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I Read, I Write: The Photo Series Documenting Women's Journeys with Education in MENA The series, which has taken her around a flurry of Arab nations including Egypt, Yemen, Jordan, and Tunisia,...
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Born from her own experience, Laura Boushnak’s epic long term project celebrates the stories of women across Arab countries whose lives have been transformed by education. Interview by Eefje Ludw...
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Laura Boushnak, I Read I Write JTF (just the facts): Published in 2019 by Rimal Books (here). Hardcover, 180 pages, with 75 color photographs. Includes a foreword by Hanan Al Shaykh, an introduct...
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BOOK OF THE MONTH - March 2020 It is shocking that in the twenty-first century, women in the Arab world still struggle to learn how to read and write, basic skills central to life all over the worl...
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"نفسي أتعلم عشان المواصلات.. لأني بتوه": كُتبت هذه الأمنية بخط يد غير متقن، بواسطة سناء محمد سيد، الشابة المصرية التي كانت بعمر 31 عاماً حين التقت بها المصورة والكاتبة الفلسطينية لورا بشناق، عام 20...
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How photographer Laura Boushnak is celebrating Arab women challenging norms Palestinian photographer Laura Boushnak captures Arab women who are overcoming barriers to education “I got an educatio...
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Empowering Arab Women Through Literacy By Kerri MacDonald Imagine walking down the same block every day for years — past cafes, markets and mosques. You see billboards. You see store awnings. You s...
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