In this painting the view of a white Pashtun chaddar gracefully hanging over a wire, with jeans
and a shirt flopping on its side, depicts a powerful illustration of the cultural restrictions faced by girls and
women of Pashtun culture. It is a symbolic reminder that of the restricted freedom and lack of choice that
many females within this culture bear. The chaddar in this painting that has occupied a huge place on the
wire, fully open and expanded, acts as a physical barrier, constraining the desires and wishes of many
Pashtun girls and women. The presence of the jeans and shirt on the side of chaddar represents the choices
and other options of self-expression. It further highlights the unambiguous difference between the
opportunity for independence and the reality of cultural restrictions imposed on Pashtun women. The vast
expanse of the sky in the background denotes the unlimited potential and aspirations that are habitually
shortened and are cut through these restrictions, as women are unable to discontinue the invisible restraints
of cultural expectations.