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Raqqa, we Are Still Here
Location: Bologna
Nationality: Italy
Focus:
Photographer, Photojournalist, Filmmaker, Journalist, Videographer, Video Editor, Multimedia Designer, Multimedia Journalist
Covering:
Europe,
Middle East,
Skills:
Photo Assisting, Adobe Premier, Mixed Media
Clients:
RSI Radio Television Switzerland,
ARTE ,
Internazionale,
Lifegate ,
NPR
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© 2024 Arianna Pagani
Qamishli, North of Syria.
A Syrian Kurdish woman mourns during the funeral of fighters from the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG), who were killed during battles in the countryside of the Islamic State group's bastion of Raqa.
A Syrian Kurdish woman mourns during the funeral of fighters from the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG), who were killed during battles in the countryside of the Islamic State group's bastion of Raqa.
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© 2024 Arianna Pagani
Qamishli, North of Syria.
A Syrian Kurdish woman mourns during the funeral of fighters from the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG), who were killed during battles in the countryside of the Islamic State group's bastion of Raqa.
A Syrian Kurdish woman mourns during the funeral of fighters from the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG), who were killed during battles in the countryside of the Islamic State group's bastion of Raqa.
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© 2024 Arianna Pagani
Qamishli, North of Syria.
Mourners carry a coffin at a funeral procession for Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters in the Syrian Kurdish-majority city of Qamishli
Mourners carry a coffin at a funeral procession for Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters in the Syrian Kurdish-majority city of Qamishli
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Qamishli, North of Syria.
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Fighters from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) attend the funeral a fellow fighter killed in the town of Hajin during battles against the Islamic State (IS) group, in the Kurdish-controlled city of Qamishli in northeastern Syria.
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Civilians attend the funeral a fellow fighter killed in the town of Hajin during battles against the Islamic State (IS) group, in the Kurdish-controlled city of Qamishli in northeastern Syria.
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Mourners pour earth over a grave in Qamishli during the funeral of fighters from the Syrian Democratic Forces that were killed in combat against Islamic State (IS) group in Raqa
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Jinwar means "women's land" in the Kurdish language. The village welcomes Syrian women and children, regardless of religion, ethnicity and political views. Syrian women in Jinwar rely on each other for farming and planting their own food.
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Women and children sitting in the corridor of a make-shift detention facility for wives of ISIS militants in Ain al-Issa camp north of Raqqa city.
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Khadija, a former ISIS bride, hugs one of her children in the Ain al-Issa camp north of Raqqa city.
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Raqqa, Syria. The wife of a detained ISIS militant carried her child as she walks through a broken door frame in a detention facility in Ain al-Issa camp on September 9, 2017.
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Aisha carried her child in her arm as she sits on the floor of her room in Ain al-Issa camp on September 9, 2017.
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Raqqa, Syria. The wife of a detained ISIS militant carried her child as she walks through a broken door frame in a detention facility in Ain al-Issa camp on September 9, 2017.
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Raqqa, Syria. The wife of a detained ISIS militant carried her child as she walks through a broken door frame in a detention facility in Ain al-Issa camp on September 9, 2017.
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Women and children sitting in the corridor of a make-shift detention facility for wives of ISIS militants in Ain al-Issa on September 9, 2017.
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Kobane has been a battleground between Islamic State (IS) militants and Kurdish fighters since September 2014, when IS fighters overran the small northern Syrian town, forcing almost all of its civilians to flee into Turkey.
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Qamishli, North of Syria. Tombstones of Syrian Democratic Forces' (SDF) fighters.
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A member of the SDF scans the area for ISIS positions from the roof of their nocter (base) on the western front lines of Raqqa, Syria.
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Raqqa, Syria. On the western front lines of Raqqa, Syria.
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Raqqa, Syria. On the western front lines of Raqqa, Syria.
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A member of the Syrian Democratic Forces inside a damage house on the western front lines of Raqqa, Syria.
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Raqqa, Syria. Some women show the clothes they were forced to wear during the occupation of the Islamic state.
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Members of the Women's Protection Units (YPJ) arrive on the frontline on the eastern outskirts of Raqa on July 18, 2017, during the ongoing offensive by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), which are made up of an alliance of Kurdish and Arab fighters, to retake the city from Islamic State (IS) group fighters.
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Inside a hospital run by the Kurdish red crescent with the NGO's "A Bridge To..."
Many civilians were killed and injured by IED while trying to escape the remaining Islamic state's areas in Raqqa city, the Islamic State are using the IED as a strategy to slow down the Raqqa offensive and to push back he US-backed local forces. The Battle of Raqqa was launched in June 2017 and is the fifth and final phase of the Raqqa Campaign launched by the SDF against occupying Islamic State.
Many civilians were killed and injured by IED while trying to escape the remaining Islamic state's areas in Raqqa city, the Islamic State are using the IED as a strategy to slow down the Raqqa offensive and to push back he US-backed local forces. The Battle of Raqqa was launched in June 2017 and is the fifth and final phase of the Raqqa Campaign launched by the SDF against occupying Islamic State.
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© 2024 Arianna Pagani
Inside a hospital run by the Kurdish red crescent with the NGO's "A Bridge To..."
Many civilians were killed and injured by IED while trying to escape the remaining Islamic state's areas in Raqqa city, the Islamic State are using the IED as a strategy to slow down the Raqqa offensive and to push back he US-backed local forces. The Battle of Raqqa was launched in June 2017 and is the fifth and final phase of the Raqqa Campaign launched by the SDF against occupying Islamic State.
Many civilians were killed and injured by IED while trying to escape the remaining Islamic state's areas in Raqqa city, the Islamic State are using the IED as a strategy to slow down the Raqqa offensive and to push back he US-backed local forces. The Battle of Raqqa was launched in June 2017 and is the fifth and final phase of the Raqqa Campaign launched by the SDF against occupying Islamic State.
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Raqqa, Syria.
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Raqqa, Syria. A female sniper of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).
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Raqqa, Syria. A female sniper of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).
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Raqqa, Syria. A female sniper of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).
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