Emma Baccellieri, writing for The Duke Chronicle, explores the new exhibit of photographs by Zalmaï, now on display, as part of his upcoming residency, a joint effort of the Duke University Center for International Studies and the Magnum Foundation Emergency Fund:
“It’s a powerful exhibit—it brings home the tragedy in which these people are living,” said sociology professor Gilbert Merkx, director of the Center for Islamic Studies and the Center for International Studies. “Really, it’s a double tragedy—these people have been driven from their homeland by violence and poverty but have come to a country that’s recently suffered an enormous collapse in the standard of living.”
Read the rest of the article on The Chronicle‘s site: Exhibit depicts challenges of Afghan refugees in Greece
