<\/p>\n
“If you get a nose job, you would look much better\u201d<\/h1>\n
Read Maha’s full story\u00a0here<\/a><\/p>\n https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Bzst2ZGhmQq\/<\/p>\n Read Laura’s full story\u00a0here<\/a><\/p>\n https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BzvSlh8h0Ox\/<\/p>\n Read Tac’s full story\u00a0here<\/a><\/p>\n https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BzqKPvchx9_\/<\/p>\n Read Lotus’ full story\u00a0here<\/a><\/p>\n https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Bznks30h0KA\/<\/p>\n Read Danae’s full story\u00a0here<\/a><\/p>\n https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Bz0X_60B5BA\/<\/p>\n Read Myrna’s full story\u00a0here<\/a><\/p>\n https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Bz8LAA3h5Yo\/<\/p>\n https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BdmbwV0Dz7Y\/?utm_source=ig_embed<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"‘Rock Your Ugly’ sends an important message. But could you dare to bare your deepest insecurities? In a new photography series created by Waleed Shah, a Dubai-based photographer, residents are brutally honest, revealing mental health issues, body insecurities and, in some cases, both. 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He describes ‘rock your ugly’ as ‘group therapy’… in which he photographed each subject and documented their journey, ‘I would listen to someone else\u2019s pain and share mine.’<\/p>\n See the full photo gallery\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image_block","image":{"ID":14316,"id":14316,"title":"Screenshot 2019-07-18 11.59.33","filename":"Screenshot-2019-07-18-11.59.33.png","filesize":0,"url":"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2019\/07\/Screenshot-2019-07-18-11.59.33.png","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/feature\/brave-dubai-residents-share-their-deepest-insecurities-for-this-moving-photography-campaign\/attachment\/screenshot-2019-07-18-11-59-33\/","alt":"","author":"397","description":"","caption":"","name":"screenshot-2019-07-18-11-59-33","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":14314,"date":"2019-07-18 09:04:21","modified":"2019-07-18 09:04:21","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":2130,"height":666,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2019\/07\/Screenshot-2019-07-18-11.59.33-150x150.png","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2019\/07\/Screenshot-2019-07-18-11.59.33-300x94.png","medium-width":300,"medium-height":94,"medium_large":"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2019\/07\/Screenshot-2019-07-18-11.59.33-768x240.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":240,"large":"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2019\/07\/Screenshot-2019-07-18-11.59.33-1024x320.png","large-width":900,"large-height":281,"1536x1536":"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2019\/07\/Screenshot-2019-07-18-11.59.33.png","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":480,"2048x2048":"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2019\/07\/Screenshot-2019-07-18-11.59.33.png","2048x2048-width":2048,"2048x2048-height":640,"small":"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2019\/07\/Screenshot-2019-07-18-11.59.33-230x72.png","small-width":120,"small-height":38,"custom-size":"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2019\/07\/Screenshot-2019-07-18-11.59.33.png","custom-size-width":640,"custom-size-height":200}},"image_caption":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"text_block","content":" Read Maha’s full story\u00a0here<\/a><\/p>\n https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Bzst2ZGhmQq\/<\/p>\n Read Laura’s full story\u00a0here<\/a><\/p>\n https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BzvSlh8h0Ox\/<\/p>\n Read Tac’s full story\u00a0here<\/a><\/p>\n https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BzqKPvchx9_\/<\/p>\n Read Lotus’ full story\u00a0here<\/a><\/p>\n https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Bznks30h0KA\/<\/p>\n Read Danae’s full story\u00a0here<\/a><\/p>\n https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Bz0X_60B5BA\/<\/p>\n\u201cI have scoliosis and I wear backless dresses now\u201d<\/h1>\n
\u201cWhen I look in the mirror I see a beautiful, confident, sexy man\u201d<\/h1>\n
\u201cWhen I was 11 months old I fell off the bed and my arm was resting in between the spaces of the winter heater\u201d<\/h1>\n
\u201cLet\u2019s rock this, bellies and all\u201d<\/h1>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve Learned How To Perfect The Art Of Throwing Up After Meals, I wear a size 1\u201d<\/h1>\n
The reflective self-portrait that originally ignited the idea by photographer Waleed Shah in 2018<\/h1>\n
The honesty behind each portrait shines a light on how deeply we are affected by our insecurities… and how brave these residents are to share theirs<\/h1>\n
“If you get a nose job, you would look much better\u201d<\/h1>\n
\u201cI have scoliosis and I wear backless dresses now\u201d<\/h1>\n
\u201cWhen I look in the mirror I see a beautiful, confident, sexy man\u201d<\/h1>\n
\u201cWhen I was 11 months old I fell off the bed and my arm was resting in between the spaces of the winter heater\u201d<\/h1>\n
\u201cLet\u2019s rock this, bellies and all\u201d<\/h1>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve Learned How To Perfect The Art Of Throwing Up After Meals, I wear a size 1\u201d<\/h1>\n