Explore She Who Tells a Story: Women Photographers from Iran and the Arab World through in-depth discussions from the curators and some of the artists featured in the exhibition. Hear the artists tell their stories in their own voices.
Curator Introductions
Kathryn Wat
Chief Curator, National Museum of Women in the Arts
Wat discusses how women artists are at the forefront of photo-based art and how the exhibition provides a fresh perspective on women in the Middle East.
Kristen Gresh
Curator of Photographs, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Gresh introduces the three themes of She Who Tells a Story and how the exhibition formed.
Hear from the Artists
Boushra Almutakawel
Untitled, from the series “The Hijab,” 2001
Almutakawel discusses her photograph of a young woman posing with a head covering, or hijab, made from the U.S. flag.
“Mother, Daughter, Doll” series, 2010
Almutakawel explores a trend toward the excessive covering of women and girls’ bodies in some parts of the Middle East.
Tanya Habjouqa
Untitled, from the series “Women of Gaza,” 2009
Habjouqa chooses to portray “human stories” and focus on women as subjects in her series “Women of Gaza.
Untitled, from the series “Women of Gaza,” 2009
Habjouqa explores moments of joy for young Palestinian students.
Untitled, from the series “Women of Gaza,” 2009
Habjouqa describes how a Gazan university student seated on a bench grabbed her attention.
Untitled, from the series “Women of Gaza,” 2009
Habjouqa examines women’s resilience and pursuit of joy in a war zone.
Untitled, from the series “Women of Gaza,” 2009
Habjouqa discusses her photograph of young women at a public gym and the significance of their dress.
Rula Halawani
Untitled VI, from the series “Negative Incursions,” 2002
Halawani discusses her records of a deadly invasion in the West Bank
Rania Matar
Reem, Doha, Lebanon, from the series “A Girl and Her Room,” 2009
Matar discusses the universal experience of growing up.
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