As a street artist, she dared to bring her workwhich mainly focuses on womeninto public space.
In doing so, she became lauded internationally as an example of a new generation of trailblazing Afghani women.
In a 2013interview, she discussed her choice to put women at the forefront of her art.
Now, I want to use my paintings to remind people about women, she shared.
I have changed my images to show the strength of women, the joy of women.
In my artwork, there is lots of movement.
I want to show that women have returned to Afghan society with a new, stronger shape.
Its not the woman who stays at home.
Its a new woman.
A woman who is full of energy, who wants to start again.
you’re able to see that in my artwork, I want to change the shape of women.
I am painting them larger than life.
I want to say that people look at them differently now.
With titles likeDeath to DarknessandNightmare, there is no mistaking how she feels.
In her pieces, the Taliban is shrouded in darkness, looming over the scene as menacing figures.
The women in her paintings are dressed in blue, either with a headscarf or a burqa.
In two pieces there is a black pot with a dandelion.
Whisps of the dandelion fly away, perhaps symbolizing a wish that is blowing out of reach.
In the meantime, Hassani continues to produce new work, seemingly from her studio in Kabul.
That mission is collecting donations to conduct emergency rescue flights for those who wish to leave the country.
