Pakistan
For the last three and a half years, AP photographer Muhammed Muheisen
has been photographing Afghan refugees who have found temporary shelter
in the slums outside of Islamabad, Pakistan. He has worked particularly
with the Pashtun community, one of the poorest and most vulnerable of
the refugee population in that region. According to a recent UNHCR
report, there are more than 1.6 million registered Afghan refugees
currently in Pakistan; with this figure not taking into account the
unregistered refugees, of which this community is comprised.
LightBox asked Muheisen to return to this community to photograph the
women who live there and have them say in their own words what it is to
be a mother as a refugee. What is it like to be a mother under very
difficult circumstances?
The Faces of Afghan Refugee Mothers
