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My week in pictures: Salma Habib

week in pics: Habib: supplying scarves to the market in Jalalabad
Me and two other sales agents on our weekly trip to supply scarves to the market in Jalalabad, Afghanistan. I supply around 100 scarves a week Photograph: Salma Habib
week in pics: Habib: family meal
Having a family meal (clockwise around the table, from left): Fakhria, Arzo, me, and my children Hijran, five; Navid, seven, and Muqadar, nine Photograph: Salma Habib
week in pics: Habib: weekly meeting
A weekly meeting for 20 women I work with, with Zardozi, an Afghan NGO supported by Oxfam which links “home producers” with markets Photograph: Salma Habib
week in pics: Habib: Helping children with homework
Helping my children with homework. I only went to school until the age of 14, so I am determined that my children will have an education Photograph: Salma Habib
week in pics: Habib: Heading to market
Heading to market to sell the scarves my co-workers and I make at home Photograph: Salma Habib
week in pics: Habib: Washing clothes
Washing my family’s clothes by hand – I do this at least twice a week Photograph: Salma Habib
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