Tanya Habjouqa
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tanya Habjouqa | |
|---|---|
_in_the_video_'The_Politics_of_Occupied_Pleasure'.png) At the 2016 panel discussion The Politics of Occupied Pleasure | |
| Born | 1975 (age 49–50) Amman, Jordan |
| Education | |
| Occupation | Photographer |
| Website | tanyahabjouqa |
Tanya Habjouqa (Arabic: تانيا حبجوقة; born 1975) is a Jordanian American photographer based in East Jerusalem. Her work documents daily life across the Middle East.
Tanya Habjouqa was born in Amman, Jordan in 1975.[1][2][3] Her mother was American, and her father was from the minority Circassian ethnic group in Jordan.[3][4] When she was 4 years old, her parents divorced, and her mother brought Habjouqa and her brother to live in Fort Worth, Texas, where she grew up.[2][5]
Habjouqa studied journalism and then anthropology at the University of North Texas.[3][6] Early in her career, while still a student, she worked to photograph the lives of migrants in Texas.[1] She later earned a master's degree in global media and Middle East politics from SOAS University of London.[3]
