offthebeatenpath
Remembering The Nakba: Because Every Voice Counts
After decades of resistance, 2018 marks 70 years since the Nakba. Palestinian and international voices echoed across countless media outlets and public gatherings all over the globe calling for a right oppressed for 7 decades in the most barbarian of approaches and atrocities, the Right to Return. Knowing the recklessness of the occupier and the …
Insights Into Lebanon’s 2018 Elections: What the polls failed to say
Lebanon’s electoral farce of 2018 has as usual put forth the major candidates that have been in the parliament since the establishment of the country under the umbrella of democracy of course. Some other names have been glued in their parliamentary seats since the civil war and few others have joined this eternal mission couple …
Killing Gaza: A documentary film about life under siege
Independent journalists Max Blumenthal and Dan Cohen documented Israel’s 2014 assault on Gaza during the war, and chronicled its horrific aftermath. As they waded through the rubble of Gaza’s destroyed border regions, they turned a camera onto the survivors of the slaughter and let them speak for themselves. While giving voice to the pain of …
Those Who Remain: The Heavy Burden of Leading a Life in Post Civil War Lebanon
Humans have identified with war and conflict since the dawn of time more than they have ever tried to identify with each other. This is particularly the case of the Lebanese post-civil war scene, where the discourse of war and sectarian hostility still floats at the surface of everyday interactions among people. In the region …
Life in eastern Ghouta: a Damascus Suburb
One thing that should never be debated is the sanctity of civilian life, and the fact that collective punishment is always wrong. Even if you do not follow Syria closely, you might have come across an article or a picture about a place called Ghouta. So what exactly is happening? According to the Syrian Observatory …
Survivors of the silent genocide
During the past several years, I have been documenting the plight of the Rohingya Muslim ethnic minority by capturing their dire everyday life in the Rakhine region of Myanmar and in Bangladesh, portraying them as human beings deprived of their social, civil and human rights that are so often taken for granted in our society. …
War for minerals in Democratic Republic of Congo
Coltan (short for columbite–tantalites) and manganese are rare minerals used to make mobile phones and computers. The high demands for such minerals have aroused the interest of criminal organizations. In order to destabilize the political situation and take control of the mining business at a reasonable price, financial backing is given to the different armed groups that …
Waiting For The Rain: A Quest For Survival
Somaliland and other regions of the Horn of Africa have been severely affected by droughts during the past four years, disseminating entire pastoralist communities. In the eastern parts of Somaliland wells have dried up and 80% of livestock has perished endangering the pastoralist way of subsistence that used to be main economic activity in Somaliland. …
The Saga Of A Wall
Of my ever increasing number of targeted photographic missions of covering events and places, Simhastha Kumbh of the holy city of Ujjain (india), was one. It took place in 2016 (every 12 years) on the banks of the sacred river Shipra, where devotees gathered for a holy dip that will, according to Hindu religious belief, …
A Genocide Unfolding in Myanmar
Exodus is the new photography book by the documentary photographer Erberto Zani. The book displays photographs of the arrival of thousands Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, their sufferings, and also their situation inside the camps of Balokhali and Thangkhali. Rohingya’s story is another genocide of our time, with minimal international actions to stop the violence. The Rohingya …