Laleh
Laleh Osmany
Pastel, 12 in. x 16 in.
I started this website featuring my series of Afghan women. I suspect I'll always have one of them included in the Tinfoil Gallery to remind me of so much.
For each of them I noted their significance to Afghanistan's contemporary history. This is Laleh.
Update: Taliban leader Haibatullah Akhundzada recently ordered women to cover their faces in public or else their closest male relative would face job termination or prison. [Ref: "Taliban order Afghan women to cover faces again," May 7, 2022, 4:50pm EDT, Reuters.com] Laleh continues her advocacy work, active on Twitter @LalehOsmany.
Activist for #WhereIsMyName
This initiative began in 2017 and is still fighting for the basic right for Afghan women to be identified by their own names.
Photo reference:
Image photographer Jalil Rezaee, July 20, 2017.
"Where is My Name" by Majooba Nowrouzi on July 24, 2020.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-53436335
Not for sale.
Pastel, 12 in. x 16 in.
I started this website featuring my series of Afghan women. I suspect I'll always have one of them included in the Tinfoil Gallery to remind me of so much.
For each of them I noted their significance to Afghanistan's contemporary history. This is Laleh.
Update: Taliban leader Haibatullah Akhundzada recently ordered women to cover their faces in public or else their closest male relative would face job termination or prison. [Ref: "Taliban order Afghan women to cover faces again," May 7, 2022, 4:50pm EDT, Reuters.com] Laleh continues her advocacy work, active on Twitter @LalehOsmany.
Activist for #WhereIsMyName
This initiative began in 2017 and is still fighting for the basic right for Afghan women to be identified by their own names.
Photo reference:
Image photographer Jalil Rezaee, July 20, 2017.
"Where is My Name" by Majooba Nowrouzi on July 24, 2020.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-53436335
Not for sale.