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  • A traditionally-dressed Muslim woman walks past a poster for stylish arabic clothing in the city of Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. Wearing her veil and a long dress the lady observes the modesty demanded by her religion as opposed to the female on the poster, the Westernised style.
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  • Qudsia Zohab, member of the Ethnography Department at the Afghan National Museum is single and a student studying literature at Kabul University. In the background is Shirazeden Saifi, Director of Restoration. <br />
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Qudsia says: “The Taliban time was the black period of Afghanistan. It was a jail. I remember the burkha, it was heavy and suffocating. You can only see straight ahead and wearing it made you feel ashamed. One of our relatives didn’t wear the burkha, she was consequently beaten so badly (by the Taliban) that two days later she died - a young woman of only thirty-two. Many women wear burkhas because they are still under the control of their husbands but some because they don’t have to think about what clothes or make-up to wear!
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  • Muslim women in Islamic dress on a shopping trip in London's West End. Having visited the M&M shop in Leicester Square, the three women make their way carrying the spoils of retail therapy, large yellow bags with the cartoon characters' faces. Against the back of their dress, the bright colours are prominent and obvious as to their previous location. Crossing the road with a child's pink buggy, one of the women looks down with a bottle of water.
    muslim_shoppers09-09-04-2015_1.jpg
  • Muslim women in Islamic dress on a shopping trip in London's West End. Having visited the M&M shop in Leicester Square, the three women make their way carrying the spoils of retail therapy, large yellow bags with the cartoon characters' faces. Against the back of their dress, the bright colours are prominent and obvious as to their previous location. In the background are people in clothing suggesting a western culture.
    muslim_shoppers06-09-04-2015_1.jpg
  • Muslim women in Islamic dress on a shopping trip in London's West End. Having visited the M&M shop in Leicester Square, the three women make their way carrying the spoils of retail therapy, large yellow bags with the cartoon characters' faces. Against the back of their dress, the bright colours are prominent and obvious as to their previous location. In the background are people in clothing suggesting a western culture.
    muslim_shoppers04-09-04-2015_1.jpg
  • Muslim women in Islamic dress on a shopping trip in London's West End. Having visited the M&M shop in Leicester Square, the three women make their way carrying the spoils of retail therapy, large yellow bags with the cartoon characters' faces. Against the back of their dress, the bright colours are prominent and obvious as to their previous location. In the background are people in clothing suggesting a western culture.
    muslim_shoppers02-09-04-2015_1.jpg
  • Two women wearing chador gossip and laugh on the street. The chador is an outer covering for women who seek to dress modestly under Islamic law. It's use under Saddam Hussein's initially Western looking government was hardly obligatory. After his fall, it is impossible for most women to remain without chador in public.
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  • Two women wearing chador gossip and laugh on the street. The chador is an outer covering for women who seek to dress modestly under Islamic law. It's use under Saddam Hussein's initially Western looking government was hardly obligatory. After his fall, it is impossible for most women to remain without chador in public.
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  • Two Muslim women walk past a display of eccentric mannequins in diving masks and snorkels, outside a central London branch of Ted Baker. In an image of a western and eastern culture clash, we see the ladies wearing scarves and hejabs in keeping with their own styles of dress while in the background are two mannequins in floral printed dresses, tall hairdos and weirdly, diving masks and snorkels. The shop is Ted Baker plc, a British luxury clothing retail company. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. Its founder and CEO, Ray Kelvin, started his first store in March 1988 and it now has stores and outlets in the rest of Europe, United States of America, Canada, Australia, Asia, China and the Middle East.
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  • Large models appear on a construction hoarding for clothing retailer Uniglo in central London. We look up from a low angle to see shoppers passing-by including a Muslim lady wearing a pink scarf and others in more western dress. The models in the background advertise the Uniglo brand in a forthcoming shop on Oxford Street. There is a strong theme of diagonal lines and rectangles helped by the dark upright from a bus stop shelter.
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  • Mrs Farzana Samimi on her talk show ‘Banuî with psychiatrist, Mohammed Yasin Babrak.<br />
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Farzana’s show centres on problems faced by Afghan women - largely a taboo subject. Currently, for security reasons guests have to talk by phone: “I remember one guest - a young girl -  who was forced ( by her parents) to marry.” Says Farzana. “But because she came on TV, her parents threatened to kill her”.  <br />
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 One of Farzana’s colleagues was shot dead by unknown gunmen in Kabul in May 2005 and Farzana’s  husband wants her to stop presenting but she says:  “The show is very important. For a lot of women, their only source of help is from the TV.”<br />
A survey of women in Kabul found that 98 percent suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder, chronic depression or severe anxiety. Dr Babrak, Farzana’s co presenter says. “Most women who come to me suffer from mood swings and schizophrenia," <br />
 Farzana can empathize: “During the Taliban I was depressed and I am still traumatised. It took me two years after the collapse of the Taliban to stop wearing the burkha. Educated women wouldn’t come out on the streets even after the Taliban fell. But gradually women got more courage and things are changing.”
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  • Mrs Farzana Samimi on her talk show ‘Banuî with psychiatrist, Mohammed Yasin Babrak.<br />
<br />
Farzana’s show centres on problems faced by Afghan women - largely a taboo subject. Currently, for security reasons guests have to talk by phone: “I remember one guest - a young girl -  who was forced ( by her parents) to marry.” Says Farzana. “But because she came on TV, her parents threatened to kill her”.  <br />
<br />
One of Farzana’s colleagues was shot dead by unknown gunmen in Kabul in May 2005 and Farzana’s  husband wants her to stop presenting but she says:  “The show is very important. For a lot of women, their only source of help is from the TV.”<br />
A survey of women in Kabul found that 98 percent suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder, chronic depression or severe anxiety. Dr Babrak, Farzana’s co presenter says. “Most women who come to me suffer from mood swings and schizophrenia,"
    afghan26_10_076_1.jpg
  • Mrs Farzana Samimi on her talk show ‘Banuî with psychiatrist, Mohammed Yasin Babrak.<br />
<br />
Farzana’s show centres on problems faced by Afghan women - largely a taboo subject. Currently, for security reasons guests have to talk by phone: “I remember one guest - a young girl -  who was forced ( by her parents) to marry.” Says Farzana. “But because she came on TV, her parents threatened to kill her”.  <br />
<br />
One of Farzana’s colleagues was shot dead by unknown gunmen in Kabul in May 2005 and Farzana’s  husband wants her to stop presenting but she says:  “The show is very important. For a lot of women, their only source of help is from the TV.”<br />
A survey of women in Kabul found that 98 percent suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder, chronic depression or severe anxiety. Dr Babrak, Farzana’s co presenter says. “Most women who come to me suffer from mood swings and schizophrenia,"
    afghan26_10_074_1.jpg
  • Freydeen , Bird seller , for fifteen years, poses for the camera at Kabul’s bird market , Ka Farushi<br />
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The market is a narrow lane crammed with stalls and tiny open-fronted shops where shop keepers sell birds of all descriptions -  canaries, budgerigars, songbirds and pigeons as well as specially trained fighting birds like quails and partridges.  There is a long tradition of bird keeping in Afghanistan. Although it was banned under the Taliban, the market is once again vibrant and alive with the sounds of birdsong
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  • The Murad Khane Primary School was registered by the Ministry of Education in February 2008 following several months as a literacy centre. The school Principal is Seyyid Nasir Siddidqian. He manages a staff of five who teach courses to eighty-seven children between the ages of four and fourteen, all from Murad Khane.  A further eighty children attend supplementary classes in addition to the Ministry of Education curriculum.  The residents of Murad khane  are enjoying improved conditions thanks to charity Turquoise Mountain. Turquoise Mountain  is a charity set up by Rory Stewart. He was asked personally by Prince Charles to take on the task of rebuilding the ancient heart of Kabul. His charity using local labour and the goodwill of the community is substantially into the task and has also set up a school training Afghans in traditional crafts. The area had literally been turned into a rubbish dump, now though using ancient skills the buildings are being restored to their former glory, Stewart is hopeful that he can contribute significantly to the local economy.
    afghan21_10_046_1.jpg
  • The Murad Khane Primary School was registered by the Ministry of Education in February 2008 following several months as a literacy centre. The school Principal is Seyyid Nasir Siddidqian. He manages a staff of five who teach courses to eighty-seven children between the ages of four and fourteen, all from Murad Khane.  A further eighty children attend supplementary classes in addition to the Ministry of Education curriculum.  The residents of Murad khane  are enjoying improved conditions thanks to charity Turquoise Mountain. Turquoise Mountain  is a charity set up by Rory Stewart. He was asked personally by Prince Charles to take on the task of rebuilding the ancient heart of Kabul. His charity using local labour and the goodwill of the community is substantially into the task and has also set up a school training Afghans in traditional crafts. The area had literally been turned into a rubbish dump, now though using ancient skills the buildings are being restored to their former glory, Stewart is hopeful that he can contribute significantly to the local economy.
    afghan21_10_045_1.jpg
  • A woman drinking tea in the christian market  outside Harar, the fourth holiest city in Islam,  Situated in Eastern Ethiopia it is considered to be the fourth  holiest city in Islam with 82 mosques. It is a major commercial centre linked by trade routes with the rest of Ethiopia and the entire Horn of Africa.  Ethiopia
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  • Girl at street market, Hara. Situated in Eastern Ethiopia it is considered to be the fourth  holiest city in Islam with 82 mosques. It is a major commercial centre linked by trade routes with the rest of Ethiopia and the entire Horn of Africa.  Ethiopia
    10094987_1.jpg
  • Actor  Basheer  Ahmad on location in an old mosque in the Baghe Bale  region of Kabul. Basheer is playing a king in a film about Maulana Jalaluddin Balkhi a great Afghan and Islamic scholar from the sixth century. The director is Latif Latif Ahmadi. The king is not popular in the next scene to be shot he is to be removed by the courtiers.
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  • A boy ties his 'howli' or traditional turban against the wind, Chinguetti, once one of Islam's holiest cities (today it is regarded as the seventh holiest city) it has been dated at a around seven hundred, (700) years old and is famed for it's Koranic libraries and distinctive mosque, Mauritania. From the story "The Wind and the City".
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  • The marketplace in the ancient walled city of Harar.  Situated in Eastern Ethiopia it is considered to be the fourth  holiest city in Islam with 82 mosques. It is a major commercial centre linked by trade routes with the rest of Ethiopia and the entire Horn of Africa.  Ethiopia
    MAA-10095047_1_1.jpg
  • The marketplace in the ancient walled city of Harar,  Situated in Eastern Ethiopia it is considered to be the fourth  holiest city in Islam with 82 mosques. It is a major commercial centre linked by trade routes with the rest of Ethiopia and the entire Horn of Africa.  Ethiopia
    MAA-10095046_1.jpg
  • Girl with braids in her hair. The ancient walled city of Harar. Situated in Eastern Ethiopia it is considered to be the fourth  holiest city in Islam with 82 mosques. It is a major commercial centre linked by trade routes with the rest of Ethiopia and the entire Horn of Africa.  Ethiopia
    10095051_1.jpg
  • A woman carries a pot on her head in the ancient  walled city of Harar, Situated in Eastern Ethiopia it is considered to be the fourth  holiest city in Islam with 82 mosques. It is a major commercial centre linked by trade routes with the rest of Ethiopia and the entire Horn of Africa.  Ethiopia
    10095038_1.jpg
  • The marketplace in the ancient walled city of Harar.  Situated in Eastern Ethiopia it is considered to be the fourth  holiest city in Islam with 82 mosques. It is a major commercial centre linked by trade routes with the rest of Ethiopia and the entire Horn of Africa.  Ethiopia
    10095002_1.jpg
  • People wearing traditional clothes on the road to  Harar, Situated in Eastern Ethiopia it is considered to be the fourth  holiest city in Islam with 82 mosques. It is a major commercial centre linked by trade routes with the rest of Ethiopia and the entire Horn of Africa.  Ethiopia
    10094997_1.jpg
  • Young boys between the ages of 8 and 13 gather under the shade of a brightly-coloured canopy in the compound of the Governor of the war-torn region of north Darfur, Sudan. Dressed in white gowns and wearing red bandanas, they will soon celebrate a Sudanese rite of passage, the male circumcision. Only when they have recited the entire Qur'an [Koran] once through will they generally endure this traditional practice.
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  • Muslim Cham girls wearing white dresses and bronze and copper jewellery receive blessings from the priests at a Karoh (maturity) ceremony in Van Lam, Ninh Thuan province, Central Vietnam. Cham girls usually in groups of around 5, undergo a Karoh (maturity) ceremony, one of the most important ritual events of their lives and if it has not taken place, the girl cannot marry. The Cham, a Muslim community of around 39,000 people living along the coast of Central Vietnam are one of the 54 ethnic groups recognised by the Vietnamese government.
    A0027904cc_1.jpg
  • Muslim Cham girls wearing white dresses and bronze and copper jewellery at their Karoh (maturity) ceremony in Van Lam, Ninh Thuan province, Central Vietnam. Cham girls usually in groups of around 5, undergo a Karoh (maturity) ceremony, one of the most important ritual events of their lives and if it has not taken place, the girl cannot marry. The Cham, a Muslim community of around 39,000 people living along the coast of Central Vietnam are one of the 54 ethnic groups recognised by the Vietnamese government.
    A0027897cc_1.jpg
  • In Van Lam village, Ninh Thuan province, Central Vietnam, Cham girls usually in groups of around 5, undergo a Karoh (maturity) ceremony, one of the most important ritual events of their lives and if it has not taken place, the girl cannot marry. After a purification ritual, the girls prepare for the main ceremony by dressing in a white dress and then putting on bronze, copper and sometimes gold jewellery. The girl's hair is brushed and put up into a bun. Afterwards each girl is given a traditional yellow robe and her head is covered with a red woven cloth and then the head priest places his hand on the girls head, recites a prayer and cuts a small lock of her hair. The Cham, a Muslim community of around 39,000 people living along the coast of Central Vietnam are one of the 54 ethnic groups recognised by the Vietnamese government.
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  • A Muslim Cham girl wearing a white dress, a handwoven red sash and bronze and copper jewellery at her Karoh (maturity) ceremony in Van Lam, Ninh Thuan province, Central Vietnam. Cham girls usually in groups of around 5, undergo a Karoh (maturity) ceremony, one of the most important ritual events of their lives and if it has not taken place, the girl cannot marry. The Cham, a Muslim community of around 39,000 people living along the coast of Central Vietnam are one of the 54 ethnic groups recognised by the Vietnamese government.
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  • A Muslim Cham girl wearing a white dress, a handwoven red cloth and bronze and copper jewellery at her Karoh (maturity) ceremony in Van Lam, Ninh Thuan province, Central Vietnam. Cham girls usually in groups of around 5, undergo a Karoh (maturity) ceremony, one of the most important ritual events of their lives and if it has not taken place, the girl cannot marry. The Cham, a Muslim community of around 39,000 people living along the coast of Central Vietnam are one of the 54 ethnic groups recognised by the Vietnamese government.
    A0027840cc_1.jpg
  • A Muslim Cham girl wearing a white dress, a handwoven red cloth and bronze and copper jewellery at her Karoh (maturity) ceremony in Van Lam, Ninh Thuan province, Central Vietnam. Cham girls usually in groups of around 5, undergo a Karoh (maturity) ceremony, one of the most important ritual events of their lives and if it has not taken place, the girl cannot marry. The Cham, a Muslim community of around 39,000 people living along the coast of Central Vietnam are one of the 54 ethnic groups recognised by the Vietnamese government.
    A0027839cc_1.jpg
  • A Muslim Cham girl wearing a white dress, a handwoven red cloth and bronze and copper jewellery at her Karoh (maturity) ceremony in Van Lam, Ninh Thuan province, Central Vietnam. Cham girls usually in groups of around 5, undergo a Karoh (maturity) ceremony, one of the most important ritual events of their lives and if it has not taken place, the girl cannot marry. The Cham, a Muslim community of around 39,000 people living along the coast of Central Vietnam are one of the 54 ethnic groups recognised by the Vietnamese government.
    A0027834cc_1.jpg
  • Muslim Cham girls wearing white/yellow dresses, handwoven red cloths and bronze and copper jewellery at their Karoh (maturity) ceremony in Van Lam, Ninh Thuan province, Central Vietnam. Cham girls usually in groups of around 5, undergo a Karoh (maturity) ceremony, one of the most important ritual events of their lives and if it has not taken place, the girl cannot marry. The Cham, a Muslim community of around 39,000 people living along the coast of Central Vietnam are one of the 54 ethnic groups recognised by the Vietnamese government.
    A0027831cc_1.jpg
  • In Van Lam village, Ninh Thuan province, Central Vietnam, Cham girls usually in groups of around 5, undergo a Karoh (maturity) ceremony, one of the most important ritual events of their lives and if it has not taken place, the girl cannot marry. After a purification ritual, the girls prepare for the main ceremony by dressing in a white dress and then putting on bronze, copper and sometimes gold jewellery. The girl's hair is brushed and put up into a bun. Afterwards each girl is given a traditional yellow robe and her head is covered with a red woven cloth and then the head priest places his hand on the girls head, recites a prayer and cuts a small lock of her hair. The Cham, a Muslim community of around 39,000 people living along the coast of Central Vietnam are one of the 54 ethnic groups recognised by the Vietnamese government.
    A0027823cc_1.jpg
  • A Muslim Cham girl wearing a white dress, a handwoven red sash and bronze and copper jewellery at her Karoh (maturity) ceremony in Van Lam, Ninh Thuan province, Central Vietnam. Cham girls usually in groups of around 5, undergo a Karoh (maturity) ceremony, one of the most important ritual events of their lives and if it has not taken place, the girl cannot marry. The Cham, a Muslim community of around 39,000 people living along the coast of Central Vietnam are one of the 54 ethnic groups recognised by the Vietnamese government.
    A0027822cc_1.jpg
  • In Van Lam village, Ninh Thuan province, Central Vietnam, Cham girls usually in groups of around 5, undergo a Karoh (maturity) ceremony, one of the most important ritual events of their lives and if it has not taken place, the girl cannot marry. After a purification ritual, the girls prepare for the main ceremony by dressing in a white dress and then putting on bronze, copper and sometimes gold jewellery. The girl's hair is brushed and put up into a bun. Afterwards each girl is given a traditional yellow robe and her head is covered with a red woven cloth and then the head priest places his hand on the girls head, recites a prayer and cuts a small lock of her hair. The Cham, a Muslim community of around 39,000 people living along the coast of Central Vietnam are one of the 54 ethnic groups recognised by the Vietnamese government.
    A0027821cc_1.jpg
  • In Van Lam village, Ninh Thuan province, Central Vietnam, Cham girls usually in groups of around 5, undergo a Karoh (maturity) ceremony, one of the most important ritual events of their lives and if it has not taken place, the girl cannot marry. After a purification ritual, the girls prepare for the main ceremony by dressing in a white dress and then putting on bronze, copper and sometimes gold jewellery. The girl's hair is brushed and put up into a bun. Afterwards each girl is given a traditional yellow robe and her head is covered with a red woven cloth and then the head priest places his hand on the girls head, recites a prayer and cuts a small lock of her hair. The Cham, a Muslim community of around 39,000 people living along the coast of Central Vietnam are one of the 54 ethnic groups recognised by the Vietnamese government.
    A0027815cc_1.jpg
  • In Van Lam village, Ninh Thuan province, Central Vietnam, Cham girls usually in groups of around 5, undergo a Karoh (maturity) ceremony, one of the most important ritual events of their lives and if it has not taken place, the girl cannot marry. After a purification ritual, the girls prepare for the main ceremony by dressing in a white dress and then putting on bronze, copper and sometimes gold jewellery. The girl's hair is brushed and put up into a bun. Afterwards each girl is given a traditional yellow robe and her head is covered with a red woven cloth and then the head priest places his hand on the girls head, recites a prayer and cuts a small lock of her hair. The Cham, a Muslim community of around 39,000 people living along the coast of Central Vietnam are one of the 54 ethnic groups recognised by the Vietnamese government.
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  • In Van Lam village, Ninh Thuan province, Central Vietnam, Cham girls usually in groups of around 5, undergo a Karoh (maturity) ceremony, one of the most important ritual events of their lives and if it has not taken place, the girl cannot marry. After a purification ritual, the girls prepare for the main ceremony by dressing in a white dress and then putting on bronze, copper and sometimes gold jewellery. The girl's hair is brushed and put up into a bun. Afterwards each girl is given a traditional yellow robe and her head is covered with a red woven cloth and then the head priest places his hand on the girls head, recites a prayer and cuts a small lock of her hair. The Cham, a Muslim community of around 39,000 people living along the coast of Central Vietnam are one of the 54 ethnic groups recognised by the Vietnamese government.
    A0027791cc_1.jpg
  • In Van Lam village, Ninh Thuan province, Central Vietnam, Cham girls usually in groups of around 5, undergo a Karoh (maturity) ceremony, one of the most important ritual events of their lives and if it has not taken place, the girl cannot marry. After a purification ritual, the girls prepare for the main ceremony by dressing in a white dress and then putting on bronze, copper and sometimes gold jewellery. The girl's hair is brushed and put up into a bun. Afterwards each girl is given a traditional yellow robe and her head is covered with a red woven cloth and then the head priest places his hand on the girls head, recites a prayer and cuts a small lock of her hair. The Cham, a Muslim community of around 39,000 people living along the coast of Central Vietnam are one of the 54 ethnic groups recognised by the Vietnamese government.
    A0027773cc_1.jpg
  • In Van Lam village, Ninh Thuan province, Central Vietnam, Cham girls usually in groups of around 5, undergo a Karoh (maturity) ceremony, one of the most important ritual events of their lives and if it has not taken place, the girl cannot marry. After a purification ritual, the girls prepare for the main ceremony by dressing in a white dress and then putting on bronze, copper and sometimes gold jewellery. The girl's hair is brushed and put up into a bun. Afterwards each girl is given a traditional yellow robe and her head is covered with a red woven cloth and then the head priest places his hand on the girls head, recites a prayer and cuts a small lock of her hair. The Cham, a Muslim community of around 39,000 people living along the coast of Central Vietnam are one of the 54 ethnic groups recognised by the Vietnamese government.
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  • Portrait of two Muslim Cham girls wearing white dresses and bronze and copper jewellery at their Karoh (maturity) ceremony in Van Lam, Ninh Thuan province, Central Vietnam. Cham girls usually in groups of around 5, undergo a Karoh (maturity) ceremony, one of the most important ritual events of their lives and if it has not taken place, the girl cannot marry. The Cham, a Muslim community of around 39,000 people living along the coast of Central Vietnam are one of the 54 ethnic groups recognised by the Vietnamese government.
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  • Portrait of a Muslim Cham girl wearing a white dress and bronze and copper jewellery at her Karoh (maturity) ceremony in Van Lam, Ninh Thuan province, Central Vietnam. Cham girls usually in groups of around 5, undergo a Karoh (maturity) ceremony, one of the most important ritual events of their lives and if it has not taken place, the girl cannot marry. The Cham, a Muslim community of around 39,000 people living along the coast of Central Vietnam are one of the 54 ethnic groups recognised by the Vietnamese government.
    A0027912cc_1.jpg
  • In Van Lam village, Ninh Thuan province, Central Vietnam, Cham girls usually in groups of around 5, undergo a Karoh (maturity) ceremony, one of the most important ritual events of their lives and if it has not taken place, the girl cannot marry. After a purification ritual, the girls prepare for the main ceremony by dressing in a white dress and then putting on bronze, copper and sometimes gold jewellery. The girl's hair is brushed and put up into a bun. Afterwards each girl is given a traditional yellow robe and her head is covered with a red woven cloth and then the head priest places his hand on the girls head, recites a prayer and cuts a small lock of her hair. The Cham, a Muslim community of around 39,000 people living along the coast of Central Vietnam are one of the 54 ethnic groups recognised by the Vietnamese government.
    A0027849cc_1.jpg
  • In Van Lam village, Ninh Thuan province, Central Vietnam, Cham girls usually in groups of around 5, undergo a Karoh (maturity) ceremony, one of the most important ritual events of their lives and if it has not taken place, the girl cannot marry. After a purification ritual, the girls prepare for the main ceremony by dressing in a white dress and then putting on bronze, copper and sometimes gold jewellery. The girl's hair is brushed and put up into a bun. Afterwards each girl is given a traditional yellow robe and her head is covered with a red woven cloth and then the head priest places his hand on the girls head, recites a prayer and cuts a small lock of her hair. The Cham, a Muslim community of around 39,000 people living along the coast of Central Vietnam are one of the 54 ethnic groups recognised by the Vietnamese government.
    A0027812cc_1.jpg
  • In Van Lam village, Ninh Thuan province, Central Vietnam, Cham girls usually in groups of around 5, undergo a Karoh (maturity) ceremony, one of the most important ritual events of their lives and if it has not taken place, the girl cannot marry. After a purification ritual, the girls prepare for the main ceremony by dressing in a white dress and then putting on bronze, copper and sometimes gold jewellery. The girl's hair is brushed and put up into a bun. Afterwards each girl is given a traditional yellow robe and her head is covered with a red woven cloth and then the head priest places his hand on the girls head, recites a prayer and cuts a small lock of her hair. The Cham, a Muslim community of around 39,000 people living along the coast of Central Vietnam are one of the 54 ethnic groups recognised by the Vietnamese government.
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  • A smaller than life-size model of the Disney character Rapunzel from their company’s film called Tangled stands in the window of their London store, seemingly looking out in admiration and delight at two Muslim women. Advertising the forthcoming opening of the movie, the display of the central character exemplifies feminine health, beauty, and inadvertently, of American or white European values. The ladies walk past oblivious at the attention that this fictitious person is affording them – their own lifestyle being an everyday personal choice of style and commitment to their religion. There is also the statement about femininity and gender on this urban street. Wearing long dresses that covers their bodies and the Hejab (hijab) that covers their heads, the women are a minority in this western culture.
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  • During the Libyan uprising, a young girl in Islamic dress demands the hanging of Colonel Gaddafi during protests opposite London Libyan embassy during the uprising. With another person, she helps hold the placard that shows a caricature of the Libyan dictator wearing a cartoon style chest of medals and with a noose around his neck.
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  • Portrait of Muslim Cham girls with their sisters at a Karoh (maturity) ceremony in Van Lam, Ninh Thuan province, Central Vietnam. Cham girls usually in groups of around 5, undergo a Karoh (maturity) ceremony, one of the most important ritual events of their lives and if it has not taken place, the girl cannot marry. The Cham, a Muslim community of around 39,000 people living along the coast of Central Vietnam are one of the 54 ethnic groups recognised by the Vietnamese government.
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