Veiled Rebellion

Lynsey Addario
18 August 2012 to 13 October 2012
Free

'Veiled Rebellion' looks at how Afghan women suffer under the constraints of tribalism, poverty, and war and their struggle for a just life.

Of the image, Addario says,

"I saw two women on the side of the mountain, in burkas and without a man. In Afghanistan you seldom see an unaccompanied woman. Noor Nisa, about 18, was pregnant; her water had just broken. Her husband, whose first wife had died during childbirth, was determined to get Noor Nisa to the hospital in Faizabad, a four-hour drive from their village in Badakhshan Province. His borrowed car broke down, so he went to find another vehicle. I ended up taking Noor Nisa, her mother, and her husband to the hospital, where she delivered a baby girl. My interpreter, who is a doctor, and I were on a mission to photograph maternal health and mortality issues, only to find the entire story waiting for us along a dusty Afghan road."

Exhibition opening event & photographer talk:
Saturday 18 August . 2pm . free . all welcome

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