01 Mural, The art of War, Haifa Subay's Women and War, with footnotes

Haifa Subay

Women and War, c.2020

Mural

Yemen

‘Pain and hope have two different meanings, but they are associated with every experience of motherhood that a woman goes through. In the face of the ongoing conflict and its impact on women and children, women bring about an invisible engagement for peace. Women can play a bigger role in formal peace talks. This proxy war has been created by men struggling to exert their influence in Yemen. We call on the authorities to consider the influence of women in the peace process’, claims Subay. More on this work

Haifa Subay is a Yemeni visual artist who, following the Arab Spring, focuses on issues of human rights, access to education, peace, and stability. First alone, then together with various groups of women and children, she painted murals on the bombarded streets of Sana, Yemen. Invited to take part in the Singapore Biennale 2019, she drew a series of murals focused on the themes that she usually depicts and interprets: destruction, victims of enforced disappearance, children not being able to attend school, women who have no rights, domestic violence or children recruitment, shelling and bombing, landmines and shelling casualties, and her continuous desire for peace. For her work at the Singapore Biennale, Haifa was shortlisted for the Benesse Prize, alongside reputed international artists. More on Haifa Subay

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