And the refugee stories in Syria, all of which are 700 photographs taken by the lenses of 90 international photographers of professionals belonging to the artistic institutions and the press. They came to tell their journey of creativity in the world of photography during the International Festival of Photography «Exposter 2018».
Under the theme "Inspirational Moments", the festival, organized by the Sharjah Government Information Office at the Expo Center, will feature a series of highlights, scenes and scenes that reflect the creative experiences of a select group of international photographers.
«Eye on Iraq» is the title of the exhibition of Iraqi journalist Maan Habib, which includes 20 images, all provide a visual account of the reality of daily life away from violence in his country, Iraq, which lives in exceptional circumstances.
Habib told Emirates Today: "I sought through the picture to address the stories of Iraqis and bring them to the world, and encourage people to use their potential to help others."
"A group of photographs taken over the past two years to reflect life in Baghdad, the old city that clings to the right to live, looks like a 55-year-old green girl, who lost her sight in the 2003 war, is hopeful despite the difficult circumstances that have passed. And the theft of her husband in 2006, while presenting another image of an elderly man looking to the sky at the shrine of Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jilani, as if calling for the return of stability and peace to his city, which gave the people bullets and bullets.
"He managed to reach the marshes with his camera, and he was able to monitor the look of anxiety in the eyes of young people who do not know about childhood," Habib said.
Lebanese photographer Ramzi Haidar, who is participating in a lecture entitled "Moment 2", discusses the idea of the project, which was launched in cooperation with the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). "I made sure to present in my lecture a documentary film that reflects the suffering of the Syrians, Refugee camps in Lebanon, by shedding light on the details of their daily lives. "
In a tribute to his presentation of the Columbine High School Massacre, Esdras im Suarez, who won the Pulitzer Prize twice this year, is taking part in his 33-page exhibition in Cuba, Guatemala, Haiti, Iraq and Palestine, some of which deal with life under war or occupation.
"The Iraqi group focuses on three basic images, the first of which represents the innocence of the children as they watch the soldiers on the streets of Baghdad and Basra. They appear indifferent to those weapons that are sometimes directed toward them or towards their homes, while another picture shows Palestinian fighters enjoying moments of calm ahead of them. The most powerful images are the body of a Guatemalan boy who died in a highway accident while trying to immigrate to the United States illegally. "
The Dutch non-profit journal Diary of Refugees, which aims to document, assist and educate refugee and internally displaced people in their country, is participating in an exhibition entitled Refugee Diaries, which includes three photographs taken by Palestinian photographer Mohammed Muheisen in three refugee camps in Jordan, Serbia, And Greece.
The first photo shows the Syrian refugee Fatima, 13, and her sister Zahra, seven, looking shyly at the ground in an informal camp near the Jordanian city of Mafraq. The second is a group of refugees performing Maghrib prayer in a temporary mosque Was set up on the outskirts of the Serbian capital Belgrade, and the third photograph of the 21-month-old Afghan girl, Anna Rahmouni, sleeping under a mosquito nets outside her family's tent in the Malacasa camp north of the Greek capital.