Thana Faroq is a street photographer and visual storyteller based in Sana’a, Yemen. Faroq was born and raised in Yemen and attended one of the United World Colleges (UWC) in Canada, where she was formally introduced to art classes. Later, she moved to the US where she studied International Relations and photography, and has exhibited work in the US and Yemen.

Faroq aspires to produce direct, truthful, and bold images that tell meaningful stories. Photographing streets is her biggest passion, but the people in her photos never remain strangers. Their stories are assets through which to transform Faroq’s everyday inspiration into evocative and compelling photographs that speak right to the soul. Faroq uses her camera like Alice in Wonderland’s rabbit hole – to open an unexplored world, a place of curious self-expression and world of chances and new tales.

Events participated in:

Thana Faroq: The Power of Visial Storytelling: Engage in a workshop led by Yemeni photographerThana Faroqas she explores her passion forproducing direct, truthful and bold images thattell meaningful stories. (2018)

In Search of Lost Photographs: Visual storyteller Thana Faroq explores what itmeans to lose memories of Yemen from before the war. The photographs give the viewer an insight into living in Yemen and the forgotten crisis. (2018)

Women Like Us: Thana Faroq opens a window into the lives of 15 women from different social statuses, and their experience of the war in Yemen: their struggles, their aspirations, and their ambitions. (2018)

Women Like Us: In her photo series “Women Like Us”, Faroq captures the portraits and stories of 15 women and their experiences of the war in Yemen. Commissioned and supported by the British Council Yemen. (2016)