So says the Saudi poet Hissa Hilal This is what I see when I look at this picture, my favorite from my last trip to Iraq.…
At the crossroads between journalism, art and charity This is a project of Anaïs Lopéz (photography), Anisleidy Martínez (camera) and Paulien Bakker (text). See also the…
The TV-series Homeland, about CIA-agent Carrie Mathison, recently aired an episode which played partly in Amsterdam. It was interesting to see Amsterdam through a Hollywood lens.…
I first interviewed Khduer Hawakeen in the summer of 2011. Khduer was determined to lose 317 pounds, but, living in Baghdad, it seemed just a dream. Yet…
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The Real People of Iraq
Up close and personal with the humans trapped inside a war that never ends. More on the making of here.…
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Hello Baghdad!
Photographer Marieke van der Velden joined me on a trip to Baghdad in 2011 and made a short road movie. (Photo and trailer: Marieke van der…
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The Brotherly Barbers of Baghdad
Saleh and Thamir cut hair side by side for thirty years, through war with Iran and America, and endless sectarian strife. But in today’s Iraq, it’s…
Here’s a short impression of the Conference for Narrative Journalism 2016, held in Amsterdam, and attended by some 350 journalists from all sectors and numerous countries.…