Photo of the Day | Layla Taloo poses for a portrait at her home in Sharya, Iraq, in the full-face veil and abaya she wore while enslaved for two-and-a-half years by Islamic State militants. See the project by @mayaalleruzzo, awarded in the 2021 Contest: https://t.co/QYJDBzFxlR
When Mujahid Abadi stepped outside to see if Israeli forces had entered his uncle’s neighborhood, he was shot twice. Hours later, beaten and bloodied, he found himself strapped to the searing hood of an Israeli military jeep.
Latest, w/ @mayaalleruzzo
(1/6) These are only 42 names out of the thousands of civilians killed in Palestine, Israel, and Lebanon since 7 October 2023: those of the 37 Palestinian, 4 Israeli, and 1 Lebanese journalists and media workers confirmed dead so far according to @pressfreedom.
Photo of the Day | Yazidi youth, dressed in traditional clothes, take part in a program to reacquaint them with their religion and culture at Khanke Camp, near Dohuk, Iraq, on 14 September 2019. By @mayaalleruzzo, awarded in the 2021 Contest: https://t.co/4miNcVL5dz
Join our team! We are recruiting a @HRW Deputy Director for the MENA division, with a preference for candidates with strong North Africa experience. Take a look and please share with your networks: https://t.co/vL7wMWCZqB
Are you an early career Indian photographer?
@Reuters has launched the Danish Siddiqui Photojournalism Internship in memory of our late colleague who continues to inspire us all.
This year-long, paid internship, will be based in Delhi.
Join our team: https://t.co/jSxgXYjgRl
Photo of the Day | Layla Taloo visits the Nineveh Oberoi Hotel in Mosul, Iraq, where she was once brought by her IS captor, on 30 August 2019. Read more about the 2021 winning project ‘Islamic State’s Yazidi Survivors’ by @mayaalleruzzo:
https://t.co/FzUNewRGCQ
These belongings were left in the hamlet of Ein Samiya after Palestinians hastily fled in July, citing settler violence.
No one has returned to the village since, and the EU-funded schoolhouse was demolished last week by Israeli authorities.
Stunning work by @mayaalleruzzo
For those interested:
The UN Department of Global Communications is pleased to announce that the online registration for the 2023 ShireenAbuAkleh Training Programme for Palestinian Broadcasters and Journalists is now OPEN .
You can apply to the below link 👇🏼
From 2014-17, a slavery economy operated in IS-held territory–women & children were handed out as gifts & sold as slaves. 'Islamic State’s Yazidi Survivors' by @mayaalleruzzo documents the tale of atrocity inflicted on the Yazidi victims. See the project: https://t.co/iByLCCMEoe
Every day since 2017, the Women Photograph data team has recorded the byline of the lead photos on the front pages of 8 international newspapers. For the first time, fewer women + nonbinary photogs appeared on the front pages in 2022 than the year before.
Photo of the Day | A Yazidi woman who endured five years of captivity by Islamic State militants, poses for a portrait in her home in northern Iraq in November 2019. From 'Islamic State Yazidi Survivors' by @mayaalleruzzo. See the #WPPh2021 awarded story: https://t.co/7YjiqmSIcL
A Palestinian boy whose case became a lightning rod for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is now a man languishing in solitary confinement and is schizophrenic. His ordeal has become a warning on the impact of the Mideast conflict on the younger generation. https://t.co/tapZd6l0FR