Umida (from Persian Omideh) Tukhtamuradovna Akhmedova, also known as Umida Ahmedova, (Умида Тухтамурадовна Ахмедова, born October 21, 1955, in Parkent, Uzbekistan) is a photographer and photojournalist working and living in Central Asia.[1] She currently resides in Uzbekistan and is married to filmmaker Oleg Karpov.[2] In 2010 she was convicted of "slander of the Uzbek nation" after making a documentary. Since 2010, she can not participate in any official exhibitions in Uzbekistan.[3]
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- ^ Чухович, Борис (July 11, 2016). "Искусство в Узбекистане: очерки внутреннего изгнания" (in Russian). Fergana News. Retrieved July 13, 2016.