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Saadia Yasmin (Khattak)
Category: Visuals
Painter
Country: Afghanistan
About
Saadia Yasmin (Khattak) is a self-described “rebel through the arts.”1 She is a Pushtun-American artist who seeks to begin a revolution through her work on behalf of the voiceless of the world, most notably the Pushtuns.2 Through her paintings and drawings that include experimentation with Japanese ink, watercolor and acrylic paint, she hopes to capture the sorrow of war and poverty around the world.
Saadia has participated in many art shows in the Washington DC area including a featured exhibition in collaboration with Sheila Mahoutchian entitled, Unveiled Courage – identity, plight and courage of womanhood under the duress of wars, cultural strictures and media disenfranchisement. 3
Her work is described as being infused with soulful influences of the music, customs, and culture of her itinerant upbringing in Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Ethopia, Greece, Pakistan and the United States.4 Nowhere is the variety of her experiences more apparent than in her weekly broadcast, Global Rickshaw Radio. Her audience can tune in from all over the globe to hear music and commentary on a variety of topics including Pashto folklore, marriage around the world, breaking barriers through travel and comedy in the Muslim world.5
Saadia is part of Muslim Women in the Arts (MWIA), a network of Muslim women artists.
[1] Muslim Women in the Arts: Artists.
[2] ibid.
[3] Unveiled Courage.
[4] Muslim Women in the Arts: Artists.
[5] Global Rickshaw Radio
