Female Circumcision
Photo Title
Female Circumcision
Photographer/Creator
Andrea Bruce
Collection
Publisher
The Washington Post
Caption/Description
Sheelan Anwar Omer, 7, enters a room looking for the party her mother had promised. As a local woman closed the door behind her, her mother told her to take off her underwear. “I do this in the name of Allah!” intoned the midwife before conducting the female circumcision.
Citation
Andrea Bruce, "Female Circumcision," in POYi Archive, Item #42957, http://archive.poy.org/items/show/42957 (accessed April 21, 2025).
Date Added
04.25.2011