Fatima Wojohat is a young Afghan painter and plaster artist dedicated to being the voice of the voiceless. In the campaign “United Against Gender Apartheid,” she introduces herself as a protesting artist from a beautiful land now trapped in a cage. She describes her homeland as being taken over by a monster named the Taliban. She is a dreamer and speaks of the dream of freedom for the women of her beautiful land in solidarity with the women of Iran. In her artwork, she presents an image of Afghan women who are oppressed yet bold and colorful.
Alinejad also touched on the ideology behind the prohibition of women singing, which claims that men might become aroused by a woman’s voice and lose control. In a playful moment, she began to sing, saying, “Let’s see how you react now.”
She expressed deep sadness about the situation of women like Zara Esmaeili, who are imprisoned simply for exercising their right to speak out, sing, and live freely.
Alinejad concluded with a powerful statement: “Please don’t call us Islamophobic, because phobia refers to an irrational fear. The fear that I and countless Iranian and Afghan women have of the Islamic Republic and the Taliban is entirely justified. Don’t silence our voices. It’s time to stand with the women of Iran and Afghanistan in our fight against gender apartheid.”