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Salwan Georges explores power of photos in conflicts at Xposure Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist Salwan Georges spoke about his experiences in conflict reporting at the Xposure International Photography Festival in 2026. Drawing from his upbringing in Iraq ....

Salwan Georges explores power of photos in conflicts at Xposure

08.02.2026 18:50 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

'An image must make you feel something – anger, anguish, grief,' says Iraqi-American photographer Salwan Georges at Xposure Pulitzer Prize–winning photojournalist Salwan Georges brought a deeply personal perspective to global conflict reporting during a session at the Xposure...

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01.02.2026 14:36 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Guest column | Returning to Syria to reckon with the ghosts of my father’s past In an Assad torture prison, I saw my father’s poem still on the wall.

Six months on assignment for Washington Post in Syria brought me back to a place I once called home—and to a story that’s long lived within me. @washingtonpost.com

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Syrians unearth horrors of the Assad years in their basements Syrians had remained silent about the bodies dumped in countless basements by Assad’s forces. Rescue teams now are moving from home to home excavating remains.

06.03.2025 19:50 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Syrians emerging from dictatorship bristle at new threat from Israel Israeli attacks are angering Syrians and unsettling the country’s new leaders, who are dealing with multiple crises after the end of Bashar al-Assad’s rule.

06.03.2025 19:49 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Syria holds national dialogue to chart a path after Bashar al-Assad Nearly three months after Assad fled, much of Syria is suspended between relief at the dictatorship’s demise and anxiety over what comes next.

06.03.2025 19:49 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Israel is building outposts in Syria, raising local fears of occupation The new construction, visible in satellite imagery, suggests an extended presence. Israel says its forces will stay as long as needed to protect its citizens.

06.03.2025 19:23 — 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

Four photographers reflect on the stories they witnessed in 2024 As 2024 comes to a close, four photographers — Carolyn Van Houten, Lorenzo Tugnoli, Salwan Georges and Carmen Abd Ali — look back at the stories they covered.

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02.01.2025 16:10 — 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

In Hama, survivors of the Assad family’s first massacre can finally speak Bashar al-Assad’s father brutally crushed an uprising in Hama, creating a blueprint for repression. Decades later, Syrians can now start to tell their stories.

26.12.2024 13:49 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

How Syria’s rebels overcame years of a bloody stalemate to topple Assad The Syrian regime’s collapse came more quickly than the rebels had dreamed — the circumstances were both serendipitous and part of a larger global realignment.

25.12.2024 19:22 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

For Syria’s Christians, Christmas is a time to grapple with hope and fear Although members of the Christian community said they are happy to see the Assad regime go, many are wary of their new Islamist leaders.

25.12.2024 19:21 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Files from Aleppo intelligence facility show extent of Assad repression Branch 322 was one of hundreds of facilities that detained and interrogated civilians and military officers, and recruited locals to monitor their neighbors.

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War destroyed and divided Aleppo. Can Assad’s fall unite the city? The battle for Aleppo fractured the city along social and economic lines. Whether people here can live together again will help decide the fate of a new Syria.

25.12.2024 19:19 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

When climate change upends sacred rituals, the faithful adapt Rising temperatures and melting glaciers are altering the ways humans pray and threatening the existence of sacred traditions.

The effects of a warming planet are changing the ways humans pray. From the peaks of Peru to the shores of Thailand, centuries-old rituals are transforming as the world continues to heat up. My latest work for the @washingtonpost.com

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‘In the name of God’: Native American children endured years of sexual abuse at boarding schools Taken from their families and sent to remote boarding schools, Native American children often faced sexual abuse by priests, brothers or sisters who ran the facilities.

25.11.2024 13:00 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

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