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Title
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A Closet Full of Dreams
Subject
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Motivation: The idea for "Closet Full of Dreams" came to Anis after continuously hearing from women surrounding him about all the challenges they face on a regular basis, including his partner, friends and relatives. Through his conversations with these women, one theme kept repetitively appearing, namely how they dream of wearing the clothes they would really want to wear, or how they possess clothing items in their closets that they feel they cannot wear. At the time, the discourse was already saturated with conversations and projects about sexual harassment, but Anis decided to take a different approach to the topic by making it more intimate with real stories. As a man, it was naturally more difficult to approach the topic and to attempt to unravel intimate details about women's closets, but he started with relying on his immediate circles, which helped a lot.
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In Closets Full of Dreams I’m Opening many girls closets, showing girls dreams and fears and their own stories in a society where women is facing danger, sexual Harassment and oppression in the street every day. It is a true story about almost every Egyptian girl or women I know that you will always find something in her closet that she never wear or wear it once and never did again because what she faced in the street or even among her own family and friends.For me the closets is a symbol for our mind if I can wear everything I can think about everything, if I cannot wear everything I cannot think and speak about everything It’s the simple and initial rules of being free, it is the freedom to wear what you want. If you find a society where people cannot wear what they want I believe that they also cannot talk and think about all what they want or do not want.The idea came to me after so many stories and complaints that i hear from a lot of close female friends about their dreams in wearing dresses and their sadness in storing their nice clothes and not wearing it because of the fear of the street and society.
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Roger Anis
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http://www.rogeranis.photo/albums/a-closet-full-of-dreams/
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This was Anis' final project to obtain his diploma at the Danish School of Media and Journalism in 2015. Since then, it has been published and exhibited elsewhere, such as the Delhi Photo Festival (2015) and Causette Magazine.
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Not approved to publish
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Commissioned/supported/financed: Self-initiated
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English
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Portrait photography, still lives
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Location: Cairo
Date
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2015
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This archive only includes a selection of photos from the project. To see the whole project please visit the artists website.
Still Image
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Fatima Ali / 25 years old, Going out of my house is such an adventure that I go through every day and I'm ready for it. There is not a single time that I go out in the street without being harassed but it never stopped me from wearing what I like. I believe I'm different and I know that people see me as different and I'm working on letting them respect that I'm different. I got a lot of harassment because of my skin colour; I always hear sexual suggestive because I'm black, which doesn't really annoy me. Yet, one of the things that really annoys me is when someone spits on me because of my skin colour, which already happened a lot of times. The hardest situation I had to go through was when I was walking in the street in Downtown and a child with his mom shouted at me: "Hey you black girl with dirty hair." I had my Rastas and responded to his mother saying that it would be good if you teach him how to behave, but then they gathered around me and started beating me. They repeated harassing and annoying me so many times afterwards and it started to annoy me because I was passing by the same street where they also live, but still I refuse to respond to violence with violence. All of this happened only because I had Rasta dreadlocks, which was strange for society. Some time later after this incident I shaved my head, but people still annoy me in the street because of my skin colour.
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Roger Anis
depicting women
Egyptian photographer
interior
male photographer
single person per image
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Title
A name given to the resource
A Closet Full of Dreams
Subject
The topic of the resource
Motivation: The idea for "Closet Full of Dreams" came to Anis after continuously hearing from women surrounding him about all the challenges they face on a regular basis, including his partner, friends and relatives. Through his conversations with these women, one theme kept repetitively appearing, namely how they dream of wearing the clothes they would really want to wear, or how they possess clothing items in their closets that they feel they cannot wear. At the time, the discourse was already saturated with conversations and projects about sexual harassment, but Anis decided to take a different approach to the topic by making it more intimate with real stories. As a man, it was naturally more difficult to approach the topic and to attempt to unravel intimate details about women's closets, but he started with relying on his immediate circles, which helped a lot.
Description
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In Closets Full of Dreams I’m Opening many girls closets, showing girls dreams and fears and their own stories in a society where women is facing danger, sexual Harassment and oppression in the street every day. It is a true story about almost every Egyptian girl or women I know that you will always find something in her closet that she never wear or wear it once and never did again because what she faced in the street or even among her own family and friends.For me the closets is a symbol for our mind if I can wear everything I can think about everything, if I cannot wear everything I cannot think and speak about everything It’s the simple and initial rules of being free, it is the freedom to wear what you want. If you find a society where people cannot wear what they want I believe that they also cannot talk and think about all what they want or do not want.The idea came to me after so many stories and complaints that i hear from a lot of close female friends about their dreams in wearing dresses and their sadness in storing their nice clothes and not wearing it because of the fear of the street and society.
Creator
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Roger Anis
Source
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http://www.rogeranis.photo/albums/a-closet-full-of-dreams/
Publisher
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This was Anis' final project to obtain his diploma at the Danish School of Media and Journalism in 2015. Since then, it has been published and exhibited elsewhere, such as the Delhi Photo Festival (2015) and Causette Magazine.
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Not approved to publish
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Commissioned/supported/financed: Self-initiated
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English
Type
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Portrait photography, still lives
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Location: Cairo
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
2015
Format
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This archive only includes a selection of photos from the project. To see the whole project please visit the artists website.
Still Image
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Title
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Fatima Ali / 25 years old, Going out of my house is such an adventure that I go through every day and I'm ready for it. There is not a single time that I go out in the street without being harassed but it never stopped me from wearing what I like. I believe I'm different and I know that people see me as different and I'm working on letting them respect that I'm different. I got a lot of harassment because of my skin colour; I always hear sexual suggestive because I'm black, which doesn't really annoy me. Yet, one of the things that really annoys me is when someone spits on me because of my skin colour, which already happened a lot of times. The hardest situation I had to go through was when I was walking in the street in Downtown and a child with his mom shouted at me: "Hey you black girl with dirty hair." I had my Rastas and responded to his mother saying that it would be good if you teach him how to behave, but then they gathered around me and started beating me. They repeated harassing and annoying me so many times afterwards and it started to annoy me because I was passing by the same street where they also live, but still I refuse to respond to violence with violence. All of this happened only because I had Rasta dreadlocks, which was strange for society. Some time later after this incident I shaved my head, but people still annoy me in the street because of my skin colour.
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Roger Anis
Egyptian photographer
male photographer
not depicting women
still life
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Title
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A Closet Full of Dreams
Subject
The topic of the resource
Motivation: The idea for "Closet Full of Dreams" came to Anis after continuously hearing from women surrounding him about all the challenges they face on a regular basis, including his partner, friends and relatives. Through his conversations with these women, one theme kept repetitively appearing, namely how they dream of wearing the clothes they would really want to wear, or how they possess clothing items in their closets that they feel they cannot wear. At the time, the discourse was already saturated with conversations and projects about sexual harassment, but Anis decided to take a different approach to the topic by making it more intimate with real stories. As a man, it was naturally more difficult to approach the topic and to attempt to unravel intimate details about women's closets, but he started with relying on his immediate circles, which helped a lot.
Description
An account of the resource
In Closets Full of Dreams I’m Opening many girls closets, showing girls dreams and fears and their own stories in a society where women is facing danger, sexual Harassment and oppression in the street every day. It is a true story about almost every Egyptian girl or women I know that you will always find something in her closet that she never wear or wear it once and never did again because what she faced in the street or even among her own family and friends.For me the closets is a symbol for our mind if I can wear everything I can think about everything, if I cannot wear everything I cannot think and speak about everything It’s the simple and initial rules of being free, it is the freedom to wear what you want. If you find a society where people cannot wear what they want I believe that they also cannot talk and think about all what they want or do not want.The idea came to me after so many stories and complaints that i hear from a lot of close female friends about their dreams in wearing dresses and their sadness in storing their nice clothes and not wearing it because of the fear of the street and society.
Creator
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Roger Anis
Source
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http://www.rogeranis.photo/albums/a-closet-full-of-dreams/
Publisher
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This was Anis' final project to obtain his diploma at the Danish School of Media and Journalism in 2015. Since then, it has been published and exhibited elsewhere, such as the Delhi Photo Festival (2015) and Causette Magazine.
Rights
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Not approved to publish
Relation
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Commissioned/supported/financed: Self-initiated
Language
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English
Type
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Portrait photography, still lives
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
Location: Cairo
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
2015
Format
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This archive only includes a selection of photos from the project. To see the whole project please visit the artists website.
Still Image
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Title
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Hala Nammr / 54 years old, Once I bought a very nice dress that I liked. After I bought it and tried it at home again, I immediately took it off and gave it to my daughter because I realized that I will not be able to wear it in Cairo. The dress was backless and I knew I will not feel comfortable wearing it, unless I was in a country other than Egypt. In a different place, I would wear it without hesitation.
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Roger Anis
depicting women
Egyptian photographer
interior
male photographer
single person per image
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Title
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A Closet Full of Dreams
Subject
The topic of the resource
Motivation: The idea for "Closet Full of Dreams" came to Anis after continuously hearing from women surrounding him about all the challenges they face on a regular basis, including his partner, friends and relatives. Through his conversations with these women, one theme kept repetitively appearing, namely how they dream of wearing the clothes they would really want to wear, or how they possess clothing items in their closets that they feel they cannot wear. At the time, the discourse was already saturated with conversations and projects about sexual harassment, but Anis decided to take a different approach to the topic by making it more intimate with real stories. As a man, it was naturally more difficult to approach the topic and to attempt to unravel intimate details about women's closets, but he started with relying on his immediate circles, which helped a lot.
Description
An account of the resource
In Closets Full of Dreams I’m Opening many girls closets, showing girls dreams and fears and their own stories in a society where women is facing danger, sexual Harassment and oppression in the street every day. It is a true story about almost every Egyptian girl or women I know that you will always find something in her closet that she never wear or wear it once and never did again because what she faced in the street or even among her own family and friends.For me the closets is a symbol for our mind if I can wear everything I can think about everything, if I cannot wear everything I cannot think and speak about everything It’s the simple and initial rules of being free, it is the freedom to wear what you want. If you find a society where people cannot wear what they want I believe that they also cannot talk and think about all what they want or do not want.The idea came to me after so many stories and complaints that i hear from a lot of close female friends about their dreams in wearing dresses and their sadness in storing their nice clothes and not wearing it because of the fear of the street and society.
Creator
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Roger Anis
Source
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http://www.rogeranis.photo/albums/a-closet-full-of-dreams/
Publisher
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This was Anis' final project to obtain his diploma at the Danish School of Media and Journalism in 2015. Since then, it has been published and exhibited elsewhere, such as the Delhi Photo Festival (2015) and Causette Magazine.
Rights
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Not approved to publish
Relation
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Commissioned/supported/financed: Self-initiated
Language
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English
Type
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Portrait photography, still lives
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
Location: Cairo
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
2015
Format
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This archive only includes a selection of photos from the project. To see the whole project please visit the artists website.
Still Image
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Title
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Hala Nammr / 54 years old, Once I bought a very nice dress that I liked. After I bought it and tried it at home again, I immediately took it off and gave it to my daughter because I realized that I will not be able to wear it in Cairo. The dress was backless and I knew I will not feel comfortable wearing it, unless I was in a country other than Egypt. In a different place, I would wear it without hesitation.
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Roger Anis
depicting women
Egyptian photographer
interior
male photographer
single person per image
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Title
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A Closet Full of Dreams
Subject
The topic of the resource
Motivation: The idea for "Closet Full of Dreams" came to Anis after continuously hearing from women surrounding him about all the challenges they face on a regular basis, including his partner, friends and relatives. Through his conversations with these women, one theme kept repetitively appearing, namely how they dream of wearing the clothes they would really want to wear, or how they possess clothing items in their closets that they feel they cannot wear. At the time, the discourse was already saturated with conversations and projects about sexual harassment, but Anis decided to take a different approach to the topic by making it more intimate with real stories. As a man, it was naturally more difficult to approach the topic and to attempt to unravel intimate details about women's closets, but he started with relying on his immediate circles, which helped a lot.
Description
An account of the resource
In Closets Full of Dreams I’m Opening many girls closets, showing girls dreams and fears and their own stories in a society where women is facing danger, sexual Harassment and oppression in the street every day. It is a true story about almost every Egyptian girl or women I know that you will always find something in her closet that she never wear or wear it once and never did again because what she faced in the street or even among her own family and friends.For me the closets is a symbol for our mind if I can wear everything I can think about everything, if I cannot wear everything I cannot think and speak about everything It’s the simple and initial rules of being free, it is the freedom to wear what you want. If you find a society where people cannot wear what they want I believe that they also cannot talk and think about all what they want or do not want.The idea came to me after so many stories and complaints that i hear from a lot of close female friends about their dreams in wearing dresses and their sadness in storing their nice clothes and not wearing it because of the fear of the street and society.
Creator
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Roger Anis
Source
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http://www.rogeranis.photo/albums/a-closet-full-of-dreams/
Publisher
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This was Anis' final project to obtain his diploma at the Danish School of Media and Journalism in 2015. Since then, it has been published and exhibited elsewhere, such as the Delhi Photo Festival (2015) and Causette Magazine.
Rights
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Not approved to publish
Relation
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Commissioned/supported/financed: Self-initiated
Language
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English
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Portrait photography, still lives
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
Location: Cairo
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
2015
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
This archive only includes a selection of photos from the project. To see the whole project please visit the artists website.
Still Image
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Title
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Amria Mortada / 33 years old, I'm a tomboy. I feel it's more suitable for my character. I don't have any dresses, but every now and then I dream of wearing one and I end up becoming afraid of doing so because I fear the streets. So, I decided not to buy any. I bought a pair of pants, which seemed very normal to me but I was surprised when I got harassed verbally while wearing them. I never understood why this happened, but I was annoyed and was even shocked to know that it happened because of the colour of my pants. In the street, a girl becomes like merchandise, people are allowed to look at her as if she is displayed in a shop. Honestly, I'm still traumatized of what happened to me while wearing these pants and I decided since then never to wear it again. I I don't have the energy to stand against those who harass me.
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Roger Anis
Egyptian photographer
male photographer
not depicting women
still life
-
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Title
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A Closet Full of Dreams
Subject
The topic of the resource
Motivation: The idea for "Closet Full of Dreams" came to Anis after continuously hearing from women surrounding him about all the challenges they face on a regular basis, including his partner, friends and relatives. Through his conversations with these women, one theme kept repetitively appearing, namely how they dream of wearing the clothes they would really want to wear, or how they possess clothing items in their closets that they feel they cannot wear. At the time, the discourse was already saturated with conversations and projects about sexual harassment, but Anis decided to take a different approach to the topic by making it more intimate with real stories. As a man, it was naturally more difficult to approach the topic and to attempt to unravel intimate details about women's closets, but he started with relying on his immediate circles, which helped a lot.
Description
An account of the resource
In Closets Full of Dreams I’m Opening many girls closets, showing girls dreams and fears and their own stories in a society where women is facing danger, sexual Harassment and oppression in the street every day. It is a true story about almost every Egyptian girl or women I know that you will always find something in her closet that she never wear or wear it once and never did again because what she faced in the street or even among her own family and friends.For me the closets is a symbol for our mind if I can wear everything I can think about everything, if I cannot wear everything I cannot think and speak about everything It’s the simple and initial rules of being free, it is the freedom to wear what you want. If you find a society where people cannot wear what they want I believe that they also cannot talk and think about all what they want or do not want.The idea came to me after so many stories and complaints that i hear from a lot of close female friends about their dreams in wearing dresses and their sadness in storing their nice clothes and not wearing it because of the fear of the street and society.
Creator
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Roger Anis
Source
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http://www.rogeranis.photo/albums/a-closet-full-of-dreams/
Publisher
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This was Anis' final project to obtain his diploma at the Danish School of Media and Journalism in 2015. Since then, it has been published and exhibited elsewhere, such as the Delhi Photo Festival (2015) and Causette Magazine.
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
Not approved to publish
Relation
A related resource
Commissioned/supported/financed: Self-initiated
Language
A language of the resource
English
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Portrait photography, still lives
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
Location: Cairo
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
2015
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
This archive only includes a selection of photos from the project. To see the whole project please visit the artists website.
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials.
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Title
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Amria Mortada / 33 years old, I'm a tomboy. I feel it's more suitable for my character. I don't have any dresses, but every now and then I dream of wearing one and I end up becoming afraid of doing so because I fear the streets. So, I decided not to buy any. I bought a pair of pants, which seemed very normal to me but I was surprised when I got harassed verbally while wearing them. I never understood why this happened, but I was annoyed and was even shocked to know that it happened because of the colour of my pants. In the street, a girl becomes like merchandise, people are allowed to look at her as if she is displayed in a shop. Honestly, I'm still traumatized of what happened to me while wearing these pants and I decided since then never to wear it again. I I don't have the energy to stand against those who harass me.
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Roger Anis
depicting women
Egyptian photographer
exterior
male photographer
single person per image
-
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Breadwinners
Description
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Portrait series of housekeepers. Photos taken in at their workplaces at the consent of their employers. In a patriarchal society where men can expect to control their wives’ career choices and have a final say over all household matters, a woman may go out into the world, find a job as a housekeeper, earn money and support her whole family. However, her power and status at home may not change at all, so she ends up carrying the burden rather than the privilege of being the sole provider.
Creator
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Lina Geoushy
Source
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https://www.linageoushy.com/breadwinners#2
Publisher
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<ul><li>GUP New Dutch Photography Talent</li>
<li><span>RPS documentary photographer of the year https://www.rpsdpoty.com/ </span></li>
</ul>
Date
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2018-2019
Rights
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Approved to publish
Relation
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Commissioned/supported/financed: self-initiated and self-financed
Language
A language of the resource
English
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Portrait photography
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
Location: Cairo
Subject
The topic of the resource
Motivation: After watching "Roma", the Alfonso Cuarón movie, Lina thought about Cleo, the main character. How she was a part of the family, but not quite. Seeing the large socioeconomics gaps in Egyptian society, Lina was motivated to speak with her friends' housekeepers, especially those who have stayed with the same family for over 5 years - commonplace in Egyptian homes. These women, often downgrading the value of their own labour, are strong and dignified, and actually earn the incomes for their households, hence the name "Breadwinners"
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Title
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Wafaa
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Lina Geoushy
depicting women
Egyptian photographer
Egyptian photographer living abroad
female photographer
interior
single person per image
-
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Title
A name given to the resource
Breadwinners
Description
An account of the resource
Portrait series of housekeepers. Photos taken in at their workplaces at the consent of their employers. In a patriarchal society where men can expect to control their wives’ career choices and have a final say over all household matters, a woman may go out into the world, find a job as a housekeeper, earn money and support her whole family. However, her power and status at home may not change at all, so she ends up carrying the burden rather than the privilege of being the sole provider.
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Lina Geoushy
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
https://www.linageoushy.com/breadwinners#2
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
<ul><li>GUP New Dutch Photography Talent</li>
<li><span>RPS documentary photographer of the year https://www.rpsdpoty.com/ </span></li>
</ul>
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
2018-2019
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
Approved to publish
Relation
A related resource
Commissioned/supported/financed: self-initiated and self-financed
Language
A language of the resource
English
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Portrait photography
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
Location: Cairo
Subject
The topic of the resource
Motivation: After watching "Roma", the Alfonso Cuarón movie, Lina thought about Cleo, the main character. How she was a part of the family, but not quite. Seeing the large socioeconomics gaps in Egyptian society, Lina was motivated to speak with her friends' housekeepers, especially those who have stayed with the same family for over 5 years - commonplace in Egyptian homes. These women, often downgrading the value of their own labour, are strong and dignified, and actually earn the incomes for their households, hence the name "Breadwinners"
Still Image
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Title
A name given to the resource
Noha
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Lina Geoushy
depicting women
Egyptian photographer
Egyptian photographer living abroad
female photographer
interior
single person per image
-
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Title
A name given to the resource
Breadwinners
Description
An account of the resource
Portrait series of housekeepers. Photos taken in at their workplaces at the consent of their employers. In a patriarchal society where men can expect to control their wives’ career choices and have a final say over all household matters, a woman may go out into the world, find a job as a housekeeper, earn money and support her whole family. However, her power and status at home may not change at all, so she ends up carrying the burden rather than the privilege of being the sole provider.
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Lina Geoushy
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
https://www.linageoushy.com/breadwinners#2
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
<ul><li>GUP New Dutch Photography Talent</li>
<li><span>RPS documentary photographer of the year https://www.rpsdpoty.com/ </span></li>
</ul>
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
2018-2019
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
Approved to publish
Relation
A related resource
Commissioned/supported/financed: self-initiated and self-financed
Language
A language of the resource
English
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Portrait photography
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
Location: Cairo
Subject
The topic of the resource
Motivation: After watching "Roma", the Alfonso Cuarón movie, Lina thought about Cleo, the main character. How she was a part of the family, but not quite. Seeing the large socioeconomics gaps in Egyptian society, Lina was motivated to speak with her friends' housekeepers, especially those who have stayed with the same family for over 5 years - commonplace in Egyptian homes. These women, often downgrading the value of their own labour, are strong and dignified, and actually earn the incomes for their households, hence the name "Breadwinners"
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials.
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Title
A name given to the resource
Saadeya
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Lina Geoushy
depicting women
Egyptian photographer
Egyptian photographer living abroad
female photographer
interior
single person per image
-
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Title
A name given to the resource
Breadwinners
Description
An account of the resource
Portrait series of housekeepers. Photos taken in at their workplaces at the consent of their employers. In a patriarchal society where men can expect to control their wives’ career choices and have a final say over all household matters, a woman may go out into the world, find a job as a housekeeper, earn money and support her whole family. However, her power and status at home may not change at all, so she ends up carrying the burden rather than the privilege of being the sole provider.
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Lina Geoushy
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
https://www.linageoushy.com/breadwinners#2
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
<ul><li>GUP New Dutch Photography Talent</li>
<li><span>RPS documentary photographer of the year https://www.rpsdpoty.com/ </span></li>
</ul>
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
2018-2019
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
Approved to publish
Relation
A related resource
Commissioned/supported/financed: self-initiated and self-financed
Language
A language of the resource
English
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Portrait photography
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
Location: Cairo
Subject
The topic of the resource
Motivation: After watching "Roma", the Alfonso Cuarón movie, Lina thought about Cleo, the main character. How she was a part of the family, but not quite. Seeing the large socioeconomics gaps in Egyptian society, Lina was motivated to speak with her friends' housekeepers, especially those who have stayed with the same family for over 5 years - commonplace in Egyptian homes. These women, often downgrading the value of their own labour, are strong and dignified, and actually earn the incomes for their households, hence the name "Breadwinners"
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials.
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Title
A name given to the resource
Enaiat
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Lina Geoushy
depicting women
Egyptian photographer
Egyptian photographer living abroad
female photographer
interior
single person per image
-
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Title
A name given to the resource
Breadwinners
Description
An account of the resource
Portrait series of housekeepers. Photos taken in at their workplaces at the consent of their employers. In a patriarchal society where men can expect to control their wives’ career choices and have a final say over all household matters, a woman may go out into the world, find a job as a housekeeper, earn money and support her whole family. However, her power and status at home may not change at all, so she ends up carrying the burden rather than the privilege of being the sole provider.
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Lina Geoushy
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
https://www.linageoushy.com/breadwinners#2
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
<ul><li>GUP New Dutch Photography Talent</li>
<li><span>RPS documentary photographer of the year https://www.rpsdpoty.com/ </span></li>
</ul>
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
2018-2019
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
Approved to publish
Relation
A related resource
Commissioned/supported/financed: self-initiated and self-financed
Language
A language of the resource
English
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Portrait photography
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
Location: Cairo
Subject
The topic of the resource
Motivation: After watching "Roma", the Alfonso Cuarón movie, Lina thought about Cleo, the main character. How she was a part of the family, but not quite. Seeing the large socioeconomics gaps in Egyptian society, Lina was motivated to speak with her friends' housekeepers, especially those who have stayed with the same family for over 5 years - commonplace in Egyptian homes. These women, often downgrading the value of their own labour, are strong and dignified, and actually earn the incomes for their households, hence the name "Breadwinners"
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials.
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Title
A name given to the resource
Badreya
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Lina Geoushy
depicting women
Egyptian photographer
Egyptian photographer living abroad
female photographer
interior
single person per image
-
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Title
A name given to the resource
Breadwinners
Description
An account of the resource
Portrait series of housekeepers. Photos taken in at their workplaces at the consent of their employers. In a patriarchal society where men can expect to control their wives’ career choices and have a final say over all household matters, a woman may go out into the world, find a job as a housekeeper, earn money and support her whole family. However, her power and status at home may not change at all, so she ends up carrying the burden rather than the privilege of being the sole provider.
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Lina Geoushy
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
https://www.linageoushy.com/breadwinners#2
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
<ul><li>GUP New Dutch Photography Talent</li>
<li><span>RPS documentary photographer of the year https://www.rpsdpoty.com/ </span></li>
</ul>
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
2018-2019
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
Approved to publish
Relation
A related resource
Commissioned/supported/financed: self-initiated and self-financed
Language
A language of the resource
English
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Portrait photography
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
Location: Cairo
Subject
The topic of the resource
Motivation: After watching "Roma", the Alfonso Cuarón movie, Lina thought about Cleo, the main character. How she was a part of the family, but not quite. Seeing the large socioeconomics gaps in Egyptian society, Lina was motivated to speak with her friends' housekeepers, especially those who have stayed with the same family for over 5 years - commonplace in Egyptian homes. These women, often downgrading the value of their own labour, are strong and dignified, and actually earn the incomes for their households, hence the name "Breadwinners"
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials.
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Title
A name given to the resource
Azza
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Lina Geoushy
depicting women
Egyptian photographer
Egyptian photographer living abroad
female photographer
interior
single person per image
-
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Title
A name given to the resource
Photographers
Person
An individual.
Gender
Female
Birth Date
1992
Birthplace
Chamonix, France
Currently based in
Paris, France
Occupation
Photojournalist
Biographical Text
English version coming soon!
Née en 1992 à Chamonix, Chloé est très jeune baignée dans un environnement artistique, où l'image se place comme medium privilégié pour exprimer ses émotions et ses ressentis.
C'est donc naturellement qu’elle se tourne, dans un premier temps, vers des études d'Histoire de l'art à l'Université Lumière à Lyon dans lesquelles elle se spécialise sur les courants picturaux du XIVe au XIXe siècle. Grandement influencée dans son travail par cette esthétique dans laquelle les oeuvres de Caravage, Ary Scheffer ou encore Delacroix sont omniprésentes, elle apporte une attention toute particulière à la lumière et la composition.
Par la suite, elle entreprend des études de Cinéma à l'Université Paris VIII à Paris spécialisée en réalisation de documentaire et de cinéma expérimental. Prenant sa source dans l'aspect documentaire de ses études, très vite une envie de témoigner du réel s'impose à elle.
En 2016, elle décide que son média sera la photographie, et ce dans une dimension résolument journalistique. Un premier voyage au Liban en Décembre 2016 lui ouvre les yeux sur le Moyen-Orient. Quelques mois plus tard, elle crée l’association « Alhawiat, » qui promeut le rôle des femmes dans la reconstruction des sociétés éclatées par les conflits, et entame un large projet photographique au pays du Cèdre auprès des femmes Libanaises, Syriennes et Palestiniennes.
Après un passage parmi le collectif Hans Lucas puis l'agence CIRIC, Chloé rejoint l’agence Le Pictorium en avril 2018 afin de donner plus de visibilité à son travail, et poursuit son travail au Moyen-Orient.
Speaks Arabic
No
Length of stay in Egypt
3 Months
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Title
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Chloe Sharrock
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Photographer
Source
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https://www.sharrockchloe.com/about
-
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Title
A name given to the resource
The purest choice
Subject
The topic of the resource
Motivation: In my work I focus on women’s rights. I wanted to do something about FGM in Egypt, because nobody knows about it – very few people at least. And for me, Egypt was a very good example for why it is so hard to fight the practice. It’s a taboo subject. The problem with Egypt as well is, that it’s a dictatorship. There is basically no action on the field. NGO’s have no freedom to do anything. And the traditions are still really anchored in society. Egypt is one of the countries where it’s the most widely spread, but yet with the least initiatives.
The first time I came to Egypt I wanted to highlight something more positive. The initiatives, actions, the way the mentality is changing. After a few weeks I actually realized there are no initiatives – nothing. So I had to rethink: How could I highlight the change of mentality when there is no action. That is why I turned towards portraits women who chose to abandon the tradition. It’s still a work in progress. It’s incomplete.
Description
An account of the resource
Work in progress
We often tend to restrain Female Genital Mutilation to Subsaharan countries, unaware that the practice actually appeared first in Egypt in pharaonic times, while today 90% of the women aged 15-65 are still victims of circumcision.
The khitan-“purification” in Arabic-is now a practice deeply rooted in the social fabric of the country, indifferent of social or religious background. Although the phenomenon has slightly decreased the last decade, the political turmoil and the weight of traditions relying on religious arguments are preventing the implementation of concrete initiatives with real impact.
My project therefore focuses on where actual change did occur; it focuses on women who took the decision to not perpetrate the practice despite social pressure. In the process, each woman becomes an activist at her own level. With the lack of effective “top to bottom”efforts, it's important to highlight stories of hope at the roots of society.
The project evolves around a series of portraits of these survivors of FGM, depicted with their daughters whom they refused to circumcise.
Far from being the passive victims as whom they are usually depicted as, these survivors of FGM have used their own traumatic experience to create positive change.
The portraits are a celebration of a possibility of progress, while pointing out the difficulties of the fight and the possible ways to overcome them.
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Chloe Sharrock
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
https://www.sharrockchloe.com/the-purest-choice
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
<ul><li>Amnesty International Magazine France</li>
<li>Equal Times </li>
</ul>
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
2018-2019
Rights
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Approved to publish
Relation
A related resource
Commissioned/supported/financed:self-initiated, self-financed
Language
A language of the resource
English, French, Spanish
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Portrait photography
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
Location: Upper Egypt, Cairo, Alexandria
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials.
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Title
A name given to the resource
Irine and Monika – El Bashra, Upper Egypt
Irine comes from a small Coptic village in Upper Egypt. She was circumcised one day after school, when she was 12 years old. She doesn’t have much memories of it, but says she’s still deeply traumatized by the violence of the event. She got married at a young age, and gave birth to six kids. Two of them died during the delivery. Consequences of FGM are indeed going way beyond psychological trauma, since obstetrical complications can occur to the victims, such as post-partum hemorrhage, need of episiotomy, tearing of the tissues or flesh, while the rate of death among new born babies is higher. After the birth of her first daughter, she had long discussions with her husband about FGM. « He actually supported my choice, I think he understood it didn’t have anything to do with religion and could only arm Moneka. His family, however, didn’t accept our choice, and still pressure us today. »
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Chloe Sharrock
depicting women
female photographer
interior
multiple people per image
non-Egyptian photographer
-
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Title
A name given to the resource
The purest choice
Subject
The topic of the resource
Motivation: In my work I focus on women’s rights. I wanted to do something about FGM in Egypt, because nobody knows about it – very few people at least. And for me, Egypt was a very good example for why it is so hard to fight the practice. It’s a taboo subject. The problem with Egypt as well is, that it’s a dictatorship. There is basically no action on the field. NGO’s have no freedom to do anything. And the traditions are still really anchored in society. Egypt is one of the countries where it’s the most widely spread, but yet with the least initiatives.
The first time I came to Egypt I wanted to highlight something more positive. The initiatives, actions, the way the mentality is changing. After a few weeks I actually realized there are no initiatives – nothing. So I had to rethink: How could I highlight the change of mentality when there is no action. That is why I turned towards portraits women who chose to abandon the tradition. It’s still a work in progress. It’s incomplete.
Description
An account of the resource
Work in progress
We often tend to restrain Female Genital Mutilation to Subsaharan countries, unaware that the practice actually appeared first in Egypt in pharaonic times, while today 90% of the women aged 15-65 are still victims of circumcision.
The khitan-“purification” in Arabic-is now a practice deeply rooted in the social fabric of the country, indifferent of social or religious background. Although the phenomenon has slightly decreased the last decade, the political turmoil and the weight of traditions relying on religious arguments are preventing the implementation of concrete initiatives with real impact.
My project therefore focuses on where actual change did occur; it focuses on women who took the decision to not perpetrate the practice despite social pressure. In the process, each woman becomes an activist at her own level. With the lack of effective “top to bottom”efforts, it's important to highlight stories of hope at the roots of society.
The project evolves around a series of portraits of these survivors of FGM, depicted with their daughters whom they refused to circumcise.
Far from being the passive victims as whom they are usually depicted as, these survivors of FGM have used their own traumatic experience to create positive change.
The portraits are a celebration of a possibility of progress, while pointing out the difficulties of the fight and the possible ways to overcome them.
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Chloe Sharrock
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
https://www.sharrockchloe.com/the-purest-choice
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
<ul><li>Amnesty International Magazine France</li>
<li>Equal Times </li>
</ul>
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
2018-2019
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
Approved to publish
Relation
A related resource
Commissioned/supported/financed:self-initiated, self-financed
Language
A language of the resource
English, French, Spanish
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Portrait photography
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
Location: Upper Egypt, Cairo, Alexandria
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials.
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Title
A name given to the resource
Umm Malek and Malek – Qalanfil, Delta of Egypt
Umm Malek lives in a small muslim village in the Delta of Egypt. She got circumcised at 10 years old and remains profoundly scared by the trauma of that day. « You can easily forget what you’ve eaten on that day, or how the weather was. But you can’t forget the trauma, the pain… »
Malek is now fully conscient of the long term consequences of such practice on her mental health as well as in her married woman’s intimate life. « What we tend to ignore is that many divorces happen because of that barbarian practice. Women and men come become unsatisfied, it leads to a lot of frustration and anger. ». After giving birth to a daughter, she started attending awareness sessions lead by a local NGO in a nearby village. The consequences she was facing herself combined to these sessions convinced her for good that she couldn’t perpetrate that practice on her daughter. « I simply couldn’t inflict such misery to my own daughter. I want her to be happily married. » At first, women of her village pressured her to circumcise Malek, threatening that she would never get her daughter married if she didn’t. « But I took these women to the awareness sessions with me, and since then, five of them decided to not cut their daughters ! »
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Chloe Sharrock
depicting women
female photographer
interior
multiple people per image
non-Egyptian photographer
-
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Title
A name given to the resource
The purest choice
Subject
The topic of the resource
Motivation: In my work I focus on women’s rights. I wanted to do something about FGM in Egypt, because nobody knows about it – very few people at least. And for me, Egypt was a very good example for why it is so hard to fight the practice. It’s a taboo subject. The problem with Egypt as well is, that it’s a dictatorship. There is basically no action on the field. NGO’s have no freedom to do anything. And the traditions are still really anchored in society. Egypt is one of the countries where it’s the most widely spread, but yet with the least initiatives.
The first time I came to Egypt I wanted to highlight something more positive. The initiatives, actions, the way the mentality is changing. After a few weeks I actually realized there are no initiatives – nothing. So I had to rethink: How could I highlight the change of mentality when there is no action. That is why I turned towards portraits women who chose to abandon the tradition. It’s still a work in progress. It’s incomplete.
Description
An account of the resource
Work in progress
We often tend to restrain Female Genital Mutilation to Subsaharan countries, unaware that the practice actually appeared first in Egypt in pharaonic times, while today 90% of the women aged 15-65 are still victims of circumcision.
The khitan-“purification” in Arabic-is now a practice deeply rooted in the social fabric of the country, indifferent of social or religious background. Although the phenomenon has slightly decreased the last decade, the political turmoil and the weight of traditions relying on religious arguments are preventing the implementation of concrete initiatives with real impact.
My project therefore focuses on where actual change did occur; it focuses on women who took the decision to not perpetrate the practice despite social pressure. In the process, each woman becomes an activist at her own level. With the lack of effective “top to bottom”efforts, it's important to highlight stories of hope at the roots of society.
The project evolves around a series of portraits of these survivors of FGM, depicted with their daughters whom they refused to circumcise.
Far from being the passive victims as whom they are usually depicted as, these survivors of FGM have used their own traumatic experience to create positive change.
The portraits are a celebration of a possibility of progress, while pointing out the difficulties of the fight and the possible ways to overcome them.
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Chloe Sharrock
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
https://www.sharrockchloe.com/the-purest-choice
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
<ul><li>Amnesty International Magazine France</li>
<li>Equal Times </li>
</ul>
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
2018-2019
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
Approved to publish
Relation
A related resource
Commissioned/supported/financed:self-initiated, self-financed
Language
A language of the resource
English, French, Spanish
Type
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Portrait photography
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Location: Upper Egypt, Cairo, Alexandria
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Marsa and Barbara Anna –El Bashra, Upper Egypt
Marsa also comes from a Coptic community, where circumcision is still widely spread. When she was inflicted with FGM at a young age, she suffered from severe bleeding, and had to remain in bed for more than a week. Complications such as infections, HIV or severe bleedings are common in such rurale areas where FGM is practiced with non sterilized razor blades or knives. Tales of women being told to sit in buckets of hot water to heal the wound is also regularly recalled, attesting of the absolute lack of medical attention these young girls receive.
While growing up, Marsa couldn’t get rid of the trauma and the fear of that event. Thankfully, women in her village were slowly giving up on that tradition following the public discourses of the local priest taking position against that practice.
Creator
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Chloe Sharrock
depicting women
female photographer
interior
multiple people per image
non-Egyptian photographer
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The purest choice
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Motivation: In my work I focus on women’s rights. I wanted to do something about FGM in Egypt, because nobody knows about it – very few people at least. And for me, Egypt was a very good example for why it is so hard to fight the practice. It’s a taboo subject. The problem with Egypt as well is, that it’s a dictatorship. There is basically no action on the field. NGO’s have no freedom to do anything. And the traditions are still really anchored in society. Egypt is one of the countries where it’s the most widely spread, but yet with the least initiatives.
The first time I came to Egypt I wanted to highlight something more positive. The initiatives, actions, the way the mentality is changing. After a few weeks I actually realized there are no initiatives – nothing. So I had to rethink: How could I highlight the change of mentality when there is no action. That is why I turned towards portraits women who chose to abandon the tradition. It’s still a work in progress. It’s incomplete.
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Work in progress
We often tend to restrain Female Genital Mutilation to Subsaharan countries, unaware that the practice actually appeared first in Egypt in pharaonic times, while today 90% of the women aged 15-65 are still victims of circumcision.
The khitan-“purification” in Arabic-is now a practice deeply rooted in the social fabric of the country, indifferent of social or religious background. Although the phenomenon has slightly decreased the last decade, the political turmoil and the weight of traditions relying on religious arguments are preventing the implementation of concrete initiatives with real impact.
My project therefore focuses on where actual change did occur; it focuses on women who took the decision to not perpetrate the practice despite social pressure. In the process, each woman becomes an activist at her own level. With the lack of effective “top to bottom”efforts, it's important to highlight stories of hope at the roots of society.
The project evolves around a series of portraits of these survivors of FGM, depicted with their daughters whom they refused to circumcise.
Far from being the passive victims as whom they are usually depicted as, these survivors of FGM have used their own traumatic experience to create positive change.
The portraits are a celebration of a possibility of progress, while pointing out the difficulties of the fight and the possible ways to overcome them.
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Chloe Sharrock
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https://www.sharrockchloe.com/the-purest-choice
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<ul><li>Amnesty International Magazine France</li>
<li>Equal Times </li>
</ul>
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2018-2019
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Commissioned/supported/financed:self-initiated, self-financed
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English, French, Spanish
Type
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Portrait photography
Coverage
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Location: Upper Egypt, Cairo, Alexandria
Still Image
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Mariana, Yoanna and Febroina – Mallawi, Upper Egypt
Mariana was circumcised on the same day as her sister and a dozen of young girls taken to the same house, one day after school. There, they were circumcised one after the other by a local da’ya (a village midwife). « Everybody was screaming, some girls tried running away… It was absolutely awful, and we weren’t even told what was happening except that it was for our own good ! »
But a decade ago, Father Aghethaton, the coptic priest of the village, started militating against that practice. Through preaches at the church, awareness sessions and discussions with the mothers of the village, he slowly started eradicating that practice. His successor is now following his path, while almost half of the women of that community has supposedly abandoned the practice. Social pressure and religious arguments are often the two main barriers to the eradication of FGM.
Creator
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Chloe Sharrock
depicting women
female photographer
interior
multiple people per image
non-Egyptian photographer
-
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Title
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Photographers
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Gender
Female
Birth Date
1992
Birthplace
Chamonix, France
Currently based in
Paris, France
Occupation
Photojournalist
Biographical Text
(English version version coming soon) Née en 1992 à Chamonix, Chloé est très jeune baignée dans un environnement artistique, où l'image se place comme medium privilégié pour exprimer ses émotions et ses ressentis.
C'est donc naturellement qu’elle se tourne, dans un premier temps, vers des études d'Histoire de l'art à l'Université Lumière à Lyon dans lesquelles elle se spécialise sur les courants picturaux du XIVe au XIXe siècle. Grandement influencée dans son travail par cette esthétique dans laquelle les oeuvres de Caravage, Ary Scheffer ou encore Delacroix sont omniprésentes, elle apporte une attention toute particulière à la lumière et la composition.
Par la suite, elle entreprend des études de Cinéma à l'Université Paris VIII à Paris spécialisée en réalisation de documentaire et de cinéma expérimental. Prenant sa source dans l'aspect documentaire de ses études, très vite une envie de témoigner du réel s'impose à elle.
En 2016, elle décide que son média sera la photographie, et ce dans une dimension résolument journalistique. Un premier voyage au Liban en Décembre 2016 lui ouvre les yeux sur le Moyen-Orient. Quelques mois plus tard, elle crée l’association « Alhawiat, » qui promeut le rôle des femmes dans la reconstruction des sociétés éclatées par les conflits, et entame un large projet photographique au pays du Cèdre auprès des femmes Libanaises, Syriennes et Palestiniennes.
Après un passage parmi le collectif Hans Lucas puis l'agence CIRIC, Chloé rejoint l’agence Le Pictorium en avril 2018 afin de donner plus de visibilité à son travail, et poursuit son travail au Moyen-Orient.
Speaks Arabic
No
Length of stay in Egypt
3 months
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Chloe Sharrock
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Photographer
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https://www.sharrockchloe.com/about