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  • Day 17~ April 17th~ Congo

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    They say that only when you come so close to losing something do you value it the most… That is definitely something I have witnessed in Congo and growing up in a Lebanon during the civil war. War can make you more sensitized to the value of life, so when you cry, you cry more…

  • Day 16~ April 16th~ Congo

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    Some images print themselves in our minds and on our hearts because they affect us beyond the surface of visual impression. They go deep, they etch a mark on our soul… If you were to ask me what moment in my journey to Congo was the most haunting, I would say this one when I…

  • Day 15~ April 15th~ Congo

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    When the streets of the city are your home, when you are solely responsible for your own safety while other children are tucked safely at home, when your survival is depending entirely on the kindness of others… These piercing eyes belong to one of the 300, 000 children that call the streets of the cities…

  • Day 14~ April 14th~ Congo

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    There is a great power in Africa which throbs in the land like a drum beat and then spirals up through its people, radiating from every pore in their skin and fashioning a most complex range of human expression… I look back at this photo of a girl in Goma and I see shyness, strength,…