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Yahir, waiting to live again

Joel Pratley2017

National Portrait Gallery

National Portrait Gallery
Canberra, Australia

18 January 2017, Talbia Urban Refugee Camp, outskirts of Amman, Jordan. Yahir is one of 4.8 million Syrian refugees who have found relative safety in neighbouring countries. Most are children. With the war already in its fifth year, many now fear a future without dignity and identity. There is a fundamental similarity in each of their plights: each person is waiting to live again.

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  • Title: Yahir, waiting to live again
  • Creator: Joel Pratley
  • Date Created: 2017
National Portrait Gallery

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