Nadwa, former fighter during the Civil War in Lebanon.
A young Syrian woman works as seasonal field worker in Lebanon.
Katerina, member of the oppressed LGBTQI community in Russia, after her escape to Germany in 2012.
Prayers in Iran.
Lea Frehse, journalist and Middle East correspondent, in Beirut, Lebanon.
Walid al-Youssef works with Buzuruna Juzuruna, Lebanon's most famous agro-ecological farm, located in the Bekaa valley.
Dalin Nakhleh fled with her family from Syria to Lebanon. After many years of waiting for a visa, they could finally move to another continent in 2023.
lisa minerva luxx is a poet, playwright, essayist and political activist of British Syrian heritage, photographed in Beirut, Lebanon.
Dancer and choreographer Moutassem Aljaramny in Lebanon.
Scottish-Iraqi artist Haneen Hadiy in Baghdad, Iraq.
Debbie Morag, a protagonist of my book "The Children of Bergen-Belsen."
Walid al-Youssef (left) sits next to his colleagues at Buzuruna Juzuruna, Lebanon's most famous agro-ecological farm, located in the Bekaa valley.
From a portrait series of employees at the winery "Couvent Rouge" in the Bekaa, Lebanon.
From a series of portraits of the Congolese diaspora and their lives in Brussels, Belgium.
Madeline Edwards is an American journalist living and working in Lebanon.
Alida, human rights activist with Western Sahara Resource Watch, an NGO researching and campaigning the companies and governments that work for Moroccan interests in occupied Western Sahara.
Assaad Chaftari, former militia member during the Lebanese Civil War (1975-1990).
Rena Effendi, Azerbaijani social documentary photographer in Istanbul, Turkey.
Madeline Edwards is an American journalist living and working in Lebanon.
Neemat Frem, Lebanese politician, businessman, and entrepreneur, during his parliamentary election campaign in 2022.

“Facts alone are not sufficient

to have truth felt in the human body.”

— Krista Tippett

Dimitris, called Lesvos Island in Greece their home.
From a portrait assignment for the NGO Action Against Hunger in the Syrian refugee camps in the Lebanese Bekaa Valley.
Perhia Stein, a protagonist of my book "The Children of Bergen-Belsen."
From a portrait series of employees at the winery "Couvent Rouge" in the Bekaa, Lebanon.
A young carpenter in his shop in South Lebanon.
Theo Bücker is a German football manager and a former player, who is the current coach of the under-15 team of Athletico SC in Lebanon.
From a portrait assignment for the NGO Action Against Hunger in the Syrian refugee camps in the Lebanese Bekaa Valley.
Violin player Dina Muqlus portrayed as part of a story about the return of music to the liberated Iraqi city of Mosul, formerly occupied by the IS.
Iraqi artist Wijdan al-Majed is transforming Baghdad's concrete jungle into a colour-filled city with murals.
Scottish-Iraqi artist Haneen Hadiy during the opening of her exhibition in Baghdad, Iraq.
After sunset in Baghdad, Iraq.
A local resident on a stroll through the old city of Mosul that was heavily destroyed when a United States-led coalition fought against the IS who occupied it from 2014-17.
Mohammed Mahmood, a violin player and the director and leader of the Iraqi Watar Orchestra in Mosul, Iraq.
Watar orchestra member Nash Mohammad plays the qanun in Mosul, Iraq.
Lea Frehse, journalist and Middle East correspondent, in Beirut, Lebanon.
Dancers of the Beirut Contemporary Ballet during a rehearsal.
US-American Peter Taylor after his release. He was sentenced to prison in Japan for his involvement in the escape of ex-Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn from Japan to Lebanon.
Giselle, former flight attendant and entrepreneurs in Beirut, Lebanon.
Syrian entrepreneur and founder of a sewing studio in the Palestinian refugee camp Shatila on her rooftop in Beirut, Lebanon.
Eliane Nabaa, lawyer and former UN employee, sits in her apartment in Beirut, Lebanon.
Chafic Bohsali is the 4th generation to run his Lebanese patisserie with the specialty of Baklava.
Lebanese film director and producer Karl Hadife has taken on the challenge of resurrecting one of the capital's iconic cinemas - Cinema Royal.
Lebanese film director and producer Karl Hadife has taken on the challenge of resurrecting one of the capital's iconic cinemas - Cinema Royal.
A resident of Bourj Hammoud, a mixed residential, industrial and commercial area and one of the most densely populated districts in the Middle East.
A portrait of Eduard Célestin Nawasadio Dialot as part of a series on the Congolese diaspora in Brussels, Belgium.
Gallery owner Joumana Asseily in her gallery Marfa' in the port district of Beirut, Lebanon.
Fisherboy in Hanover, late summer 2014.
During a palm sunday procession as part of a series on the Congolese diaspora in Brussels, Belgium.
Bar waitress Lidia in Matongé as part of a series on the Congolese diaspora in Brussels, Belgium.
A cotton candy vendor in the Bekaa Valley, Lebanon.
Johannes Fehr, organising Director at Democracy in Europe Movement 2025 (DiEM25), in Berlin, Germany.
Lebanese colorist and photographer Lynn Al-Abiad in Cologne, Germany.
Ship captain and skipper A.P. on Sicily, Italy.
Ali Haydar is a baker at the famous Bohsali Frères patisserie in Beirut, Lebanon.
Elissar Madi, Jivamukti yoga teacher and fitness coach, at Humm Studio in Beirut, Lebanon.
Dalin Nakhleh fled with her family from Syria to Lebanon. After many years of waiting for a visa, they could finally move to another continent in 2023.
Dalin Nakhleh fled with her family from Syria to Lebanon. After many years of waiting for a visa, they could finally move to another continent in 2023.
Mayssa Jallad, a Beirut-based singer-songwriter and architectural researcher, in front of Beit Beirut, Lebanon.
Carlos Ghosn, Lebanese-French-Brazilian businessman and former chairperson of Nissan in Beirut, Lebanon.
Teacher Rania Saad at her school in Beirut, Lebanon.
Fanny, Algerian artist.
Palestinian journalist Shatha Hanaysha during her studies in Beirut, Lebanon.
A local farmer in the Bekaa valley in Lebanon.
A worker at Buzuruna Juzuruna, Lebanon's best-known agro-ecological farm in the Bekaa Valley, plucks weeds from a field.
A local farmer and hunter in the Bekaa valley in Lebanon.
Yvonne, German artist.
Fadi Karam is a shopkeeper in a small town in Mount Lebanon.
From a portrait assignment for the NGO Action Against Hunger in the Syrian refugee camps in the Lebanese Bekaa Valley.
From a portrait assignment for the NGO Action Against Hunger in the Syrian refugee camps in the Lebanese Bekaa Valley.
Samer Bou Rjeily is an architect and designer based in Beirut, Lebanon.
A young boy looks out of an airplane that is flying home towards the Middle East.
Lebanese Red Cross Volunteer Nour Salhab during one of her night shifts in Beirut.
Ghida Beydoun is the co-founder of "Volunteer Beirut", an initiative mapping and mobilizing volunteerism in Lebanon.
Paul Naggear lost his three-year-old daughter Alexandra in the Beirut port explosion on August 4, 2020 and continues to fight for justice.
Lebanese social entrepreneur and culinary innovator Kamal Mouzawak at his guesthouse in Douma, Mount Lebanon.
Rina, member of the oppressed LGBTQI community in Russia, after her escape to Germany.
Canadian freelance journalist Adèle Surprenant in Beirut, Lebanon.
Lebanese designer Rabih Kayrouz in his Beiruti atelier.
Maher Harb, vigneron and founder of Sept Winery at his vineyard in Nehla, Lebanon.
A young Syrian man works as seasonal field worker in Lebanon.
Bethany Kehdy is a Lebanese-American Michelin-trained chef and award-winning cookbook author. Here she is sitting at the counter of one of Beirut's best falafel shops.
My eyes cross those of a girl in a cab in Tehran.