Kiana Hayeri

Visual Storyteller

www.kianahayeri.com

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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

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Single Mothers of Afghanistan on Globe and Mail

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May 16, 2017

Single Mothers of Afghanistan was published on Globe and Mail for Mother's Day weekend.
It was published online on Friday and in print through a beautiful spread today.

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Also by Kiana Hayeri —

on National Geographic: A photographer gives an inside look at the fall of Kabul, her longtime home

Aug 25, 2021

on The New York Times: What Will Become of Afghanistan's Post-9/11 Generation?

Aug 25, 2021

The New York Times: Kabul's Sudden Fall to Taliban Ends U.S. Era in Afghanistan

Aug 15, 2021

The New York Times: U.S. Is Sending 3,000 Troops Back to Afghanistan to Begin Evacuations

Aug 12, 2021

Photoville 2020: Promises Written On The Ice, Left In The Sun

Sep 20, 2020

on NYTimes: At War: She Went to Prison for Killing Her Husband. The Pandemic Set Her Free.

Jul 22, 2020

The Washington Post: "˜There's no humanity left': A family buries a mother and her unborn child in Afghanistan

May 16, 2020

Media News Spotlight

Tim Hetherington 'Visionary Award 2020: KIANA HAYERI

May 15, 2020

on NYT: Afghanistan's Next War

May 15, 2020

"Scarred and Weary, an Afghan Force Wonders: What Is Peace?" for The New York Times (2020)

May 15, 2020

For The New York Times Magazine (2020):"Now in Prison, They Feel Free."

May 15, 2020

"Afghan Women Don't Want To Be Saved. But They Demand To Be Heard" for Buzzfeed News (2019)

May 15, 2020

"The TransAsia Train" for Polka Magazine (2013)

May 15, 2020

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