‘If it was a man taking a picture, probably it would be more threatening. But as a woman…Ah look at this woman, she looks like a foreigner! Let her take pictures…
‘I come from a world where you manipulate people’s perceptions. ‘
Egyptian photographer and digital artist Nermine Hammam talks about the gender politics of the Egyptian Revolution and subsequent riots, and how she approached it artistically in this Mirrors to Windows: The Woman as Artist preview.
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