Kiana Hayeri
Visual storyteller
TED Fellow Kiana Hayeri is a visual storyteller.
Why you should listen
Kiana Hayeri is a documentary photographer and witness to history unfolding in Afghanistan. She is currently covering the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan and working on a photobook, Where Prison Is Kind of a Freedom, documenting the lives of Afghan women in Herat Prison.
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A New Era: Notes from Session 2 of TED Fellows Talks at TED2022
April 10, 2022
Session 2 of TED Fellows talks brought us yet another incredible group of individuals doing wildly different things in wildly different places. Eleven speakers and one performer took us across the globe to share their bold plans for social impact, technological innovation, cultural shifts and more. The event: Talks from Session 2 of TED Fellows […]
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Scenes from a pandemic: Firsthand stories of life in 23 countries, from the TED Fellows
April 10, 2020
To get a panoramic perspective of the pandemic, TED turned to its TED Fellows. From Afghanistan to the US, Brazil to Uganda, India to Russia -- and 17 other countries -- here are their stories.
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A rare, intimate look at the lives of single mothers in Afghanistan
October 27, 2017
Millions of women singlehandedly raise their children in the war-torn country, but their stories are rarely told in the media. Photographer Kiana Hayeri captures their struggles and strength in these photos.
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