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Mobile messages tell stories of refugees fleeing war

5 Apr 2016

 

 

”Daddy, where are you now? In Turkey or Sweden?” a Syrian girl asks her father in her first voice message to him since he joined hundreds of thousands fleeing the war.

The recording, sent by smartphone, is one of many messages between Syrians that Jordanian photographer Tanya Habjouqa has compiled into her short film “Syria Via WhatsApp”.

 

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The film is showing at an exhibition in Dubai focused on the plight of refugees and migrants, including Syrians, as Europe struggles with its biggest migration crisis since World War II.

The show, “If I leave, where will I go?”, also displays images by Syrian director Omar Imam and late French-Moroccan photographer Leila Alaoui.

Habjouqa’s film features voice recordings and images exchanged by Syrian family members separated by a five-year conflict that has killed more than 270,000 people and pushed nearly five million into exile....

 

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http://www.ekathimerini.com/207585/article/ekathimerini/community/mobile-messages-tell-stories-of-refugees-fleeing-war

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