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Fatma Benyadir, 75, a berber woman from the Chaouia region, who has facial tattoos, sits inside her house in Chalma at the Aures Mountain near the eastern city of Batna, Algeria October 9, 2015. A local woman tattooed Benyadir when she was 12 years old. "I did it without telling my parents. All the girls my age were tattooed", Benyadir said. "I had to endure excruciating pain, the anger of my parents later, just to look pretty". Some believers have told these Muslim women that by allowing the tattoos they committed a sin according to Islam. To make amends, those who regret having the tattoos give away their treasured silver jewellery to the most deprived women they know. Benyadir regrets being tattooed and has given away her silver after rubbing it on her tattoos, which gave her the feeling that she was rubbing them away, she said. (Photo by Zohra Bensemra/Reuters)
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