Women in Iran are among the most highly educated in the Middle East, with a literacy rate of more than 80%. The women are shown going about their daily lives at home, at work, in the city and the countryside. 'In my opinion, in various aspects women are invisible but they are so powerful and courageous', she said, adding that she became a photographer to bring the lives of ordinary people to a broader audience.ĭamnabi, who lives and works in Tehran, travelled across Iran to document women's lives, among other themes. The image is part of the first solo exhibition by Iranian photographer Farnaz Damnabi, which opened at Milan's 29 ARTS IN PROGRESS gallery on Tuesday.ĭamnabi, 29, told Reuters the photo was taken in the holy Shi'ite city of Mashhad, one of Iran's most conservative places, where women would only be photographed provided their faces were not shown. The woman is photographed from behind and the pattern of her chador, which completely covers her, seems to intertwine with the dense floral design of the rug. MILAN, May 23 (Reuters) - A photograph of a woman, wearing a white chador with an ornate pattern and standing in front of a hanging Persian rug, is perhaps the most striking image of a new exhibition in Milan that aims to shed light on women's lives in today's Iran.

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