Yesterday the French Parliament passed a law banning the burqa, which makes Princess Hijab's work all the more interesting, and controversial. Babelgum just released this interesting short documentary.

artist: Princess Hijab
location: Paris

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From BR1:
"one of my last artworks: it is a 5x4meter poster. it is all handmade.
it is a tribute to abbas kowsari, a popular photographer in tehran, iran. I remake one of his photo. He is a reporter, but he focus his attention on the woman situation in iran.
but kowsari photos are in black and white and I remake it using my style and my colours."

See another recent BR1 wall.

artist: BR1
location: Turin, Italy

A 5-meter, handmade piece.
There's a good interview with BR1 on ekosystem, which explains why an Italian artist is so fascinated by Muslim women.

As a lot of artists, I started my career interpreting typical subject of our world: USA power, corporation as mcDonalds, the clash with eastern world, pollution. I was looking for images on magazines to take inspiration or making some collages, and my attention fell always on images with a woman wearing the veil. For me it is charm. A woman wearing it has another allure or behaviour. And you know, for many people the veil is a sort of taboo or a cryptic theme, but it captured my attention, because I am a curious person.

artist: BR1
location: Turin, Italy