Rania Matar is an award-winning photographer and herself, the mother of a teenager. She explains a girl in her room, "Being with those young women in the privacy of their world gave me a unique peek into their private lives and their real selves. I thank them all for their trust and their willingness to share their private space and their private self with me." This is Rocia, who is 17 and who lives in Dorchester, Massachusetts.
Emma 18 Brookline MA
Zoe 18 Newton MA
Mariam 15, Bourj El Shamali Refugee Camp, Tyre Lebanon
Mara 15, Boston MA
Ariel 17, Winchester MA
Devin 18, Winchester MA
Raissa 15, Medford MA
Madison Chloe 16, Cornwall NY
Becca 19, Brookline MA
Danielle 19 Boston MA
Elham 18, Shatila Refugee Camp Beirut
Shannon, 18 Boston MA.
Rania Matar Via TDW
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Wow the contrast between the american kids and those in the refugee camps is startling. That being said I so identify with the girl with the cat
These are amazing pictures!
The girl in the first pic looks like she couldn’t be older than 12.