a tattoo artist in Kabul, Afghanistan. Mosawi, 42, fought for seven years in Afghanistan’s civil war with the Islamic insurgents. He says he is still fighting the war, but this time his battle ...

Exposure to Western culture since 2001 has transformed Afghanistan's previously isolated society, and a love of tattoos has taken hold – despite inking parlours being illegal. Under the Taliban ...

Soraya Shahidy carefully lays a stencil on Nargis Merzayi’s arm before inking the latest tattoo in her salon in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul. Tattoo artist Soraya Shahidy, speaks with a ...

Kabul: A female tattoo artist, a rarity in ultra-conservative Afghanistan, is taking a big risk with every customer she takes on. It’s been 18 months since Suraya Shaheedi started her mobile ...

as the first ever female tattoo artist in Afghanistan, a country where many still believe that inking skin is a sin against Islam. "Tattoos are not forbidden in Islam. Some mullahs say they are ...

It features Iraq and Afghanistan veterans' tattoos, some as small as the word "ouch" and some covering most of the person's arms and torsos. The tattoos are vividly colored, reflecting military ...

Afghanistan, photographer Mauricio Lima asked the men to share the stories behind their tattoos. Williams' back features two bulldogs, animals frequently used to represent "Devil Dogs," a nickname ...

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I was deployed to Afghanistan a few years ago and I was ... As I was thinking this, the tattoo artist looked at me, and he kind of took me in and he looked at his friend and said, "This is wrong ...

The tattoo, according to Gaertner, is actually a “Titan 2” symbol for his platoon when he served in Afghanistan. “The writing on his right arm is the Spartan Creed which is about protecting ...

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A female tattoo artist, a rarity in ultra-conservative Afghanistan, is taking a big risk with every customer she takes on. It’s been 18 months since Suraya Shaheedi started ...

Soraya Shahidy has left her permanent mark on the world… as the first ever female tattoo artist in Afghanistan, a country where many still believe that inking skin is a sin against Islam. "Tattoos are ...