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Article: Shuttered lives: Iraq through the eyes of its women
- Article from:
- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- September 28, 2007
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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 ...