AZEEMA DIGITAL
Tami Aftab’s 'Threads' , commissioned by BFC for London Fashion Week, intertwines South Asian textile heritage with her own biography. Through carefully curated fabrics and a nostalgic setting, Tami creates a visual homage to her roots, transforming a London farmhouse into a space that feels intimately South Asian.
Read MoreThe Turkish curly hair specialist tells AZEEMA why she was motivated to create a large-scale collaborative project with her Middle Eastern community not only celebrating the beauty and diversity of curls, but also educating them on how to care for and style their hair.
Read MoreFor her new zine series, the photographer reflects on her own Sufi Muslim background and the resistance she has seen women face in religious spaces. Through three women who embrace and embody their practices, she attempts to portray the strength and beauty of individual devotion.
Read MoreIn a poignant tribute to the sacred dress practices of the AmaZayoni church, this collaborative project weaves together garments from UNI FORM and SELFI, embodying a soulful celebration of individuality within collective unity, serving as a love-letter to ancestral roots and a profound expression of spiritual connection through fashion.
Read MoreLebanese designer Therese Raffoul bites back with an editorial exploring themes of female aggression, rage, fury and revenge. We delve into Therese Raffoul’s collaboration with Photographer Yasmina Hilal.
Read MoreNaomi Joshi sits with US-based Punjabi artists Shivy Galtere and Tori Mumtaz exploring themes of motherhood, grief and love through their collaborative photo project titled ‘Mother’.
Read MoreWriter Rand Al-Hadethi digs into Lara Chahine’s latest mixed-media project scrutinising women’s body politics within her home country, Lebanon, and the wider SWANA region, through personal archival imagery and street photography.
Read MoreLondon-based Iraqi Photographer Reem N. Amin explores themes of the ancient Mesopotamian netherworld in a project inspired by Queen Puabi.
Read MoreNew York-based Photographer Ramshah Kanwal revisits her birth place, Pakistan, after 17 years. Sharing special moments with the women in her family, Ramshah discovers the generational gifts passed down to her. Here, she documents just some of those generational gifts.
Read More“Let’s start this with an apology to my mother.” In this tender exploration of the transition between girlhood and womanhood, Cairo-born photographer Alia Dessouki dictates the uniquely feminine evolution from the subject of innocence to the subject of the sexualised gaze through her childhood underwear.
Read MorePhotographer Oumayma and Les Filles du Soleil’s Taïz share a beautiful photo story celebrating their love for their motherland, Tunisia, and the culture of la Fripe where Taïz spends hours searching second-hand clothing rails.
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