While browsing Women's E-news, I came across a fascinating archived article from 2008 about a "Female Arts Center" in Kabul, Afghanistan. The Center was established with the specific purpose of allowing Afghani women the opportunity to express through visual arts what their vastly constraining society barred them from expressing elsewhere. I was unfortunately unable to locate any updated information about whether or not the center still exists, but in the context of a nation that could likely bar the right of women to vote without the express permission of their husbands, any kind of institutionalized conduit of expression, whether of passions, frustrations, or all of the above, would no doubt be a valuable asset to Afghanistan's female population.
For a look the 2008 article, see below:
http://womensenews.org/story/080817/afghan-women-blaze-path-in-contemporary-art
If anyone has any information about the Female Arts Center, it would be greatly appreciated!
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