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When the Deserving Poor Refuse to be Virtuous and Humanitarian Aid Fails to Imagine a Good Life

When the Deserving Poor Refuse to be Virtuous and Humanitarian Aid Fails to Imagine a Good Life

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Humanitarian virtues

Wars change life conditions.

There are the sheer number of civilian deaths and the flow of forcibly displaced people. There is family disintegration, weakening of social networks and breakdown […]

The Power of Photography: The Miracle of Survival

The Power of Photography: The Miracle of Survival

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“Here you see the mourning family of two brothers who died…”

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“This is a real mass grave…”

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“In this mass grave you can see my teacher and another teacher…”

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“This is a […]

Portraits

Portraits

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It was usual to find portraits of ancestors hanging in the living rooms of each of the family compounds. Acting like a family tree, they represented people’s heritage and […]

The Photo Album

The Photo Album

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I am looking through a series of matt photos that are organised in an album. They have each been carefully placed behind individual plastic sheets that are now torn […]

Living in Ruins

Living in Ruins

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After a long day of pickling peppers and cooking ajwar in the yard, Arieta[1] joined me on the shilte, a foam mat spread out on the veranda. […]

The Tape

The Tape

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Apart from the wind the only sound that can be heard is the grinding of metal shovels breaking the rocky earth. About 30 men are digging graves one by […]