What Kaiti Did

littlemiss:

impermeable:

top left: najaf sultana, 16. at the age of 5 was burned by her father while she was sleeping, apparently because he didn’t want to have another girl in the family. as a result of the burning najaf became blind and after being abandoned by both her parents she now lives with relatives. she has undergone plastic surgery around 15 times to try to recover from her scars.

top right: kanwal kayum, 26. she was burned with acid 1 year ago by a boy whom she rejected for marriage. she has never undergone plastic surgery.

 bottom left: zainab bibi, 17. she was burned on her face with acid thrown by a boy whom she rejected for marriage 5 years ago. she has undergone plastic surgery several times to try to recover from her scars.

bottom right: memuna khan, 21. she was burned by a group of boys who threw acid on her to settle a dispute between their family and menuna’s. she has undergone plastic surgery 21 times to try to recover from her scars.

pakistan. 2008
+: terrorism that’s personal

(via mer-de-noms)