Osman and Farid, blind "Quari" (one who knows the Koran by heart) brothers, Afghan refugee village, Nasirbagh, Northwest Frontier Province, Pakistan

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Osman and Farid, blind "Quari" (one who knows the Koran by heart) brothers, Afghan refugee village, Nasirbagh, Northwest Frontier Province, Pakistan
Osman and Farid, blind "Quari" (one who knows the Koran by heart) brothers, Afghan refugee village, Nasirbagh, Northwest Frontier Province, Pakistan
Osman and Farid, blind "Quari" (one who knows the Koran by heart) brothers, Afghan refugee village, Nasirbagh, Northwest Frontier Province, Pakistan

Osman and Farid, blind "Quari" (one who knows the Koran by heart) brothers, Afghan refugee village, Nasirbagh, Northwest Frontier Province, Pakistan

Maker (b. 1965, New York, New York)
Date1996 (printed 2003)
GeographyKhyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, Asia
MediumToned gelatin silver print mounted to aluminum
Dimensionsimage: 36 1/2 in. x 30 in. (92.7 cm x 76.2 cm); mount: 41 1/2 in. x 34 1/2 in. (105.4 cm x 87.6 cm)
ClassificationPHOTOGRAPHS
Credit LineMuseum purchase, The Dorothy Johnston Towne (Class of 1923) Fund
Object number2004.20
Status
Not on view
Rights© Fazal Sheikh
Photo creditDavis Museum at Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA
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