The 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 MoreWith the help of photographer Jasmine Engel-Malone, Ceren Yilmaz Dogan reminisces on a Turkish childhood spent both in awe of Oryantal belly dancing and told to be ashamed of it. Taking inspiration from the aesthetics of these traditional belly dancers, the creative team paired up to reassert the power and beauty of a dance which has been historically mocked, sidelined and exoticised.
Read MoreLarena Amin catches Deniz Pasha in between modes. The new mother shares her intellectualist justifications, and the ramifications of ahistorical society building in her realm of figurative portraiture.
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