03.Set.14
57º world press photo: (daily life - stories) - 2º prémio
OCCUPIED PLEASURES
03 June 2013
STORY
NATIONALITY:
Jordan
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ABOUT:
Tanya Habjouqa was born in Jordan and educated in the United States, receiving her masters in Global Media and Middle East Politics from the University of London SOAS. Beginning her career in Texas, she documented Mexican migrant communities and urban poverty before returning to the Middle East. Tanya is known for gaining unique access to sensitive gender, social, and human rights stories in the Middle East. She is a freelance photographer, features writer, and a founding member of the Rawiya photo collective (founded by five female photographers from across the Middle East).