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Princess Hijab is an anonymous street artist working primarily in Paris. [Her] art centers on veiling the main characters on subway advertisements using black paint. Few facts are known about Princess Hijab except that this person was born in 1988, that much of [her] known work has appeared in metro stations across Paris.
Princess Hijab is recognized as the founder of “hijabism”, a movement based on the “niqabizing”, or “hijabizing” of advertising images. [She] is widely recognized for [her] iconic images of veiled girls, boys and courting couples on advertising posters, which reference contemporary culture, celebrity culture and the world of fashion. [Her] humor attempts to expose contradictions inherent in mainstream culture.
Despite the controversy surrounding [her] work, Princess Hijab insists that [she] is not involved in any political or religious lobbies and has no links with the advertising industry: “She [Princess Hijab] is the leader of an artistic fight, nothing else”.
![noneofthismatters:
Princess Hijab is an anonymous street artist working primarily in Paris. [Her] art centers on veiling the main characters on subway advertisements using black paint. Few facts are known about Princess Hijab except that this person was born in 1988, that much of [her] known work has appeared in metro stations across Paris.
Princess Hijab is recognized as the founder of “hijabism”, a movement based on the “niqabizing”, or “hijabizing” of advertising images. [She] is widely recognized for [her] iconic images of veiled girls, boys and courting couples on advertising posters, which reference contemporary culture, celebrity culture and the world of fashion. [Her] humor attempts to expose contradictions inherent in mainstream culture.
Despite the controversy surrounding [her] work, Princess Hijab insists that [she] is not involved in any political or religious lobbies and has no links with the advertising industry: “She [Princess Hijab] is the leader of an artistic fight, nothing else”.](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lya8v2by9A1r184rco1_500.jpg)
