Samar Abuelouf
The resulting portraits are sensitive and wrenching, taken with the empathy of someone who has endured similar pain, movingly showing the evacuated as they are, trying to adjust to life in a strange land without legs, arms, an eye, a family.
The New York Times asked Abu Elouf to make portraits of these survivors. It took time for her to learn portraiture, but the survivors opened up to her almost instantly.
Amputations. Disfiguration. Brain damage. Their injuries are life-changing.
They made it out for medical treatment in Qatar, where we photographed and interviewed them. They are alive — even if some are not sure they still want to be.
Since I started the project, I have gone through very difficult and harsh moments. Some stories made me sleep for two days and I cry whenever I remember their narration of all the horror they went through. I do not know how they can continue their lives with all the terrifying details they lived. I always wonder how they sleep with all these painful memories? Is a hug enough to relieve this pain? How will they continue their lives?
Participation in an exhibition on women in Palestine in Cairo 2021.
Participation in an exhibition about women during the Corona pandemic in Germany 2021.
* Participation in an exhibition about war during May in Germany 2021.
* Participation in an exhibition about war during May, in Sarajevo 2021.
* Participation in an exhibition about war during May in Germany 2022
* An exhibition of photos of the 2024 Gaza War in Germany.
*“MY HOME” Photo Exhibition in Sarajevo 2024
