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Romina Alonso Lorenzo, 12, left, and Isabel Alonso Lorenzo, eight, at their aunt’s home in Concepcion Chiquirichapa in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala, in August 2014. Romina and Isabel are two of four orphan sisters; their 14-year-old sister has recently fled to the United States where she works to help support their family. The other sisters live with their aunt in a crowded two-room home.

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Afghanistan’s Female Artists Have A Lot To Show You About Their Country

Zainab Haidery never planned to become an artist, but it was only through painting that she felt free.

“Art is a kind of real life which gives you this possibility and power for choosing,” she said in an email to ThinkProgress.

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Afghanistan’s Female Artists Have A Lot To Show You About Their Country

Zainab Haidery never planned to become an artist, but it was only through painting that she felt free.

“Art is a kind of real life which gives you this possibility and power for choosing,” she said in an email to ThinkProgress.

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This Afghan Artist Believes The Creative Powers Of Art Can Help Save His Country From Destruction

Hamed Hassanzada, 36, is a Kabul-based artist. He is a member of the Kabul Art Project, an artist association for contemporary Afghan artists. ThinkProgress reached out Hassanzada through the Project and spoke to him over the phone about the challenges he faces to produce artwork in Afghanistan and the importance he thinks it has for his country. What follows is an interview with Hassanzada which has been abbreviated and edited for clarity.  

Interview by beenishfahmed