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The Conversation: Finding my Voice Through Art

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Artists: Zeina Iaali (l) and Isha Fofana (r)

12/06/2017 GMT

Finding my Voice Through Art

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Two artists who encourage others to pursue their creative talents

Two women using art to help others overcome trauma or escape poverty. Isha Fofana set up an art centre for women in The Gambia and Zeina Iaali teaches art to refugees in Australia

The power of art to change lives.  Two women talk to Kim Chakanetsa about how they use art to enable refugees, asylum seekers and young women to find their creative voice.

Isha Fofana is a Gambian artist who set up an art centre in her country to encourage young women to pursue their artistic talents. Although she showed an interest in art at a young age, she was not fully able to explore it until she was much older. Her canvasses are often large and extremely colourful, capturing the joy and power she sees in the women around her. 

Zeina Iaali is a Lebanese-Australian artist who volunteers at the Refugee Art Project in Sydney, which supports refugees and asylum seekers to tell their stories through art. Her own artwork revolves around her experiences as a Muslim woman in Australia. She says art has the power to bring people together, and that's where magic happens.

Photo: (L) Zeina Iaali. Credit: Refugee Art Project. (R) Isha Fofana. Credit: Mama Africa)

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