Sarah Caron

A Pakistani family in the streets of Peshawar. Every day the local community can feel the pressure increasing with stricter interpretation of Sharia law. North West Frontier Province, December 2007.

Wedding day for Aicha (15), daughter of the Mollah at Jamia Siraj Ul Uloom madrasah. She must appear before the guests, dressed in a heavily embroidered gown, wearing golden jewelry, and stand still for hours, her gaze lowered. Her veil is slipping and she is trying to hold it in place, without moving.