22 Jun 2011 | no comments » Children
Afghanistan is the worst country for a child to be born in, according to the United Nations High Commissioner on Refugees. Three decades of ongoing conflict have left tens of thousands of children orphaned on the street. The challenges are daunting, especially for children and women. Even though political and economic uncertainty and personal and community insecurity still exist in much of Afghanistan. 1 in 4 children die before reaching their 5th birthday. Only 50% of all Afghan children between the ages of 7 and 13 attend school.
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22 May 2011 | no comments » Children
Afghanistan is the worst country for a child to be born in, according to the United Nations High Commissioner on Refugees. Three decades of ongoing conflict have left tens of thousands of children orphaned on the street. The challenges are daunting, especially for children and women. Even though political and economic uncertainty and personal and community insecurity still exist in much of Afghanistan. 1 in 4 children die before reaching their 5th birthday. Only 50% of all Afghan children between the ages of 7 and 13 attend school.
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02 Jan 2011 | 1 comment » kabul
The Old Kabul Bazaar exists today much the same as it did in the distant past. Metal workers still today pound out farm implements with hammer and anvil or etch intricate designs into blackened pans prior to sale, much the same as in centuries past. Children, animals, old men with their coursing hounds—all are as familiar in the Old Kabul Bazaar today as they were when caravans spanning the mountains and high deserts stopped in Kabul to secure the rare ingredients used in the millennial art of natural vegetable dyeing. Click Image to Enlarge.
28 Dec 2010 | no comments » Germany
Today, it’s said that there are around 4 million people living in Germany who have family roots in Turkey. Relations with Germans have been beset with problems. Hostile attacks on the large minority have been particularly worrisome. The same is true for the emergence of a parallel Turkish society. Both phenomena are inter-related.
On October this year, German chancellor Angela Merkel addressed to young members of Christian Democratic Union party that the multicultural approach has utterly failed. She said the so-called “multicultural” concept - where people would “live side-by-side” happily - did not work, and immigrants needed to do more to integrate - including learning German. Her remarks stirred a debate about immigration in a country among Muslim population. I took this picture in December 2008, being invited by GTZ to take part in their photography project. There were around 10 photographers from different countries and I was invited from from Afghanistan. It was a great experience wandering in Berlin and looking the city through camera lens, open a new world to me. Here is the story in German. Also here on Spiegle.
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16 Aug 2010 | 1 comment » Children
Afghanistan is the worst country for a child to be born in, according to the United Nations High Commissioner on Refugees. Three decades of ongoing conflict have left tens of thousands of children orphaned on the street. The challenges are daunting, especially for children and women. Even though political and economic uncertainty and personal and community insecurity still exist in much of Afghanistan. 1 in 4 children die before reaching their 5th birthday. Only 50% of all Afghan children between the ages of 7 and 13 attend school. Click Image to Enlarge.
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