first ever women's art exhibit - a landmark event because just seven years ago, these women would have been beaten or jailed for daring such to organize such a show, and their art would have been torn to pieces by the Taliban.
Under the hardline Taliban regime, women were forbidden from leaving home without a male relative as an escort, while figurative art was banned and even destroyed."
Click on Photo to read Afghan Female Artist Beats the Odds
Malina Suliman is only 23 years old and risking her life to express her views on her lost generation. Living in a dark lite studio in one of the most dangerous places for a woman with a voice, southern Kandahar providence also known as the Birth Place of the Taliban.
Expression through literature with Top Seller Khaled Hosseini
Khaled Hosseini, Originally from Afghanistan, has written two bestselling novels that depict what it is like being born in raised in Afghanistan Culture from the Soviet Union rule, Life under the Taliban, and family practices, and much more. These novels are rich wth literary style and diverse content, and have been very effective in bringing the national issues to global attention. The Kite Runner has even been created into a large production motion picture.
"A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
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"The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
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A Look into Domestic Violence Outside of Afghanistan:
National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233.
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A YouTube video of a woman's "Photo A Day Project" turns into her story of domestic violence titled "One Photo A Day In the Worst Year of My Life".
We all have commonly heard of the "Photo A Day Project" where you take one photo of yourself everyday and post it on Facebook or turn it into a Youtube video. Over the course of 2012 a Croatian woman posting pictures of herself, and as it progresses we start to notice bruising. The bruises come and then go, but as it progresses the severity of the bruising becomes worse. At the end she holds up a sign that translates into "“Help me, I do not know if I can wait for tomorrow.”
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