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In 2013, she started working as a freelance photographer and setting up modern art shows in Kabul. From 2018 to 2021, Akbar organized the "Superwomen" (or "Abarzanan") exhibition, to commemorate
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584:Culture and education
1156:Afghan photographers
1151:Afghan women artists
918:Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa
907:Elisa Loncón Antileo
626:Melinda French Gates
948:Halima Sadaf Karimi
306:National Geographic
1054:Mia Krisna Pratiwi
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867:Marcelina Bautista
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528:Artnet News
365:Artdaily.cc
171:Le Monde.fr
132:PEN America
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988:Zala Zazai
847:Abia Akram
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121:COVID-19
106:Pakistan
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