“She Who Tells a Story” introduces the pioneering work of twelve leading women photographers from Iran and the Arab world: Jananne Al-Ani, Boushra Almutawakel, Gohar Dashti, Rana El Nemr, Lalla Essaydi, Shadi Ghadirian, Tanya Habjouqa, Rula Halawani, Nermine Hammam, Rania Matar, Shirin Neshat, and Newsha Tavakolian.

The exhibit of work by the photographers from Iran and the Arab World will be on display August 27, 2013, through January 12, 2014, in the Henry and Lois Foster Gallery (Gallery 158) of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Massachusetts.

(Photo by Newsha Tavakolian, don’t forget this is not you (Singer: Sahar Lotfi), 2010, From Listen series, Chromogenic print mounted on aluminum. Reproduced with permission. Courtesy of the Artist and East Wing Contemporary Gallery.)