170 meter calligraphy at Expo Dubai + movie

According to Fars News Agency, quoting National NewsA devastating 7.6 magnitude earthquake in 2015 in Nepal killed at least 9,000 people and damaged 1 million homes. At that time, because there was not enough skilled labor, Nepali women did a great deal of reconstruction.

The story of this effort symbolically became a 170-meter work of art in the village of Jirankur, Nepal. This calligraphy (Arabic calligraphy) is taken from the words of “Yogmaya Neopan” (1867-1941), one of the first Nepalese women activists: “There is nothing between us, nothing at all. “Your eyes have tears like mine.”

Elsid, a 40-year-old Dubai-based artist, presented a video installation at the Women’s Booth of Expo 2020 Dubai. Born in France to Moroccan parents, he promotes human peace and coexistence by beautifying Arabic phrases in urban settings.

* Flip through the hard life of women in Nepal

“In the ‘Like Her’ project, I selected a village of about 60 houses in Nepal and selected 12 women to work with,” she says. I wanted to highlight their story. I wanted this project to be a kind of echo of their voice, to strengthen the voice of these women and to tell their story. Highlight their struggles and show the world an amazing story of wisdom, strength and flexibility.

According to the artist, life in Nepal is still difficult for women, and in rural areas, girls are often forced to drop out of school due to poverty. They eventually get married and have children, and this cycle repeats itself.

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