This painting represents the artist’s idealised version of Mosul following liberation, depicting is as the epicentre of cultural heritage and beauty it once was, and will be again.
The painting represents the end of Women’s Rights under ISIS’s occupation of Mosul. The three women’s faces are mask-like and blank, signaling the dehumanisation of women under ISIS rule. The shocking, vibrant colours in the centre of the composition seem to drown out the black…
Maslawi women were the biggest victims under Daesh-occupied Mosul. This exquisite veiled woman evokes a sadness and wistfulness in the viewer. In the lower left and the centre of the painting sits the hamsa hand – a symbol shaped as a hand palm with five…
This evocative painting depicts of a group of women fleeing Mosul during the occupation of the city under Daesh. The expressions on their faces show a mixture of grief, despair, anger, isolation and fear. The painting depicts women dressed in what appears to be rag-doll…
