Women Like Us: The Power of Untold Stories in Yemen
Event Information
Description
Yemeni artist Thana Faroq will share her insights and experience as documentary photographer and visual storyteller. Thana will speak about the importance of telling people’s stories – and sometimes needing to do so in a single snapshot. Using the example of her series Women Like Us, Thana will highlight the challenges facing citizen journalism, and the impact of visual storytelling during times of war.
The talk will be followed by a Q&A.
Beyond Borders extents its thanks to the Visual Research Methods Group at the University of Edinburgh for hosting this seminar.
Background
Thana Faroq is a documentary photographer and visual storyteller born and raised in Yemen. She is currently reading a Masters in Photography in London. Her work has been distributed in publications such as the Huffington Post, the BBC and Aljazeera, and her art has been exhibited in Yemen, the US and the UK, most recently at Summerhall, Edinburgh.
In Women Like Us, Thana Faroq opens a window into the lives of 15 different women and their experience of the war in Yemen. This series gives these women an opportunity to share their stories with the outside world. By capturing their familiar surroundings, Faroq provides a snapshot into the daily life of these women and thus offers a rare insight into Yemeni society.
Organiser Beyond Borders Scotland
Organiser of Women Like Us: The Power of Untold Stories in Yemen
Beyond Borders Scotland is an Edinburgh-based initiative dedicated to fostering peace and greater understanding between peoples, small nations and different cultures around the world. Beyond Borders believes Scotland has a distinctive contribution to make in the field of conflict resolution and international exchange. Whether it be its stirring history or scenery, world renowned cultural festivals or recent non-violent political and constitutional journey, Scotland provides the perfect setting and platform for members of the international community to come together, listen to the experiences of others and help vulnerable communities transition through change. Beyond Borders believes one of the most powerful ways to achieve this is through cultural dialogue, be it literature, film, the visual and performing arts, heritage or the rule of law. To that end, throughout the year Beyond Borders runs a series of cultural and dialogue programmes both at home and abroad, culminating each August with our summer cultural programme held in Edinburgh and at Traquair House in the Scottish Borders.
