A normal routine in studios around the world, Shahidy's artwork in the conservative country breaks a tattoo taboo: she believes she is the first female tattoo artist in a country where some religious scholars say tattoos are forbidden under Islam. "I could have performed this profession abroad but I wanted to do it in Afghanistan because there are no female tattoo artists in the country," she told Reuters. "Some mullahs say tattoos are forbidden, but there are other mullahs who say the opposite," she said, adding that Kabul is seeing a small but growing demand from young people for tattoos. Girls are more interested in delicate tattoo designs such as flowers, butterflies and dragonflies, or the names of people they love. One client, she said, wanted a tattoo of a tombstone inscribed "volunteer of death".

Source: bd News24 November 30, 2020 01:07 UTC