Artist Says Burqa Images Challenge ’Anti-Immigrant’, ’Islamophobia’ Sentiment in Australia
Simon Kent
The BBC has lauded an Australian photographer’s response to what he calls a “tragic” rise in “ sentiment” in his homeland by taking the piece of Islamic female clothing known as the burqa and using it as an art prop.
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