Kiana Hayeri

Visual Storyteller

www.kianahayeri.com

"I Could Just Vanish!"

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Location: Aurora

Nationality: Iranian-Canadian

Biography: Kiana (b.1988) grew up in Tehran, Iran and migrated to Toronto while she was still a teenager. Faced with the challenges of adapting to a new environment, she took up photography as a way of bridging the gap in language and culture. After an... MORE

“When you lose people...y card and a note in her purse.

“When you lose people you know, you feel that you are next, and you feel death coming closer to you,” said Arifa Armaghan, who carries her identity card and a note in her purse.

“If something happens...y lives hundreds of miles away.

“If something happens to me, who will collect my body? What if I need blood?” said Masouma Tajik, whose family lives hundreds of miles away.

Tareq Qassemi carries a special...hone numbers of family members.

Tareq Qassemi carries a special slip of paper, known as a pocket note, that contains his full name, his blood type and the phone numbers of family members.

Some Afghans have thought about...dquo; said Mujeebullah Dastyar.

Some Afghans have thought about leaving the country. “But it is hard to decide when my brain is busy thinking about who will come to kill me,” said Mujeebullah Dastyar.