Wahidy uses her photography to express her own emotions as an Afghan woman and amplify the voices of others like her in the male-dominated country of Afghanistan.

Looking back at that moment, she stated that she wished she was a photographer at the time, able to show today's society what it was like for young girls like herself, but photography and other forms of creative expression were banned.

[5] In 2007 she received a scholarship to take the two-year photojournalism program at Loyalist College in Belleville, Ontario, returning to Afghanistan in 2010.

She had the goal of closing the knowledge gap pertaining to art and photography in her home country and encouraging understanding.

Wahidy is the recipient of the National Geographic All Roads Photography Program Merit Award and was nominated for World Press Photo Joop Swart Masterclass.

[11] Wahidy's photographs have been showcased internationally in Afghanistan, Canada, United States, India, Pakistan, Germany, Italy, Norway, Geneva, China, and Finland.