In our conversation with the artists, the Sudanese artist Alaa Haddad shared her answer to a question: How can art help in addressing humanitarian issues?  And the answer was:  "Awareness is one of the most important points that art can reflect. Art with all its different kinds can tell and explain the problems, difficulties, and imbalances caused by harassment, sexual and verbal Abuse on the survivors. And it enables us to understand - to some extent - the seriousness of this topic and its consequences on survivors, their families and the people around. And how can we, in our revolution, help these people, stand with them, and show them that they are not alone, and that we are all with them, and we will bring their rights back”.

Artist Hashem Nasr added “By highlighting what is unspoken and what is not permissible to talk about, and to convey the voice of people living with the issues in a way that serves their ability to speak or heal from its effects”.  Samia Issa; a young graphic designer said “Art helps us to recognize the community issues and how we can treat them".  The illustrator Muwaffaq El Sadig, told us that “art helps in telling survivors who have been subjected to persecution that they were not in it alone, there is no need for them to be afraid, but to go and seek help in order to end this persecution, art also tells the rest of the people who are not aware of these harassments, that these attacks exist and there are people exposed to them and just because it didn't happen to them it doesn't necessarily mean that it doesn't exist , because the human confidence is more in the sense of sight. When we produce a strong artwork, this affects the person in a very personal and strong way and makes him believe the issues raised and begin to treat them from himself and his surroundings”.  

Then we moved to talk about their expectations and what do they are looking to achieve through their participation in the project, in which the artist Mohamed Adam commented saying: “I hope some issues are resolved through shedding light on the negativities in our society”. The artist Maab had her own expectations which is to help with her art the survivors, and make them feel “heard”. Ahmed Adam, who designed the magazine cover, indicated his desire to achieve a goal for himself when he said: “I will participate in our great revolution in every way. Art helps in delivering messages in a simple way that understood by the majority” .  

Esraa El Amin and Razan Ahmed; the two artists behind the project said that the project doesn’t end here and we will continue to support the survivors through workshops and others upcoming initiatives that aim to improve their conditions, and provide hope. we hold our hands together and we pull each other as if we are one soul moving forward.