Looking at the war in Syria through a Syrian photographer’s eyes – The Washington Post

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Perspective | Looking at the war in Syria through a Syrian photographer’s eyes

Photographer Hosam Katan documents the war in his home country.

via Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/in-sight/wp/2018/06/29/looking-at-the-war-in-syria-through-a-syrian-photographers-eyes/

For most of the war, journalists have had trouble getting into the country because of the dangers. Many have been kidnapped and killed. And, of course, Syrian journalists have been working under extraordinarily dangerous conditions. Photojournalist Hosam Katan is one of those Syrian journalists, and his new book, “Yalla Habibi: Living with War in Aleppo’” (Kehrer Verlag, 2018), takes us into the conflict that has been ravaging his country for nearly a decade.