Ladies from Afghanistan have shared their tales of residing beneath Taliban rule for a brand new exhibition.
Window to the Soul Afghanistan launched on Friday, at Jerwood DanceHouse in Ipswich, and will probably be displayed for 4 weeks.
The mission staff spent the final 12 months making a safe platform for girls nonetheless in Afghanistan, and those that had left, to share their tales of life earlier than and after the Taliban
Nageena, 17, who fled Afghanistan and moved to England three years in the past, labored on the mission and mentioned she missed her residence.
The exhibition consists of paintings made by individuals who nonetheless reside in Afghanistan [Aziza]
The Taliban, a hardline Islamist group, took management of Afghanistan in 2021 and beneath its rule ladies and women have been topic to strict and oppressive legal guidelines.
Nageena and her household fled Afghanistan the day the group took over, which she mentioned was “a really unhealthy day”.
She nonetheless has household there and mentioned her feminine family members, over the age of 12, weren’t allowed to attend faculty because of the Taliban’s ban.
She confused the significance of schooling and mentioned it was “not solely about what boys and males can do”.
Now residing in Suffolk, Nageena is finding out a university hairdressing course, however she admitted she nonetheless considered her residence.
“I miss my nation as a result of it’s my residence, however I can not go residence,” she continued.
“Once I take into consideration my nation I really feel very damaged in my coronary heart and it’s extremely unhappy for us.”
She mentioned the exhibition had made her really feel courageous and that she was able to something.
Hannah Aria mentioned the exhibition was about “utilizing artwork for social justice and human rights advocacy” [Jamie Niblock/BBC]
Hannah Aria is an area artist who helped arrange the exhibition.
“I began off working with refugees in Ipswich,” she defined.
“As you acquire extra connections with individuals, you join with the tales and you then need to do one thing optimistic to assist.”
She was launched to a contact in Afghanistan and thru them, met others who shared their tales.
The exhibition makes use of digital and augmented actuality to inform the tales of “individuals from Afghanistan in a tremendous game-like format”, Ms Aria mentioned.
She added the exhibition aimed to use for extra funding to develop it additional and inform extra tales sooner or later.
“We need to change the world,” she mentioned.
Rona Panjsheri mentioned it was essential to share Afghan ladies and women’ tales who didn’t have a voice in their very own nation [Jamie Niblock/BBC]
Rona Panjsheri, from Afghanistan, additionally labored on the mission and mentioned speaking about ladies in Afghanistan made her emotional.
“It is actually unhappy to speak about them, all unfavorable issues, [but] there are some optimistic issues that I’m actually happy with them [for],” she defined.
“They rise up they usually nonetheless have a little bit hope three years after Afghanistan fell by the hands of the Taliban.
“We hope that at some point they get free and we speak extra optimistic issues about Afghan ladies and women.”
She added that ladies and women in Afghanistan “haven’t any freedom of speech”, due to this fact it was essential to “preserve telling their tales”.
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