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Sara Galbiati
Freelance

"The Circus Kids of Kabul"

Second Place
Oded Balilty
Associated Press

"Vets"

Third Place
Hossein Fatemi
Panos Pictures

"Veiled Truths"

Award of Excellence
Robin Hammond
Freelance

"I AM LAGOS"

Third Place
Hossein Fatemi
Panos Pictures


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"Veiled Truths"

An Iranian woman is photographed through the fabric of her hijab (the Islamic headscarf worn by women in the presence adult men who are not members of her immediate family). Since the Islamic revolution in 1979, Iranian women are not allowed to be seen in public without proper Islamic head dress in Iran. Not wearing a proper hijab is illegal and can result in arrest by a special police unit, the so called Basij or 'Organization for Mobilization of the Oppressed'. It is estimated that around 100 women are arrested daily in Tehran by this special police unit for not wearing proper Islamic head dress.


 

 

 

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