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Book - Hafiz 

Sabiha Çimen 

Sabiha Cimen spent three years photographing Girl Qur'an Schools in five cities in Turkey, a subject that she knows very well since she attended the same schools when she was a teenager with her twin sister. After becoming a photographer, she returned to those schools to work on her project that has now become the subject for her first book.

The title Hafiz refers to one who has memorized all 604 pages of the Holy Qur'an. Historically the task of memorization began during the time of Muhammad. The individual process can take up to four years and is usually done by girls ranging in age from eight... 

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TURKEY. Istanbul. 2021. Hatice, nine, tries to recite Quran passages... 
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TURKEY. Istanbul. 2018. Melike, 15, eats ice-cream in the backyard... 
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TURKEY. Istanbul. 2018. Eight-year-old Büsra’s first year as... 
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TURKEY. Kars. 2018. Sisters Gu¨lnur (left) and Havvanur (right)... 

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TURKEY. Istanbul. April 9, 2017. Havva lies in the sickroom at... 

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TURKEY. Istanbul. May 20, 2017. Melike displays her collection... 

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TURKEY. Istanbul. March 20, 2017. Twins Bu¨sra (left) and Ku¨bra... 

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TURKEY. Rize. 2018. A faucet in the dining room. 
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TURKEY. Istanbul. 2019. Students skip in the yard of a Qur’an... 

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TURKEY. Istanbul. 2018. A student tending a rose. 
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TURKEY. Kars. 2018. Zeliha, 16, rests in the prayer room after... 
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TURKEY. Rize. 2018. Zeynep, 8, on her first day of Qur'an
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TURKEY. Rize. 2018. Asya plays with pet birds in her friend Hodja's... 

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TURKEY. Istanbul. August 4, 2017. A student holds her teacher’s... 

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TURKEY. Istanbul. July 15, 2018. Nehir (18) embraces her soulmate... 

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TURKEY. Rize. 2018. A student sitting on old mattresses. 
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TURKEY. Istanbul. 2020. A student puts her hand on a plastic... 
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TURKEY. Istanbul. 2018. Best friends in the garden of a Qur'an... 
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TURKEY. Rize. 2018. Elif, 8, beginner at a Qur'an school. 
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TURKEY. Istanbul. 2019. Head of a sacrificed animal donated to... 
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TURKEY. Istanbul. 2017. A student, with open eyes, annoyed by... 
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TURKEY. Istanbul. 2017. A student, with closed eyes, annoyed... 
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TURKEY. Istanbul. 2018. A bloody stone left in the garden after... 
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TURKEY. Rize. August 4, 2018. Elif (9), a new student at a Qur’an... 

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TURKEY. ISTANBUL 2018. Girls learning to roller-skate. 
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TURKEY. Istanbul. 2017. Reyyan, 16, memorizing the Qur'an in... 
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TURKEY. Istanbul. 2020. Pomegranate-flavored lollipop. 
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TURKEY. Istanbul. 2018. Melike, 15, hangs out in the backyard... 
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TURKEY. Istanbul. 2020. Two students playing while waiting for... 
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TURKEY. Istanbul. 2017. Yaren, 16, smelling a red rose. 
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TURKEY. Istanbul. 2019. A student with pineapple socks. 
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TURKEY. Istanbul. 2019. A shared phone to be used only within... 
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TURKEY. Kars. 2017. Student on duty separate moldy oranges in... 
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TURKEY. Istanbul. 2018. Sisters crowning each other with a handmade... 
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TURKEY. Rize. 2018. Stacks of white plastic stools in the dining... 
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TURKEY. Istanbul. 2017. Fatma, 15, (left), and her friend, barred... 
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TURKEY. Istanbul. 2018. Özlem, 14, carrying stainless steel glasses... 
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TURKEY. Kars. 2018. A discarded plastic dolphin from an amusement... 
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TURKEY. Istanbul. 2020. A student trying to memorize Qur'an pages... 

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TURKEY. Istanbul. 2017. Two friends placing their plant in the... 
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TURKEY. Istanbul. 2017. Hands of two students playing the role... 
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TURKEY. Istanbul. 2020. Vildan, 8, is a novice in veiling herself.... 
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TURKEY. Istanbul. 2018. Tugba, 14, is hiding behind branches... 
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TURKEY. Istandbul. 2019. A student cries under her desk
because... 
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TURKEY. Istanbul. June 8, 2017. Students play around with a gorilla... 

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TURKEY. Istanbul. 2019
49. A panel carrying a verse written... 
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TURKEY. Istanbul. 2017. Fatma, fifteen, wears party lights around... 

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TURKEY. Istanbul. 2020. Fake scenery on the dining room window.... 
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TURKEY. Istanbul. 2017. Sare, 17, irritated by the sun. 

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TURKEY. Istanbul. 2020. Wallpaper with map design. 
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TURKEY. Istanbul. 2020. The youngest students of the Qur'an school... 
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TURKEY. Istanbul. 2018. A student who left school mid-term waits... 
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TURKEY. Istanbul. 2019. Images show dress codes forbidden to... 

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TURKEY. Istanbul. June 11, 2017. Seyma walks through the countryside... 

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TURKEY. Kars. December 7, 2018. Students have fun in the snow... 

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TURKEY. Istanbul. March 15, 2019. Melike, 16, loves to scare... 

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TURKEY. Istanbul. July 12, 2017. Sare (left), Seyma (middle)... 

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TURKEY. Istanbul. August 10, 2017. Student on a paddle-boat,... 
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TURKEY. Istanbul. August 29, 2018. A plane flies low over students... 

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TURKEY. Istanbul. 2018. Students driving bumper-cars in an amusement... 
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