Beyond Our Bodies
Knz in La Petite Maison, Paris, France, 2017 Knz left Algeria with her mother when she was ten years old to escape the black decade, a troubled period. They asked for the political refugee status. At that point, Knz's mother's husband was about to take a fifth wife and her mum wanted a better future for her daughter. But after arriving in France her mother, who was a pretty liberal woman in Algeria, was completely isolated and found refuge in Islam, which was a link to her homeland. It started to clash with Knz when after seeing her friend's note her mum accused her of being a lesbian and threw her out. That's why Knz started to squat when she was 16. When she went back to Algeria after 10 years of absence, her cousins picked her up and asked where was her hijab, that there was no way she could walk around their neighborhood without covering up and dishonor the family. Knz said there was no way, she grew up in France and didn't receive a religious education, how could they ask this from her? She met feminists
- Product Code
- ILEA002291431
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- 2017/8/21 00:00:00
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- Abaca Press / Kyodo News Images
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- Middle East Images/ABACA
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- 5000 × 3338 pixel
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- 300 dpi
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- 2.60(MB)*
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