Finding a Place in Bahraini Society: Hazel Thompson Photographs Five Accomplished Women – NYTimes.com

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Finding a Place in Bahraini Society

In photographing the women of Bahrain, Hazel Thompson learned that she had to pierce a veil of her own preconceptions.

via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/01/finding-a-place-in-bahraini-society/

For her “Measure of a Woman” project, Hazel Thompson spent six months in 2007 and 2008 in Bahrain and Qatar, documenting women’s roles in modern Arab culture. James Estrin interviewed her in New York last week about her experiences in Bahrain.