Elle Kurancid is a Canadian literary journalist, story editor, and docufiction scriptwriter who lives in the Mediterranean region. Since 2014, she has collaborated with over a dozen documentarians on sociopolitical stories based in Egypt, Yemen, Greece, Kenya, Ireland, Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, Rwanda, Vietnam, France, England, and Canada. Her website is www.ellekurancid.com.

Elle Kurancid

Fadi Al-Shami is a self-taught Syrian photojournalist. Since 2013, he has documented bombings, battles, demonstrations, displacement, and daily life across the northwest province of Idlib, where he is currently based, as well as on the frontlines of Jobar, his home neighborhood in Damascus. Follow his visual storytelling practice at www.instagram.com/fadi_al_shami_jo.

Fadi Al-Shami

“This Should Not Be Repeated”: Civilian Devastation, from Syria to Ukraine

"For a long time now I haven't been I."
— Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet

Around the World

“The only stable state is the one in which all men are equal before the law.” — Aristotle

Fadi Al-Shami is a self-taught Syrian photojournalist. Since 2013, he has documented bombings, battles, demonstrations, displacement, and daily life across the northwest province of Idlib, where he is currently based, as well as on the frontlines of Jobar, his home neighborhood in Damascus. Follow his visual storytelling practice at www.instagram.com/fadi_al_shami_jo.