Yalla Habibi: Living with War in Aleppo
ISBN-13: 9783868288391
Author(s): Hosam Katan
Subjects: AJ
Publisher: Kehrer Verlag
Publisher Imprint: Kehrer Verlag
Publication Date: 14-12-2017
Format: Hardback
Availability: In stock
£35.00
About the book
Yalla Habibi: Living with War in Aleppo gives recognition to people in Eastern Aleppo who have continued their everyday lives with resilience and inventiveness amidst perilous circumstances. The pictures from Hosam Katan's hometown, taken between 2013 and 2015, capture moments of the conflicting and contrasting experiences and emotions of these people. Anger, joy, grieve, fear, adventurousness,desperation, determination, solidarity, defiance, fatigue, excitement - having to live with war all of these emotions can change in an instant. The book shows people balancing the horrors of war with a sense of normalcy and trying to retain their dignity.