If Only You Knew

This is my very first photo book, dedicated to the first generation of women from Turkey in the Netherlands. These women worked tirelessly and made significant contributions to the country's development, yet their stories are largely absent from Dutch visual archives. You can order the book (€ 39,95) on my website or through the publisher's website, NAI010.

If Only You Knew

If Only You Knew is my first solo exhibition about the first generation of women from Turkey in the Netherlands. These women often worked very hard and contributed to the development of the Netherlands. However, their stories remain largely absent in Dutch image archives. This exhibition is on display until May 2025 at the Nederlands Fotomuseum in Rotterdam.

INSTALLATION

2023

Ctrl.Alt.Img

Ctrl.Alt.Img was born out of my research about the representation of muslim women in the Dutch media. Ctrl.Alt.Img is a interactive booth that mimics the form and dynamics of a playful photo booth. Participants leave the booth with a printed memento capturing a photograph and an AI-generated image of themselves.  This project was designed, researched and produced by affect lab in collaboration with Prospektor and Babusi Nyoni (Triple Black).

RESEARCH

2020-2022

PODCAST

2022

Research reports ‘Muslim Women in Dutch Media’

For years, I've been bothered by the stereotypical image of Muslim women in the Dutch media. That's why I conducted research into photos of Muslim women in the image bank of ANP and in Dutch newspapers. This resulted in two groundbreaking research reports.

‘Moslima’

In the two-part podcast series ‘Moslima’ I explore together with Maartje Duin how the portrayal of ‘the Muslim woman’ has developed over the years and how we can change that image.

IMPACT TALKS

2022-2023

MULTIMEDIA PHOTO SERIES

2019 - 2023

The Power of Images

To bring my studies to the attention of colleagues (and a wider audience), I organized a change process in collaboration with Prospektor and the Pakhuis de Zwijger debate center.

A New Beginning

Who are you, and who do you want to become? And what if you had to reinvent yourself? In A New Beginning, I collaborate with young individuals who, after their flight to the Netherlands, embark on a journey to discover their (new) identity.

PHOTO SERIES

2019

PHOTO SERIES

2021

The Game

The Game is a journalistic photo series that played a crucial role in my research prior to creating A New Beginning. This series focuses on teenagers seeking refuge in unconventional sleeping arrangements, such as tents in muddy fields and abandoned buildings in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Family Portraits

I was awarded the Stipendium Schiedams Water grant and as part of this grant I created a series of family portraits of Schiedam residents with Turkish backgrounds.

PHOTO SERIES

2016

PHOTO SERIES

2016

Palestinian Minors

In 2016 I traveled to the Westbank in Palestine and made a portrait series about Palestinian minors who have been arrested by Israeli soldiers. How does a child reattaches to life after being arrested and assaulted in the middle of the night? How does a child cope with deportation, interrogation and abuse?

Syrian Child Labour

With two colleagues from the Dutch national newspaper de Volkskrant I visited the Turkish city of Gaziantep in 2016. We went there to report on the changing dynamics in the city with the arrival of Syrian refugees. When we arrived there, we discovered that many Syrian children were working in various textile and shoe factories.

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