Stefanos Kouratzis
Photography
Hala Sultan Tekke, one of the most important pilgrimage sites in Islam, stands on the edge of the Larnaca Salt Lake. Each year, as Ramadan ends, families gather here for Eid al-Fitr, the festival marking the end of a month of fasting. Children run between the cypress trees. Elders sit counting worry beads.
Everyone here prays for a reason of their own. Ιt does not matter who to, or for what. A favor asked, a debt of gratitude, a wish carried quietly. Closed eyes, a moment of reflection. Whatever weight was carried in, it stays behind.
Lebanon War
Beirut, August 2006. Israel's airstrikes against Lebanon and Hezbollah stronghold in Al-Dahiya al-Janubiya, lasted for days and killed more than a thousand people, with most of them being civilians.
Blocks were leveled one after another. A car gutted by fire, a portrait of Hassan Nasrallah propped against the dashboard. A boy walked past a wall pasted with Khomeini's face, the building behind him stripped open. An old man picked through the rubble for what was his. Families moved through the wreckage in every direction, looking for a way out.
From the port of Beirut can be see the smoke from Al Dahiya, which is a suburb south of Beirut, being bombed by Israel Forces on the August 16th, 2006
Al Dahiya, a suburb south of Beirut, was bombed by Israeli Forces. In the destroyed car can be see the potrait of Hassan Nasrallah, leaded of Hezbollah
Al Dahiya, a suburb south of Beirut, bombed by Israeli Forces. From a building is missing a whole part
Al Dahiya, a suburb south of Beirut, was bombed by Israeli Forces. A young boy passed infront of a destroyed house and on the background can be seen the picture of Ruhollah Khomeini, Former Supreme Leader of Iran
Al Dahiya, a suburb south of Beirut, bombed by Israeli Forces.
Al Dahiya, a suburb south of Beirut, bombed by Israeli Forces. Whole coplex building were leveled due to bombings
After the bombing of Al Dahiya, a suburb south of Beirut, by Israeli Forces, civilians trying to flee to safery in every possible way
After the bombing of Al Dahiya, a suburb south of Beirut, by Israeli Forces, civilians trying to flee to safery in every possible way
After the bombing of Al Dahiya, a suburb south of Beirut, by Israeli Forces, an old man goes through building ramble trying to recover his belongings
After the bombing of Al Dahiya, a suburb south of Beirut, by Israeli Forces, civilians were trying to remap the landscape