YaZIDI WOMEN: ISIS SURVIVORS
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Hannah's portrait paintings of Yazidi women were exhibited in the Upper Waiting Hall of the UK Houses of Parliament in March 2018, to advocate on behalf of the Yazidi community.
In the exhibition, Hannah’s portraits are placed directly alongside the self-portraiture of the women themselves in a striking juxtaposition.
Former British Prime Minister Theresa May publicly commended Hannah’s work in the Parliament: “I’m very happy to welcome this awareness-raising exhibition that is taking place and to commend Hannah Rose Thomas and others involved in bringing to the attention of the House, and those visiting the House, the plight of the Yazidi women.”
The exhibition was sponsored by Rt Hon Dame Caroline Spelman MP and Open Doors UK and Ireland.
“The show brings together self-portraits made by the Yazidi women themselves with Thomas’s sad and exquisite recordings of them. Next to each Yazidi woman is a short account of their sufferings under Isis. As I sobbed my way from one grim life to the other, I felt increasingly certain that this was beautiful art doing beautiful things in a terrible world. Bravo, Hannah Rose Thomas.”
The full article in the Sunday Times can be read here
“When you meet Hannah, you cannot help but be struck by how fearless she is. She boldly goes to dangerous parts of the world to serve others and work with the broken. Hannah is undoubtedly an incredibly gifted artist, but more than that, she is an inspiring humanitarian, committed to sharing the stories of some of the world’s most persecuted and downtrodden.”