Gulnaz
2014 X 20"x24"

Gulnaz is an Afghani woman and rape victim who was sentenced to twelve years in jail for "adultery by force." Her daughter, Muskan, was born in prison and remained there with her for three years until Gulnaz agreed to marry her rapist in order to be freed. They share the home with his first wife and their five children. Gulnaz says of her daughter, "I want her to become something. I am nothing." Arabic Script: Qur'an Sura 24:4

And those who accuse chaste women and then do not produce four witnesses -- lash them with eighty lashes and do not accept from them testimony ever after. Gao Yu

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