Together with her family, Henan fled to Aleppo just before their hometown fell to the hands of the Turkey-backed Syrian opposition forces on March 18, 2018. After a short while, they returned to Afrin where she started her career as an art teacher.
During the February 6 earthquake, Henan lost several friends and relatives.
"The principal of the school where I teach initiated the idea that we should open an exhibition to showcase these artworks,” Henan told Rudaw. “I loved the idea and I agreed to showcase them.”
She held an exhibition to showcase her artworks which embody the suffering and the tragedy of the earthquake which destroyed large parts of Jindires.
“The artwork shows exactly what happened in the earthquake. It shows how buildings have collapsed... I would always love to sculpt things in the best possible way."
The twin earthquakes on February 6 had their epicenters across the border in Turkey. In Syria, they killed more than 6,000 people, made millions homeless and vulnerable to diseases in areas that were already suffering after 12 years of conflict.
