HOPE NOT WAR

Recent drawings, 15/04

1. SAVED FROM DESPAIR
2. ANOTHER SON'S BURIAL
3. BULLETPROOF YOUTH

You will see these again, very soon 👀

Part of a drawing that I'll share with you in the future... What do you see? 👀

Did a self-portrait in class today.

NOONE HUNTS BUTTERFLIES:
They say
that we
are beauty
while they
carryin'
a gun
He took
away my
country
now he's
laughing,
like
it's fun
I do not
understand it,
can I live,
or can I not
You tell me
I'm a butterfly,
while I'm
getting shot

But, noone hunts butterflies...

HIJAB OF HOPE:
Hijab is not a
fashion statement
It's a guardian angel
Privacy is
private,
but society
is painful
When they want
to control
women's clothing
and veil
At the same time,
you saying
muslim males
are controlling
females

It's like the logic
left this earth
packed it's bags
and then left
I understand it,
honestly,
they are way
too obsessed
Over colors
and religion,
so they start
to oppress
So you oppress
for my
rational
thought proces?

I don't get it...
We respect you,
till your break it
and destroy
all the trust
We follow God
and his words,
you don't
matter to us
It's her choice
so there's none to discuss
but for you,
trying to take
that away,
is a must

I don't get it...
You let these children
pick their gender
Don't let woman
pick their clothing,
for what?
I got to defend her
Don't you try
to surpress her
she will
never surrender

She will never
be a victim
to these
rising opressors
We are muslims,
we've adapted
to this
daily
pressure
And we will
take measure
So we must
stand together
Standing firm
as a soldier
when they arm us
with leisure

You said
we forced it
on them,
yet they said
themselves
that we don't
And now you
force it off them,
doesn't that
explain the most?
And when
it's off them,
turn it into
fashion icons,
and clothes
Take them off
our muslim sisters,
and then show them
in shows

This ain't a shop,
you can't pick
and choose
It got hard
for you to stop,
so you still refuse
You smile in
the hijab
while our country lose
Do you wear it
for respect
or to match your shoes

All you want is
that she fits
into the puzzle
you've made
You try to fill it up
with all the agony
and the hate
And when it
doesn't work
you fill it with
the lies
you create
And there isn't
any research
for things you say

Say we
opress them
yet you always
tell her to take pieces
off of herself
To fit into your puzzle
or to fit onto your shelf
Aren't you,
the oppressor?
Aren't you,
the oppressor?
Aggressions
turned them
to aggressors,
trynna undress her

Transgression
turned them
to transgressors,
now they try
to undress her
It's crazy...

VICTORIA'S SECRET:
I know all
about your
secrets
You're a liar
You're a thief
You're a part
of the problem
if you profit
from the grief
Children and
the slavery,
a secret
to keep
My duty is to
share every
opression
that I see
You broke
families

PEACE CAPTCHA:
So much chaos
going on
Now I don't
really know
Who is here
to really care,
I don't know
where to go
Feel like lies
is the only
real language
that they know
So I'm lost
in my emotions,
and they hurting me
killing me slow-
ly

No humanity
to see
Machiavelli people,
Machiavelli 'round me
Power over peace,
put a price on me
Lost in a sea
of dead bodies
don't you see?

See the seas
of the blood
turning dark
These are
matters
of the evil
and the dark
See humanity
is fading
from a far
All we got
are guns
and roses
with scars

See a bomb
after bomb,
see the money
buy respect
Fed up with
these politics
eating
from
the dead
And when you
understand it,
you can't sleep
in your bed
Say
something wrong,
that's a bullet
in your head
Then you're
dead.

DRAFT 4 - Mask of Amal 🎭
Updated draft of the mask's 3D model. We're getting closer! Excuse the blurriness, still early in the process🌹

Do you like being updated on the proces with the draft posts? I really want to know 💫

DRAFT 3 - Mask of Amal 🎭
Updated draft of the mask's 3D model. Very, very early in the proces, working with a great artist that I'll soon reveal.

Do you like being updated on the proces with the draft posts? I really want to know 💫

DRAFT 2 - Mask of Amal 🎭
Updated draft of the mask design. Excuse the bad quality, it's a draft after all!

DRAFT 1 - Mask of Amal 🎭
I've always wanted to design a mask. Being an activist, going to protests, and interacting with the activists, has inspired me to finally get it done. I've been working on this project for a long time now, but I'm glad I've done so.

Sometimes, we artists have to take a step back, and accept the fact that we can't control everything. We have to give ourselves time, rather than rush ourselves to meet a posting deadline.

This mask will be part of a much bigger project, which I won't reveal yet. Also, I'm working with an amazing artist on a few things regarding this mask as well, so look out for that soon. I will be posting the drafts throughout this month, along with the final version in the end. This will have the collab included. Can't wait to share everything with you guys.

HUMANITY CAPTCHA 🩻:
I was on Google
then a Captcha
appears
You know
the ones
where you pick
all the squares
It said 'humanity'
I thought
it was glitched
There's no
humanity
in killing
little kids
So I had to skip.

DEFEND MOSQUES🕊:
While we pray
for better days,
they shoot bullets
in our face,
makin' bombs
take our place
in our only
holy place
Feel the pain
in my veins
I will never
feel the same
All I came
here to do
Was worship
my lord
and pray

Islamophobia
is rising
day by day
Don't understand
why don't we
love instead
of hate?

DESPERATE SURVIVAL🇦🇫:
Having to survive
with money,
made from selling
body parts
Kidneys, and their
daughters,
put them on a card
Must be hard
They do not believe,
I say check the charts
Evidence is
sell the ones
you guard
I just hope the
best for them,
I pray to God
Best regards.

SAVE RAYAN:
He was saved
from cruelty
of this world
Sittin' down
curled up, with the
damages as well
Like many brothers
he was stuck
inside a hole
May Allah have
mercy on his soul

MODERN LOVE:
You can't share love
while you share guns,
but you got used to that
They say time heal scars
what about bullet shards
when they shootin' that?
It's so fun to
go shoot with guns,
until you're the one
they all be shooting at.

MODERN LOVE by Hope Not War (2022).
You can't share love while you share guns.

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