The New York Times
By Patricia Leigh BrownMarch 19, 2021
They escaped traumatic circumstances in Myanmar and now live in harsh conditions. But refugees are creating murals drawn from their flourishing cultural traditions, reborn in Bangladesh camps.
The Artolution art center at the Balukhali camp in Bangladesh, where Rohingya refugees, trauma survivors, use the power of the paintbrush to create murals about Covid-19, the dangers of domestic violence and other public health concerns.Credit...Bengal Creative Media, via Artolution
Before he fled Myanmar in 2017, a witness to unspeakable horrors in his Rohingya village, Mohammed Nur would produce art in hiding, drawing on napkins and trash with bits of charcoal. Art, poetry readings and a university education were among many aspects of life that were not allowed for Rohingya Muslims like himself.