OpenShuttersIraqisabookofninephotographicessaysand writingbywomenfromalloverIraq.Thethreadofcontemporary Iraqihistoryemergesthroughtheirtalesofwar,sanctions,intifada, siege,kidnapping,grief,love,happiness,timesofresistance, achievementsandsmalltriumphs. Thewomencamefrommanydifferentbackgroundsandhad nopreviousphotographicexperience.Theyweretrainedin photographyandwritingbytheeditorofthebook,photographer EugenieDolberg. Dolberg,frustratedbythelackofjournalisticaccessinIraqand subsequentcoverageofthewar,decidedtofndawayforIraqi womentotelltheirstoryintheirownvoices,thehumanrealityof war,behindthecollectiveheadlines. AsIradaZaydan,theIraqiProjectManager,whoquitherjobasa professorattheUniversityofBaghdadtoworkonthisprojectand riskedherlifeonseveraloccasionssays,"Thisisnotaproject,this isadream.AdreamIwanttoliveformydaughte
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