Awel Haouati is a Phd candidate in anthropology at the École des hautes études en sciences sociales (Ehess, Paris). Her research focuses on press photography during the 1990s war in Algeria. In 2019, she founded Archives des luttes des femmes en Algérie (Archives of Women’s Struggles in Algeria), which she co-leads with fellow anthropology researcher Saadia Gacem. She also works as an independent writer and photographer.)