Becoming a photographer in Yemen was not easy for Almutawakel. She says she had to overcome her own fears and doubts about taking up this profession.
I’ve been working on a photography project about birth and culture since 2006, but the first time I saw a birth, I didn’t have a camera. I didn’t have much, really, because I was three and the baby being born was my brother. I remember feeling excited, being tossed into a yellow beanbag by…