Peering through the glass, travelers await inspection at a Pakistani Army security checkpoint in Mingora and neighboring areas in the Swat Valley, Pakistan. 2009
In the farming village of Pipli, schoolboys play outside their primary school before classes begin. Pakistan. 2009
The journal I kept while traveling in Pakistan from 1996-1997.
(L) Abdul Saddar Edhi at an orphanage in Karachi bathes kids with sulphur, camphor and neem. Pakistan. 1998
(R) A local barber in a village near Multan and the Wali Muhammad Canal Headworks. Punjab, Pakistan. 2009
Horse dance at the Sibi Camel Festival in Balochistan, Pakistan. 1997
Combatants grapple in the dirt during Kushti, or Pehlwani, a martial art and style of wrestling popular in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. Punjab, Pakistan. 2009
On the set of The Veil Is Burning, a newlywed wife is gagged and killed by her in-laws, who are furious over the paltry dowry she brought to the marriage. Punjab, Pakistan. 1998
Night scene at the Jinnah Super Mall in Islamabad, reflecting recent economic Westernization developments. Punjab, Pakistan. 1998
Pathans inspect homemade Kalishnakovs (AK-47) in a gun shop in Landi Kotal, a town on the border with Afghanistan in the tribal Northwest Frontier Province. Pakistan. 1998
(L) Eid prayers marking the end of Ramadan at the Badshahi Mosque, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. 1998
(R) Red light district in the Heeramandi Bazaar, Lahore. Punjab, Pakistan. 1998
Miners manually drill holes in the Khewra Salt Mines, the oldest in the salt mining history of the sub-continent, one of the largest in Asia and the second largest in the world. Punjab, Pakistan. 1998
A traveler’s hotel along the Karakoram Highway near the border town of Sost, Pakistan. 1998
Camel camp at the Sibi Mela Camel Festival. Balochistan, Pakistan. 1998
Early morning scene at the Sibi Mela Camel Festival in Balochistan, Pakistan. 1998
Badly burned, a woman awaits plastic surgery at a Lahore hospital after her husband allegedly held her face to a stove. Punjab, Pakistan. 1998
Young girl at Badshahi Mosque March in Lahore, Pakistan. 1997
The Day of Ashura is on the 10th day of Muharram and is commemorated by Shia Muslims as a day of mourning for the martyrdom of Hazrat (Husayn) ibn Ali, the grandson of Muhammad. In remembrance, Shi'as march through Lahore's Old City. The men and boys ceremoniously beat their fists against their chests (matham/latmiya) and bloody themselves in a traditional flagellation riitual called zanjeer zani or zanjeer matam, which involves the use of a zanjeer (a chain with blades), to symbolize the suffering of Ali.
Scene along the Balloki Headworks that is part of the British built canal system in the Punjab, Pakistan. 2009
The journal I kept while traveling in Pakistan from 1996-1997.
A trans person and onlooker are playful at the Sibi Mela Camel Festival in Balochistan, Pakistan. 1997
A trans person and onlooker are playful at the Sibi Mela Camel Festival in Balochistan, Pakistan. 1997
(L) Sufi Muslim Celebration in Bitshah, Pakistan. 1997
(R) Landscape near Lahore in the Punjab province, Pakistan. 1998
The journal I kept while traveling in Pakistan from 1996-1997.
Women in the village of Sharqpur que up to cast their votes while soldiers guarantee a peaceful election day. Punjab, Pakistan. 1998
A 3-D model of the Khyber Pass overlooking the real 53-kilometer passage through the Hindu Kush mountain range, which connects the northern frontier of Pakistan with Afghanistan. 1998
(L) A view of the Hindu Kush mountains along the Karakoram Highway in Pakistan. 1998
(R) About half of all school children in Bahawalpur attend military madrasa. The madrasa of Taleem-Ul-Quaran, founded in 1990 as a one room school, now serves as a teaching center to approximately 400 students aged 7 on up. Punjab, Pakistan. 2009
A Khokas, or box restaurant, in the town of Chitral, a frontier town near the Afghan border. Pakistan. 1998
A pipe band marches through Aliabad on the Karakoram Highway in preparation for the Aga Khan’s visit. Pakistan. 1998
Women from the Women's Cooperative, started in 1984 to discuss local news and invest in village agricultural projects, tend to their orchards in Hunza Province, Pakistan. 1998
(L) Women from the Women's Cooperative, started in 1984 to discuss local news and invest in village agricultural projects organize and develop businesses and take control of their assets. Hunza, Pakistan. 1998
(R) Young men study the Qu'ran at the Jamia Arabia Madrassa in Gujranwala. Pakistan. 2009
A roadside food stand along the Karakorum Highway in the Northern Areas, which connects Pakistan to China, and is the highest paved road on earth. 1998
Peering through the glass, travelers await inspection at a Pakistani Army security checkpoint in Mingora and neighboring areas in the Swat Valley, Pakistan. 2009
In the farming village of Pipli, schoolboys play outside their primary school before classes begin. Pakistan. 2009
The journal I kept while traveling in Pakistan from 1996-1997.
Abdul Saddar Edhi at an orphanage in Karachi bathes kids with sulphur, camphor and neem. Pakistan. 1998
A local barber in a village near Multan and the Wali Muhammad Canal Headworks. Punjab, Pakistan. 2009
Horse dance at the Sibi Camel Festival in Balochistan, Pakistan. 1997
Combatants grapple in the dirt during Kushti, or Pehlwani, a martial art and style of wrestling popular in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. Punjab, Pakistan. 2009
On the set of The Veil Is Burning, a newlywed wife is gagged and killed by her in-laws, who are furious over the paltry dowry she brought to the marriage. Punjab, Pakistan. 1998
Night scene at the Jinnah Super Mall in Islamabad, reflecting recent economic Westernization developments. Punjab, Pakistan. 1998
Pathans inspect homemade Kalishnakovs (AK-47) in a gun shop in Landi Kotal, a town on the border with Afghanistan in the tribal Northwest Frontier Province. Pakistan. 1998
Eid prayers marking the end of Ramadan at the Badshahi Mosque, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. 1998
Red light district in the Heeramandi Bazaar, Lahore. Punjab, Pakistan. 1998
Miners manually drill holes in the Khewra Salt Mines, the oldest in the salt mining history of the sub-continent, one of the largest in Asia and the second largest in the world. Punjab, Pakistan. 1998
A traveler’s hotel along the Karakoram Highway near the border town of Sost, Pakistan. 1998
Camel camp at the Sibi Mela Camel Festival. Balochistan, Pakistan. 1998
Early morning scene at the Sibi Mela Camel Festival in Balochistan, Pakistan. 1998
Badly burned, a woman awaits plastic surgery at a Lahore hospital after her husband allegedly held her face to a stove. Punjab, Pakistan. 1998
Young girl at Badshahi Mosque March in Lahore, Pakistan. 1997
The Day of Ashura is on the 10th day of Muharram and is commemorated by Shia Muslims as a day of mourning for the martyrdom of Hazrat (Husayn) ibn Ali, the grandson of Muhammad. In remembrance, Shi'as march through Lahore's Old City. The men and boys ceremoniously beat their fists against their chests (matham/latmiya) and bloody themselves in a traditional flagellation riitual called zanjeer zani or zanjeer matam, which involves the use of a zanjeer (a chain with blades), to symbolize the suffering of Ali.
Scene along the Balloki Headworks that is part of the British built canal system in the Punjab, Pakistan. 2009
A trans person and onlooker are playful at the Sibi Mela Camel Festival in Balochistan, Pakistan. 1997
A trans person and onlooker are playful at the Sibi Mela Camel Festival in Balochistan, Pakistan. 1997
A trans person and onlooker are playful at the Sibi Mela Camel Festival in Balochistan, Pakistan. 1997
A trans person and onlooker are playful at the Sibi Mela Camel Festival in Balochistan, Pakistan. 1997
Sufi Muslim Celebration in Bitshah, Pakistan. 1997
Landscape near Lahore in the Punjab province, Pakistan. 1998
The journal I kept while traveling in Pakistan from 1996-1997.
Women in the village of Sharqpur que up to cast their votes while soldiers guarantee a peaceful election day. Punjab, Pakistan. 1998
A 3-D model of the Khyber Pass overlooking the real 53-kilometer passage through the Hindu Kush mountain range, which connects the northern frontier of Pakistan with Afghanistan. 1998
A view of the Hindu Kush mountains along the Karakoram Highway in Pakistan. 1998
About half of all school children in Bahawalpur attend military madrasa. The madrasa of Taleem-Ul-Quaran, founded in 1990 as a one room school, now serves as a teaching center to approximately 400 students aged 7 on up. Punjab, Pakistan. 2009
A Khokas, or box restaurant, in the town of Chitral, a frontier town near the Afghan border. Pakistan. 1998
A pipe band marches through Aliabad on the Karakoram Highway in preparation for the Aga Khan’s visit. Pakistan. 1998
Women from the Women's Cooperative, started in 1984 to discuss local news and invest in village agricultural projects, tend to their orchards in Hunza Province, Pakistan. 1998
Young men study the Qu'ran at the Jamia Arabia Madrassa in Gujranwala. Pakistan. 2009
Women from the Women's Cooperative, started in 1984 to discuss local news and invest in village agricultural projects organize and develop businesses and take control of their assets. Hunza, Pakistan. 1998
A roadside food stand along the Karakorum Highway in the Northern Areas, which connects Pakistan to China, and is the highest paved road on earth. 1998