32 min

Heather Shepherd - A Canvas of People Wild At Art

    • Arts

Until recently Heather Shepherd has been a Refugee Aid Worker in Turkey where she supported humanitarian efforts focused on Syrian refugees. She moved there in 2011 during the crisis. Living in Istanbul, a city of 20MM people, she married her American husband and had two kids. There in refugee camps Heather learned to tattoo with Henna as a way of engaging with the Syrian women who embrace the art form as part of their cultural identity. The family moved back to the US in 2020 during th...

Until recently Heather Shepherd has been a Refugee Aid Worker in Turkey where she supported humanitarian efforts focused on Syrian refugees. She moved there in 2011 during the crisis. Living in Istanbul, a city of 20MM people, she married her American husband and had two kids. There in refugee camps Heather learned to tattoo with Henna as a way of engaging with the Syrian women who embrace the art form as part of their cultural identity. The family moved back to the US in 2020 during th...

32 min

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