Um Daniel from the series “The Missing”

Khamissy’s work revolves around the socio-political
stories of the Middle East, namely the aftermath of
Lebanon’s wars and its social issues. Her ongoing project
The Missing of Lebanon (2010 – to date) documents the
estimated 17,000 missing from the 1975-90 Lebanese
civil war.
She photographs mothers who lost their loved ones,
either kidnapped or taken away by force. The way
she photographs her subjects, delicately and intuitively,
exposes underlying emotions, subtly giving the viewer an
in-depth sense of the story. The same is true when her
photographs show items belonging to those who were
lost; one is concious that something is missing.