Description:
Part of the series Hush Ñ a project that maps the various stories of a group of Palestinian women, each of whom Ñ for one reason or another Ñ became a victim of gender-based violence and was consequently placed in a shelter or a so-called safe house...ÒMy mother died when I was very young. I could not find any evidence of her existence. I later found out that my father had killed her because she betrayed him. 'The daughter of a slut', thatÕs how he used to refer to me. He used to beat me and spray my face with pepper spray. I decided to commit suicide and jumped out of the window.Ó - Raghad.
Credits:
Samar - (Palestine) Hazboun/Majority World
Description:
Part of the series Hush Ñ a project that maps the various stories of a group of Palestinian women, each of whom Ñ for one reason or another Ñ became a victim of gender-based violence and was consequently placed in a shelter or a so-called safe house...ÒMy mother died when I was very young. I could not find any evidence of her existence. I later found out that my father had killed her because she betrayed him. 'The daughter of a slut', thatÕs how he used to refer to me. He used to beat me and spray my face with pepper spray. I decided to commit suicide and jumped out of the window.Ó - Raghad.
Date Created:
2011-07-30 00:00:00
Author:
Samar Hazboun
Country:
Palestinian Territory, occupied
Source:
Samar Hazboun
Copyright Notice:
Copyright Majority World
Filename:
MWC022861.JPG
File Date/Time:
1471648237
File Size:
5061622
File Type:
2
Mime Type:
image/jpeg
Sections Found:
ANY_TAG, IFD0, EXIF
Image Description:
Part of the series Hush Ñ a project that maps the various stories of a group of Palestinian women, each of whom Ñ for one reason or another Ñ became a victim of gender-based violence and was consequently placed in a shelter or a so-called safe house...ÒMy