1.0 rich Street Art Cities https://streetartcities.com The Saudi street artist Ms Saffaa @mssaffaa @muralsbymssaffaa who come to prominence through her ‘I am my own guardian’ @iammyownguardian has just delivered a thought provoking new wall.......[Back Story via Muslima website: In Saudi Arabia, biology is destiny and gendered power relations are inescapable. Hierarchies of power in Saudi Arabia are fundamentally based on sexual difference and the female-male binary. The country’s guardianship laws explicitly discriminate against women on the basis of their sex. According to these laws, the life of a Saudi woman is fully in the hands of another person, a man, and her rights are left up to him, rather than the rule of law, to either uphold or deny. Such a system renders women invisible, ignored, voiceless, oppressed, and marginalized. It is, through the medium of art, that I peacefully exercise my right to civil disobedience. I Am My Own Guardian is a personal response to institutionalized patriarchy. It is a strike, a stance against injustice. My work represents the untold struggles of my Saudi sisters who suffer under this system. I am hopeful and optimistic that my work will provoke radical social transformation and open the door for new possibilities.]📍Fish Lane, Southbank, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia dkjstreetartphotography https://streetartcities.com/users/795db273-3bea-4a05-848e-daaf216b6239 https://streetartcities.com/media/9/9dc8721f-6365-405e-a079-23e0b9bfbc03/1024.jpg 1024 480 480 <iframe src="https://streetartcities.com/markers/24873/embed" width="480" height="480" style="border:none;border-radius:12px;max-width:100%;" loading="lazy" allow="fullscreen; storage-access" title="Untitled by Ms Saffaa"></iframe> 3600