This picture was taken in the village of Tsanwa in the Maradi state of Niger in November 2010. These are my feet and the baby feet of Laure Garba. We both got traditional henna done to our feet for the Tabaski festival.
This photo was taken in Ait Hamza, Morocco, on my birthday, September 23, 2010. As birthday's are not celebrated here, we had a cross-cultural exchange birthday party, which consisted of mint tea, cake, dancing and henna!
I took this photo of fellow Volunteer in her village on June 17, 2010. Her host family was helping her apply henna, a local beauty treatment that many women apply in the village before wedding and naming ceremonies. A paste of crushed roots and...