For those Who Are Strong

This photo gave me perspective. 

Once again.

How blessed I am.  

How grateful for my loving husband.

My safety.  My country. 

For women that have courage to persevere.

For those that tell their stories.

Thank you!

South African-born photographer Jodi Bieber has won the 2011 World Press Photo of the Year for her portrait of an Afghan woman attacked by her husband. The World Press Photo Organization announced the winners of the 54th annual contest February 11 in Amsterdam.


Bieber’s close-up portrait shows 18-year-old Bibi Aisha, who tried to flee to her family home to escape her husband’s abuse. At the order of a Taliban commander, she was held down by her brother-in-law and her husband cut off Aisha’s ears and her nose. Aisha was rescued by aid workers and the US military and taken to a women’s refuge in Kabul. She now lives in the US. Bieber’s image of Aisha also won first place in the World Press Photo Portrait category (.http://www.pdnonline.com/pdn/news/Jodi-Bieber-Wins-Wor-1889.shtml?imw=Y)