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She Who Tells a Story: Gohar Dashti
Posted: April 25, 2016
Category: Today’S Life And War
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 couple sitting in a burned-out car in wedding finery, they look directly at the camera with neutral or stricken expressions.