Word: yousufzai
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...painting by Fareeha Ghezal Yousufzai that depicts this scene is part of "Make Art, Not War," the first-ever independent exhibition of works by female Afghan painters outside the strife-torn country. On display in Bonn until September 9 - after which it will move on to Austria, Italy, Spain, China, and the U.S. - this remarkable exposition is itself a symbol of hope, and not only for the 21 students from the Center for Contemporary Arts-Afghanistan (CCAA) in Kabul whose works it includes. In a place where Taliban rule had forced art into hiding, it's also, says Rahraw Omarzad...
...Today's Afghan women are still far from free self-expression, whether artistic or otherwise. But perhaps the unstinting efforts of young female artists like Fareeha Ghezal Yousufzai will help pave the way to more...
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