Rising Among Ruins, Dancing Amid Bullets (Hardcover)
Language: English
Published by Hemeria, 2021
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Hardcover. This book is the Winner of the Lucie Photo Book Prize 2022 Traditional Category.From 2012 to 2018, social documentary photographer Maryam Ashrafi covered the struggle of Kurdish people for its freedom and independance, choosing to stay behind the front lines and observe the daily lives of combatants. Rising Among Ruins, Dancing amid Bullets is a photographic project I have been working on since 2012 in Iraqi and Syrian Kurdistan, to bear witness to the consequences of war, namely to the lives of civilians returning to their homes after their cities are liberated, as well as to the daily life of the fighters behind the front lines while emphasizing the role of women in their ranks. Maryam Ashrafi Photographs taken in Iraqi and Syrian Kurdistan explore war for civilians, fighters, and the women in their ranks. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.
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- Title
- Rising Among Ruins, Dancing Amid Bullets (Hardcover)
- Author
- Allan Kaval
- Publisher
- Hemeria
- Publication year
- 2021
- Condition
- new
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 2490952161
- ISBN 13
- 9782490952168
Maryam documents the war in her own way, stressing its complexities and the actual building of a new social model based on equality where women occupy the same roles as men, which is remarkable in this area of the world. This is why, over the years, she has returned to the same places, from Kobane to Tabqa, to show the unique power of the resilience of the population and the will to live and change.
«The struggle of the Kurdish people and their fight for freedom and fundamental rights have not come to an end, and therefore this book cannot portray all of their journeys, nor shall I stop documenting what is still to come. Yet I believe, as a witness, I owe it to history and to those I have met for sharing some of these images in this book to show part of their journey to freedom and equality», Maryam believes.
The book is built on the chronology of the events as documented by Maryam Ashrafi, to understand the evolution of the conflict and its consequences on the populations and their living environment. Photographer James Nachtwey once made a point about such war photographs shown in museums, or in a book; it is "a space for reflection on the universality of the dramas that humanity is going through in its entirety".
During her travels, Maryam Ashrafi has created a body of images which highlight very important topics as they are an immediate consequence of war, from the sheer destruction to the refugee camps, as they evoke the foundations of the culture and the identity of the Kurdish people - the ceremonies in honour of martyrs, dances around fires, New Year celebrations etc.
Finally, Maryam Ashrafi’s work is also about empathy and about invisible wounds; it is obvious that one could not witness a conflict without being caught up in the daily suffering, especially children and women. Maryam finds emotions and feelings, in simple gestures, smiles and dances, these moments of intimacy. The presence of the photographer is forgotten, there remains only the reality of their fight and the resilience of a people. In these moments, she captures expressions that speak so much more than long speeches.
Let’s listen to them in the midst of ruins, dancing amid bullets.
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About the Author
Allan Kaval is a journalist for the famous French newspaper Le Monde; he was their correspondent at Erbil. He will introduce each part of the book with a comment about the context and interviewed Maryam Ashrafi for an introduction to the book. He received the Albert Londres prize at the end of 2020 for an article on Daesh prisoners held in Syria.
Mylène Sauloy has documented the conflict in four different parts of Kurdistan, notably since 1998 in Rojava, with films, articles, exhibitions and a soon to be published graphic novel in France on Kurdish women in war
Carol Mann is a Ph.D Sociologist and specialist in gender issues and armed conflicts, associate researcher at the University of Paris 8 in France and director of the Women in War association. She has extensively worked on the Middle East, including Rojava, and has been following Maryam Ashrafi’s work for many years.
Kamran Matin is Associate professor of International Relations at Sussex University
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