Photographic exhibition summarizes story of people in Syria’s AANES areas
QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) – On Thursday, a Kurdish journalist in the city of Qamishli, northeast Syria, held a solo photographic exhibition of a group of photos he took as part of a project aimed at promoting coexistence between different ethnics and religions in northeast Syria.
The project focuses on photographing people’s faces within an artistic experience that tells stories about the lives of the communities of northeast Syria, including Arabs, Kurds, Armenians, Assyrians, Syriacs, Yezidis and others.
The photographic project, which has been launched for five months by the journalist, Rodi Tahlo, a resident of Qamishli, is entitled “The Story of People of Different Religions, Ethnics and Cultures.”
“The project is a message against ethnic and religious discrimination,” Tahlo told North Press, standing in the middle of his exhibition at Muhammad Sheikho Center for Culture and Art in Qamishli.
“After the Syrian crisis, I noticed that we needed to do something to highlight the coexistence in our region and show through the pictures that we all live together here,” Tahlo added.
“I held opened this exhibition so that others could see my photos here, especially those who could not see them on social media.”
Tahlo pointed out that these photos will be sold and all money will go to Amin Charity for the Care of Children with Cancer to contribute to the treatment of these children.
The exhibition will last for three days, where visitors are received at the Muhammad Sheikho Center hall from nine in the morning until one in the afternoon, as well as from five in the afternoon until nine in the evening.
“I have another similar project that I will work on soon, and it will target all of the geography of Kurdistan. Photographers from north, south and east Kurdistan will also participate.”
The goal of his other project is to “shed light on life within the Kurdish community” in Syria, Turkey, Iraq and Iran, he noted.