Farida Haque
1 min readJan 17, 2020

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Here’s a photo I took of a war orphan from the Afghan war. Armed with his shoeshine paraphernalia, he’s standing against a backdrop of a giant poster for a high fashion boutique. He gets paid 50 cents per shoeshine. That’s capitalism for you. Breaks my heart.

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Farida Haque
Farida Haque

Written by Farida Haque

Multimedia artist, writer, poet. “I could not have painted myself happy without painting myself sad first…” faridahaque@gmail.com

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