Afghanistan, the street artist who designs women’s rights

«Art changes people’s minds and people change the world». It is all in these words, written by her, the revolution of Shamsia Hassani, la prima street artist donna dell’Afghanistan. Face defined by the traditional chador, mask on the mouth and spray can in the hand, Shamsia Hassani, 32, brought her dream along the streets of Kabul. And he made it.

Thus the woman protagonist of each of his graffiti appeared on the buildings marked by the war, never finished since 2001, the rubble and finally on the walls of some police stations.

“When I’m on the street in Kabul, with the ladder and my colors, I’m never safe”, said Shamsia, who realizes her works within about fifteen minutes so as not to attract too much attention. “When people see me outside doing graffiti, they swear, swear and some call it sin. People in Afghanistan are not against art, but against women who want to make art ». If it were a boy, everything would be easier for Shamsia.

This is why Shamsia has chosen to give Afghan women a voice by taking them outside the home walls. And showing them with pride. “I want my art to live with people and become part of their daily life,” the artist told al Guardian. «I want to show my art to those who do not have access to galleries and exhibitions. My works are more focused on individuals and social issues, but sometimes they become political ».

There is music as the art that makes you free, respect for the person, the condemnation of all forms of violence. “Since women have more restrictions than men in our society, I have chosen women as the protagonists of my works. A woman with closed eyes and no mouth, with a deformed musical instrument that gives her the ability and the confidence to make her voice sound loud. His closed eyes believe that there is nothing good to see, so he wishes not to look, in fear that there is nothing good to see ».