LONDON: Nobel Prize Laureate Malala Yousafzai’s portrait, made by a US-based Iranian visual artist Shirin Neshat, has been unveiled at the National Portrait Gallery in London.
A famous Pashto language poet, Rahmat Shah’s poem is also inscribed on it.
Malala’s father, Ziauddin Yousafzai, took to Twitter thank the artist.
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Yousafzai shared the portrait of Malala and apprised that the portrait was made by Neshat and was unveiled at National Portrait Gallery in London.
“We are grateful to the artist for creating this wonderful piece of art depicting strength, resilience, and courage,” he further added.
Portrait of @Malala by Shirin Nishat unveiled at @NPGLondon.The poem inscribed on the portrait is written by the great Pushto poet Rahmat Shah Sayel.We are grateful to the artist for creating this wonderful piece of art depicting strength,resilience&courage. pic.twitter.com/RLHMW93xxS
— Ziauddin Yousafzai (@ZiauddinY) October 1, 2018
Malala is currently studying at Oxford University and is an advocate for girls’ education.
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