Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Over the past week, the world has watched as Afghanistan’s government collapsed and the Taliban secured rule of ...
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The secret exile of the Afghan Banksy: "They insulted me, and harassed me, and I learned to focus under that siege"
Shamsia Hassani filled the streets of Kabul with her melancholic veiled women. Today, her protest art continues, although far from her homeland. When she saw it, she couldn't believe it. The impact ...
The Wide Open Walls festival closed this week with an internationally known artist.Organizers closed Sacramento’s annual mural festival with an event to unveil new work by Shamsia Hassani featured on ...
The code has been copied to your clipboard. Thirty-year-old Shamsia Hassani is widely recognized as Afghanistan’s first, if not only, female graffiti artist. Being a graffiti artist anywhere in the ...
Read our pick of the best Los Angeles art exhibitions to see this month, from Marylin Minter's hyperrealist style to Sprüth Magers exploring the ‘horror’ genre. Read our pick of the best Los Angeles ...
Afghanistan's first female street artist depicts Afghan women as they face renewed Taliban threats. Despite the danger, she pursues her work of resistance. Shamsia Hassani had already reached a ...
Kabul’s only female graffiti artist not only has to avoid bombings and landmines to bring her pioneering work to the city’s walls, but she regularly receives abuse from passers-by. Yet Shamsia Hassani ...
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