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female hands decorated with henna and wearing rings, handwriting a doctoral thesis

July 11, 2020 | Writing History

With hands decorated in traditional henna, Mai Yamani works on her doctoral thesis in social anthropology. She would become the first Saudi woman to receive a master's degree and doctorate from Oxford University.
Photograph by Jodi Cobb, Nat Geo Image Collection