Oct 042007
Open Shutters and Index on Censorship has put together a beautiful exhibit of photographs that offers a rare glimpse of everyday life in Iraq as seen by ordinary Iraqi women. The artists’ statements are touching,
“My 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.”
Here’s hoping that this show travels to more venues.
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