Artists in Egypt work in a tense atmosphere.
The Muslim women in Marwa Adel's photographs are shadows, repressed by custom, religion, marriage and regret. While nude, the figures are obscured by sepia scrims, scrawled upon with stifling words - as if their true selves may never be known.
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