The Waterlilies Portrait Project

20 Afghan women refugees + 20 women artists joined together to commemorate the fall of Kabul to the Taliban on August 15, 2021, and to raise awareness about the ongoing gender apartheid and human rights violations toward women and girls in Afghanistan. The waterlily is a metaphor for a generation of women who have lost their rights and freedom under the Taliban.

Project Participants:

Fazila Alizada, Maryam Asghari, Elizabeth Babyn, Nadera Batori, Rachel Broussard, Michelle Cates, Lorna Conquergood, Rowen Dinsmore, Linda Duvall, Allyson Glenn, Geti Hakimi, Fatima Hassani, Fawzia Hassani, Iris Hauser, Sumaya Hosseini, Maryam Hussaini, Malika Ibrahimi, Shakiba Ismaili, Maliha Kazimi, Marie Lannoo, Gabriela Garcia-Luna, Joanne Lyons, Parwin Maqsudi, Monique Martin, Fahima Merzada, Fahima Mohammadi, Marzia Naderi, Sana Nasrati, Marwa Nasrati, Wendy Patterson, Diana Roelens, Dawna Rose, Betsy Rosenwald, Farzana Sarwari, Fariba Sultani, Cristine Andrew Stuckel, Negar Devine-Tajgardan, Leah Moxley Teigrob, Carol Wylie, Setara Zahidi, Emily Zdunich