Article: Shuttered lives: Iraq through the eyes of its women

The creators of new exhibition asked ordinary women to take pictures of daily life under occupation. Here are a selection of their extraordinary photo diaries

blu'lu'aMy husband distanced himself from me for a month after I was kidnapped and my mother still blames me for ruining the family. I open my eyes. I see the gun by my bed. My husband and I no longer talk, nor do we laugh together. We worry someone will attack us. I used to watch out of the window and feel alive. Now I make sure my face is hidden by the curtain. I look with longing at the street that was alive once upon a time.

lDima

I love Iraq. I don't want to live anywhere else. Everyone I love is here: my granny, my aunt, my ...

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