In Arabic, the word rawiya means “she who tells a story.” Each artist in NMWA’s summer exhibition She Who Tells a Story: Women Photographers from Iran and the Arab World...
![In front of a stormy ocean, a woman with light skin and blonde, wind-blown hair stands with head turned in profile and eyes closed.](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Rayven_web-aspect-ratio-2.25x1.jpg)
Impress your friends with five fast facts about Mexican photographer Daniela Rossell, whose work is on view in NMWA’s third-floor galleries.
![A slim, light-skinned woman wearing a long, emerald-green dress gazes up at the viewer from the foot of the bed, her bare feet near the headboard. Brown hair radiates from her head in 10 curled, snake-like segments. Her arms, bent at the elbows, extend from her body to form a W.](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/2011.78-1-aspect-ratio-2.25x1.jpg)
NMWA’s summer exhibition She Who Tells a Story: Women Photographers from Iran and the Arab World is organized around three themes: Constructing Identities, Deconstructing Orientalism, and New Documentary.
![A gallery view of a black wall with a large photograph of a woman. The woman is wearing a long black dress and a head scarf. She is standing in the ocean, surrounded by waves. On the right wall is a text that says "She who tells a story".](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/She-Who-Tells-a-Story-exhibition_28_1399-aspect-ratio-2.25-1-1-700x330.jpg)
Alison Saar (b. 1956, Los Angeles) is an American artist known for her sculptures, installations, and prints. Alison Saar In Print, on view through October 2, features 13 prints and...
![Lithograph print on a blue background portrays a nude woman laying horizontally across the length of the paper. In place of hair, a bottle tree appears to sprout from the figure’s head.](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/56.2012-aspect-ratio-2.25-1-2-700x330.jpg)
In Arabic, the word rawiya means “she who tells a story.” Each artist in NMWA’s summer exhibition She Who Tells a Story: Women Photographers from Iran and the Arab World...
![A view of a gallery space. Large prints of photographs are hanging on each wall, depicting a woman in a train and two men in an alpine scene.](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/She-Who-Tells-a-Story-exhibition_21_1392-aspect-ratio-2.25-1-700x330.jpg)
In Arabic, the word rawiya means “she who tells a story.” Each artist in NMWA’s summer exhibition She Who Tells a Story: Women Photographers from Iran and the Arab World...
![A view of a gallery space. Large prints of photographs are hanging on each wall, depicting a woman in a train and two men in an alpine scene.](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/She-Who-Tells-a-Story-exhibition_21_1392-aspect-ratio-2.25-1-1-700x330.jpg)
Deconstructing Orientalism in “She Who Tells a Story”
Posted: May 29, 2016
Category: Nmwa Exhibitions
NMWA’s summer exhibition She Who Tells a Story: Women Photographers from Iran and the Arab World is organized around three themes: Deconstructing Orientalism, Constructing Identities, and New Documentary.
![A gallery view of a black wall with a large photograph of a woman. The woman is wearing a long black dress and a head scarf. She is standing in the ocean, surrounded by waves. On the right wall is a text that says "She who tells a story".](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/She-Who-Tells-a-Story-exhibition_28_1399-aspect-ratio-2.25-1-700x330.jpg)
In Arabic, the word rawiya means “she who tells a story.” Each artist in in NMWA’s summer exhibition She Who Tells a Story: Women Photographers from Iran and the Arab...
![A gallery view of a black wall with a large photograph of a woman. The woman is wearing a long black dress and a head scarf. She is standing in the ocean, surrounded by waves. On the right wall is a text that says "She who tells a story".](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/She-Who-Tells-a-Story-exhibition_28_1399-aspect-ratio-2.25-1-1-700x330.jpg)
In Arabic, the word rawiya means “she who tells a story.” Each artist in in NMWA’s summer exhibition She Who Tells a Story: Women Photographers from Iran and the Arab...
![A gallery view of a black wall with a large photograph of a woman. The woman is wearing a long black dress and a head scarf. She is standing in the ocean, surrounded by waves. On the right wall is a text that says "She who tells a story".](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/She-Who-Tells-a-Story-exhibition_28_1399-aspect-ratio-2.25-1-3-700x330.jpg)
In Arabic, the word rawiya means “she who tells a story.” Each artist in NMWA’s summer exhibition She Who Tells a Story: Women Photographers from Iran and the Arab World...
![A gallery view of a black wall with a large photograph of a woman. The woman is wearing a long black dress and a head scarf. She is standing in the ocean, surrounded by waves. On the right wall is a text that says "She who tells a story".](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/She-Who-Tells-a-Story-exhibition_28_1399-aspect-ratio-2.25-1-4-700x330.jpg)