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Fatima Mathoub (right), scarred by broken glass, during U.S. bombing of Baghdad, March, 2003

Fatima Mathoub (right), scarred by broken glass, during U.S. bombing of Baghdad, March, 2003
Fatima Mathoub (right), scarred by broken glass, during U.S. bombing of Baghdad, March, 2003
Fatima Mathoub (right), scarred by broken glass, during U.S. bombing of Baghdad, March, 2003
ArtistAmerican, born 1961
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Fatima Mathoub (right), scarred by broken glass, during U.S. bombing of Baghdad, March, 2003
  • from the series Night of a Thousand Stars
Date2006
Place depictedIraq, Middle East, Asia
MediumInkjet print
DimensionsSheet: 13 × 19 in. (33 × 48.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Joy of Giving Something, Inc.
Object number2025.135.23
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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceJoy of Giving Something, Inc.; given to MFAH, 2025.
Published References Smith, Joel Preston. Night of a Thousand Stars & Other Portraits of Iraq. Tucson: Nazraeli Press, 2006.

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Inkjet print
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