Using the emblematic burqa to conceal the identities of the women athletes now forbidden from doing what they love best, Noroozi came up with the haunting series of faceless portraits to offer an ...

the burka-based dress code imposed on girls and women, and the rendering of the Afghan female population invisible especially ...

Since the group claimed power in Afghanistan in August last year, women’s rights have been stripped back by a number of draconian restrictions, including a rule introduced at the end of December ...

The book also reflects on pivotal moments in Afghanistan’s history, like in 1959, when then-Prime Minister Prince Daoud’s wife appeared in a national daily without a burka, sparking a wave of ...