Tamara Abdul Hadi's photography series "Picture an Arab Man" encourages the viewer to reconsider his or her preconceived notions about men in the Middle East.
Ghazwan, Iraq —
Tamara Abdul Hadi's photography series "Picture an Arab Man" encourages the viewer to reconsider his or her preconceived notions about men in the Middle East.
Tamara Abdul Hadi
The series was inspired by a sitting Abdul Hadi had with a young man in Dubai in 2009. Struck by the beauty in the photograph, she set on an ambitious five-year project to challenge some of the stereotypes associated with Arab men.
KK, Jordan —
The series was inspired by a sitting Abdul Hadi had with a young man in Dubai in 2009. Struck by the beauty in the photograph, she set on an ambitious five-year project to challenge some of the stereotypes associated with Arab men.
Tamara Abdul Hadi
From 2009 to 2014 Abdul Hadi photographed men in Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Morocco and Tunisia.
Hisham, Lebanon —
From 2009 to 2014 Abdul Hadi photographed men in Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Morocco and Tunisia.
Tamara Abdul Hadi
She chose to photograph the men semi-nude without anything to distract the viewer or identify them as to who they might be.
Mohammad, Morocco —
She chose to photograph the men semi-nude without anything to distract the viewer or identify them as to who they might be.
Tamara Abdul Hadi
"When a man or woman is asked to be photographed without a shirt there is a little bit of vulnerability and shyness that comes out," Abdul Hadi tells CNN.
Bader, Kuwait —
"When a man or woman is asked to be photographed without a shirt there is a little bit of vulnerability and shyness that comes out," Abdul Hadi tells CNN.
Tamara Abdul Hadi
"I wanted them all to melt into one look of an Arab man who is human and who is sometimes vulnerable, sometimes gentle," she says.
Anonymous, Tunisia —
"I wanted them all to melt into one look of an Arab man who is human and who is sometimes vulnerable, sometimes gentle," she says.
Tamara Abdul Hadi
Abdul Hadi says her representation of the Arab man is exactly how she sees the men that surrounded her throughout her life.
GN, Morocco —
Abdul Hadi says her representation of the Arab man is exactly how she sees the men that surrounded her throughout her life.
Tamara Abdul Hadi
"My project is personal for me as an Arab woman to celebrate the Arab man and his beauty," she says.
Rachid, Morocco —
"My project is personal for me as an Arab woman to celebrate the Arab man and his beauty," she says.
Tamara Abdul Hadi
Abdul Hadi is now turning "Picture an Arab Man" into a book.
Fajer, Iraq —
Abdul Hadi is now turning "Picture an Arab Man" into a book.
Tamara Abdul Hadi