Mind-bending photos by anonymous cousins show the pain and dreams of Afghan women

By Diane ColeMay 24, 2026·Source: NPR·1 views

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This photo, from a series of pictures by two anonymous cousins, is entitled "The Music of Poverty and Violence." The subject is playing an automatic weapon as if it were a string instrument.

The young women make photos that look at life — how it is, how they wish it could be — under Taliban rule. The images are on display at the Photoville Festival in Brooklyn, New York.

(Image credit: Mahnaz Ebrahimi|January 2026)

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