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Sabiha Çimen (born 1986) is a Turkish photographer. Her series Hafiz, about girls at Quran schools in Turkey, was shown in a solo exhibition at Kunsthal, Rotterdam. For Hafiz, Çimen received a W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund Grant, 2nd Prize in the Long-Term Projects category of the World Press Photo award, and the First Photobook Award at the Paris Photo–Aperture Foundation PhotoBook Awards.

Early life and education

Çimen was born in Istanbul to an ethnically Kurdish Persian family. She graduated from Istanbul Bilgi University with an undergraduate degree in international trade and finance, and a master's degree in cultural studies. Her master's thesis on subaltern studies, which includes her photo story "Turkey as a Simulated Country", was published in 2019. She is a self-taught photographer.

Life and work

Çimen's book Hafiz: Guardians of the Qur'an (2021) shows the daily lives of students at girls-only Hafiz schools throughout Turkey. "Hafiz" means "guardian" and refers to people who memorize the Quran. Çimen spent 3 years herself studying in such a school, where she returned to in 2017 to begin making this autobiographical work. She went on to photograph Quran schools elsewhere until 2021.

Çimen became a Magnum Photos Nominee member in 2020.

Personal life

Çimen has a twin sister.

Publications

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

Group exhibitions

Awards

References

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