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  • 2015-11-19 (xsd:date)
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  • Does This Photo Show a Syrian Child 'Surrendering' to a Camera? (en)
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  • As fear of refugees reached fever pitch in mid-November 2015, an old photo showing a child with her arms raised began recirculating around the internet. The above-displayed photograph first went viral when it was shared on Twitter by journalist Nadia AbuShaban on 24 March 2015. While AbuShaban correctly identified the child as Syrian, many people doubted the authenticity of the photo since key information (such as the name of the photographer and the date the photo was taken) was missing. The BBC (with the help of an Imgur user) were able to trace the photo back to the Turkiye Newspaper. Turkish photojournalist, Osman Sağırlı explained that the above-displayed image was taken at the Atmeh refugee camp in Syria in December 2014 and shows a 4-year-old girl named Hudea who was afraid of the telephoto lens of his camera:When the photograph was published by Turkiye in January 2015 it was accompanied by passage which gave a little more insight into Hudea's life in a refugee camp: (en)
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