Mahbuba Maqsoodi

Mahbuba Elham Maqsoodi (born 1957) is a German-Afghan artist based in Munich, Germany.

Both sisters were members of the youth wing of a political party which primarily advocated for women's rights in Afghanistan.

In 1987 Maqsoodi finished her scholarship with a final thesis at the faculty for ceramics and glass as the best student of the course.

As a result, both Mahbuba and Fazl Maqsoodi were able to hold an art exhibition, which opened on December 3, 1987, at Arseniy's Morozov Villa, formerly "House of Friendship with Foreign Nations".

The couple applied for postgraduate scholarships and The Ministry of Culture, for the purpose of research studies, approved both applications.

From 2012, she developed her art and gained attention in 2017 with her solo exhibition "GlasKlar" at Munich's Maximilianeum.

In 2018, she participated and won an art competition to design 34 new windows for Germany's oldest Benedict monastery in Tholey.

[9] The association's mission is to support women refugees and their families to establish participation in society and to receive adequate information on their rights and duties.

[15][16][17] On September 12, 2017, Mahbuba Maqsoodi presented her book "Der Tropfen weiß nichts vom Meer" (The drop knows nothing of the sea) to the public, which she wrote together with her close friend and editor Hanna Diederichs.

The autobiographical work includes 77 short stories, divided into three episodes: Afghanistan, Russia, and Germany.