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Iqbal Tamimi – Palestinian Women Photojournalists

By Iqbal Tamimi • Feb 23rd, 2009 • Category: Artwork, Biography, Culture and Heritage, Features, Israel, Newswire, Palestine, Somoud: Arab Voices of Resistance, Uprooted Palestinians' Testimonies, War, Zionism

Palestinian women photojournalists: from taking photos of holy places to documenting burned babies
 
The first woman photojournalist in the Arab world was the Palestinian Karimeh Abbud (1896-1955)  
 
Palestinian women started taking photographs of families and holy places, ceremonies and weddings, but ended up taking pictures of bodies of killed young children, shelled schools ruined homes, and [...]