Original photography from Kiana Hayeri
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Hundreds of women dressed in their best outfits wearing makeup, watch Now Rooz celebration in remote village of Nalij in Miramoor district of Daikundi in 2021. On the first day of Spring, residents of Nalij village host a massive Now Rouz celebration that attracts thousands of people from neighboring villages and districts.
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A group of high school students walk a two hour journey everyday and each way through Fouladi Valley to go to the closest school to their village. In March 2022, after a seven-month de facto ban on girls attending secondary school, the Taliban announced that girls’ secondary schools were to remain closed – indefinitely – until the Taliban put in place policies they say are compliant with “principles of Islamic law and Afghan culture,” including further restrictions on schoolgirls’ dress.
❋Kiana Hayeri is an Iranian-Canadian visual storyteller. Her work delves into the complexities of migration, adolescence, identity, and sexuality within conflict-ridden societies. She is a Senior TED Fellow and National Geographic Explorer, and frequent contributor to The New York Times and National Geographic. Kiana has won several prestigious awards and grants for her work documenting the lives of Afghan women, including The Hal Boyle Award in 2022 for “The Collapse of Afghanistan, which was also shortlisted for the Pulitzer Prize in International Reporting.
50% of your purchase will be donated to support Artijaan's women's networks in rural Afghanistan and 50% will be given to the photographer.
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Hundreds of women dressed in their best outfits wearing makeup, watch Now Rooz celebration in remote village of Nalij in Miramoor district of Daikundi in 2021. On the first day of Spring, residents of Nalij village host a massive Now Rouz celebration that attracts thousands of people from neighboring villages and districts.
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A group of high school students walk a two hour journey everyday and each way through Fouladi Valley to go to the closest school to their village. In March 2022, after a seven-month de facto ban on girls attending secondary school, the Taliban announced that girls’ secondary schools were to remain closed – indefinitely – until the Taliban put in place policies they say are compliant with “principles of Islamic law and Afghan culture,” including further restrictions on schoolgirls’ dress.
❋Kiana Hayeri is an Iranian-Canadian visual storyteller. Her work delves into the complexities of migration, adolescence, identity, and sexuality within conflict-ridden societies. She is a Senior TED Fellow and National Geographic Explorer, and frequent contributor to The New York Times and National Geographic. Kiana has won several prestigious awards and grants for her work documenting the lives of Afghan women, including The Hal Boyle Award in 2022 for “The Collapse of Afghanistan, which was also shortlisted for the Pulitzer Prize in International Reporting.
50% of your purchase will be donated to support Artijaan's women's networks in rural Afghanistan and 50% will be given to the photographer.
Print 1
Hundreds of women dressed in their best outfits wearing makeup, watch Now Rooz celebration in remote village of Nalij in Miramoor district of Daikundi in 2021. On the first day of Spring, residents of Nalij village host a massive Now Rouz celebration that attracts thousands of people from neighboring villages and districts.
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A group of high school students walk a two hour journey everyday and each way through Fouladi Valley to go to the closest school to their village. In March 2022, after a seven-month de facto ban on girls attending secondary school, the Taliban announced that girls’ secondary schools were to remain closed – indefinitely – until the Taliban put in place policies they say are compliant with “principles of Islamic law and Afghan culture,” including further restrictions on schoolgirls’ dress.
❋Kiana Hayeri is an Iranian-Canadian visual storyteller. Her work delves into the complexities of migration, adolescence, identity, and sexuality within conflict-ridden societies. She is a Senior TED Fellow and National Geographic Explorer, and frequent contributor to The New York Times and National Geographic. Kiana has won several prestigious awards and grants for her work documenting the lives of Afghan women, including The Hal Boyle Award in 2022 for “The Collapse of Afghanistan, which was also shortlisted for the Pulitzer Prize in International Reporting.
50% of your purchase will be donated to support Artijaan's women's networks in rural Afghanistan and 50% will be given to the photographer.
