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“I remember the moment my Yemeni grandmother scorned my aunts and cousins for making fun of my tattoo. The room fell silent. She said that by insulting me, I was also insulting her mother, and all of the women who came before her. Soon after, she shared faded photographs of my great-grandmother, who was beautifully adorned with lines and geometric patterns all over her face. My grandmother told me, ‘There was a love of individuality that my mother took in pride. I thought it was lost, but now I see her in you.’” As a tribute to her late Yemeni great-grandmother, Yumna Al-Arashi photographed the last generation of women with facial tattoos in North Africa. See images from “Face” at the #ICPMuseum. #ICPprojected http://bit.ly/2yL35d1

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