On his 18th birthday, Muzaffar Salman received his first camera. Growing up in the ancient city of Homs, Syria, Salman was inspired by his father’s photographs of Europe and took up photography as a hobby. This interest stayed with him…
By supporting the Assad government with military force and international promises, he changed the Syrian conflict from a proxy war to one openly involving international powers.
The fourth anniversary of the Syrian civil war passed by in silence as the world and its leaders looked on. At the beginning of Syria’s fifth year of violent turmoil, the Michael Gordonof the New York Times described the country as…
