In Turkey, many Muslim teenagers are sent by their families to religious schools where they learn to memorize the Koran. In these single-sex boarding schools, which range in size from 50 to 600 students, young people spend an intensive three or four years studying religion.
It was upon returning to such a school, Hasselblad camera in hand, that Sabiha Çimen discovered her artistic voice.
Entitled Hafiz: Guardians of the Quran, Sabiha Çimen's project—her most important to date—captures students attending several girls-only Quranic schools throughout Turkey, weaving her emotional narrative through vignettes collected from daydreams, banalities, quiet rebellions, and youthful melodramas; color photos.
Red Hook Editions, 2023
140 pages
8 x 10 inches
ISBN: 978-1-7376814-2-7
In Turkey, many Muslim teenagers are sent by their families to religious schools where they learn to memorize the Koran. In these single-sex boarding schools, which range in size from 50 to 600 students, young people spend an intensive three or four years studying religion.
It was upon returning to such a school, Hasselblad camera in hand, that Sabiha Çimen discovered her artistic voice.
Entitled Hafiz: Guardians of the Quran, Sabiha Çimen's project—her most important to date—captures students attending several girls-only Quranic schools throughout Turkey, weaving her emotional narrative through vignettes collected from daydreams, banalities, quiet rebellions, and youthful melodramas; color photos.
Red Hook Editions, 2023
140 pages
8 x 10 inches
ISBN: 978-1-7376814-2-7
