Rawiya – She who tells a story
5.9 – 1.12 2013
The photography collective Rawiya was founded in 2009 by a group of female photographers from the Middle East. The word Rawiya is Arabic and means “she who tells a story.” Rawiya reflects on social and political issues from an individual perspective and challenges our stereotypes. The members’ images depict people’s lives in a region undergoing change and address, among other things, the consequences of war. They focus particularly on women’s experiences of everyday life in the Middle East.
Myriam Abdelaziz (born 1976, Egypt, based in New York/Kairo)
Tamara Abdul Hadi (born 1980, Iraq/Canada, based in Beirut)
Laura Boushnak (born 1976, Kuwait, based in Sarajevo)
Tanya Habjouqa (born 1975, Jordan, based in Jerusalem)
Dalia Khamissy (born 1973, Libanon, based i Beirut)
Newsha Tavakolian (born 1981, Iran, based in Teheran)
The exhibition is a collaboration with Bildmuseet, Umeå University.