I had a dream
Human Rights
Illustration
Bassano del Grappa, Italy
2022
"I Had a Dream" is an illustration created for the 2022 calendar published by Women For Freedom, an organization that promotes women’s rights and works to combat gender-based violence. The calendar gathers contributions from various artists in the region who support the cause through their work, offering visual reflections on freedom, dignity, and social justice.
Summary
The illustration reflects on how easily and rapidly personal freedoms can be taken away. It was inspired by the situation in Afghanistan, where women were suddenly denied basic rights—most painfully, the right to education. Education is a powerful tool for freedom, economic independence, and personal empowerment.
Titled "I Had a Dream", the artwork captures the sense of a dream interrupted: a vision of a future that, for many Afghan women, has been forced into the past. Through a symbolic and emotionally charged composition, the image expresses both grief and a quiet call for awareness.
