Set in Northwest Pakistan, this project explores the intimate reality of religious conversions within a small indigenous community, balancing animism and Islam. For centuries, the Kalash have lived in the remote Hindu Kush mountains, their traditions woven into rituals of dance, color, and fire. Yet, with the Muslim world as their long-standing neighbor, change has always been at the edge of their existence. For Kalash youth, this means growing up navigating an identity shaped by both heritage, and the world that surrounds them.

In Islam, conversion is a one-way path: an irreversible commitment. Last year alone, 90 Kalash embraced the faith, part of a growing wave that has seen hundreds leave their ancestral beliefs, within a population of just 4,000. Conversion, for some, is a personal act of love or survival, offering relief and a sense of belonging to the majority. For others, it brings profound loss and disconnection.

But for many, change begins at home. When parents convert, children are left at a crossroads: torn between ancestral customs and Islamic practice. This shift is not just about faith, but about belonging. Raising profound questions of continuity, choice, and the pressure to take sides. Framed by generational shifts, this work traces the tensions of youthhood, revealing the uncertainty of a generation navigating imposed change. Each image is a dialogue between past and present, where childhood, faith, and identity intersect in ways both personal, and universal.