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Idomeni, the border (World 2017, by Zalmaï Ahad) - Swiss Press Award

Stranded refugees try to bring down part of the border fence during a protest at the Greek-Macedonian border, near the Greek village of Idomeni.Greece 29 Feb 2016
Zalmaï Ahad
Stranded refugees try to bring down part of the border fence during a protest at the Greek-Macedonian border, near the Greek village of Idomeni.Greece 29 Feb 2016
Photo / World
2017

Idomeni, the border

Zalmaï Ahad

Macedonia closed its border on 9 March 2016. Suddenly Greece found itself with thousands of refugees at its borders, enduring wind, rain, snow and heat in the hope the border would soon re-open. It never did.
The refugees at Idomeni were mainly from war-torn Syria but they come also from Iraq, Afghanistan,At its height, Idomeni had an estimated population of some 14,000 people.

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Idomeni, the border

L'Hebdo

Photo / World
2017

Zalmaï Ahad

Macedonia closed its border on 9 March 2016. Suddenly Greece found itself with thousands of refugees at its borders, enduring wind, rain, snow and heat in the hope the border would soon re-open. It never did.
The refugees at Idomeni were mainly from war-torn Syria but they come also from Iraq, Afghanistan,At its height, Idomeni had an estimated population of some 14,000 people.

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Zalmaï Ahad / Swiss Press Award

Zalmaï Ahad

Photographer, lausanne, 1963

Born in Kabul, Afghanistan, Zalmaï left the country after the Soviet invasion in 1980. He traveled to Lausanne, Switzerland, where he became a Swiss citizen. Zalmaï pursued combined studies at both the School of Photography of Lausanne and at the Professional Photography Training Center of Yverdon. His work has been published in several magazines and newspapers, including the New York Times Magazine, Time Magazine, The New Yorker Magazine, Harper's Magazine , Newsweek, La Repubblica etc... while he has worked for a number of International Organizations and NGOs, including Human Rights Watch, International Committee of the Red Cross, UN Office On Drug and Crime, and the UN Refugee Agency. He has exhibited around the world at museums, galleries, universities and cultural centers and his work has earned him several international awards, the latest being the Visa D'Or from the Visa Pour l'Image International Photojournalism Festival and a grant by Getty Images.

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