SOUTH ASIAN MEDIA NET
A new Afghan art collective called Roshd, or “growth”, has brought street art and graffiti to the conservative Muslim nation’s capital, starting with a mural on a three metre (10 feet) high wall in an industrial park.
Soon they hope to take their creativity and commentary to the dusty city centre, where blast walls, scrawled advertisements, political propaganda and armed guards are more usual sights.
Using spray paint for the first time, Ommolbanin Shamsia Hassani, 22, who is due to start teaching at Kabul University’s fine art faculty, painted the burqa-clad group.
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