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Postcolonial Perspectives: Arlette Bashizi on Documenting Conflict

Shila (nickname), 32, poses for a portrait at the Daughters of Charity training center in the town of Mekele, Tigray region, northern Ethiopia, November 2, 2023. Shila was a mother of three who ran a hairdressing salon before Eritrean soldiers invaded their border town. She was kept captive and repeatedly raped for three months. © Arlette Bashizi for The Washington Post.

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