Witness from Baghdad

By: Louk Vreeswijk

Jul 19 2015

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Category: Jordan, Middle East

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The heads of the women are blurred and their faces hidden in veils. But their eyes see. We see eyes that see. Eyes that have seen.

And now the eyes have directed their penetrating look at us, confronting us onlookers.

Darat-Al-Funon Gallery, Witness from Baghdad-1-c, Halim Al Karim, born in 1963, Baghdad, Iraq - blogsize

Remember last week’s photo? REMEMBER?
We shall remember, Halim Al Karim!

Photos of the week: from the series Witness from Baghdad, by Halim Al Karim (Baghdad, Iraq) – Darat-Al-Funun Gallery, Amman, Jordan 2010

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