Published 3 years ago

A Photographer Watched Syria’s Children While Their Government Bombed Them

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Bassam Khabieh's new book, "Witnesses to War: The Children of Syria," is a call for justice. The images in this book don’t glorify men readying for a fight; there are no tanks rolling through the dust. Instead, it is a record of what the world has allowed to happen to the innocent infants and children of Syria.

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A Photographer Watched Syria’s Children While Their Government Bombed Them

In 2020, a young father in Idlib, Syria, posted a video of himself teaching his four-year-old daughter to laugh when she heard incoming bombs. In the video, a strike can be heard, then the little rosy-cheeked girl, standing on a couch next to her father, erupts into laughter. Between squeals, she says, “Yes, it’s very funny!”The video captures the paradox of Syria: Amid pervasive suffering, destruction, and death, life somehow continues. This pa…

3 years ago·New York, United States

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