KARCELONA

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THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

The Democratic Republic of Congo has fallen victim to rebels who use revenue from illegal mining to purchase arms and feed the conflict.
Moreover, the government has established a repressive and corrupt military regime in mineral producing regions to protect their "national interests". Local populations rarely see any profits and are subjected ...

BATTLE BODIES

The Democratic Republic of Congo has been embroiled in a bloody war for more than a decade.
Over the years, the Congolese army and various insurgent groups, including guerrillas from neighbouring countries such as Rwanda, have disputed strategic enclaves, mainly due to the presence of mineral deposits of gold, coltan, cassiterite, etc..

PKK IN NORTHERN IRAQ

In the Middle East, often known for the subjugation of women, the Kurdistan Worker's Party (PKK) proposes a new  and revolutionary point of view.

This guerrilla movement’s women hold high ranking posts in both the military and political leadership. Indeed a significant proportion of the PKK’s guerilla force is female.

The ...

KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE

In 1998 I went to Sarajevo on an art student exchange program. This was my first voyage outside of Spain and as I grew to understand the Bosnians and their story, I discovered my interest in photography.

Ten years later in February of 2008 I decided to drive to Pristina to document the Kosovo independence celebrations and also to live that ...

WAR IN LEBANON

In 2006 a Hezbollah ground contingent crossed the border into Israeli territory and attacked two armoured humvees killing three, and capturing two Israeli soldiers.

Israel responded with massive air strikes and artillery fire on targets in Lebanon, an air and naval blockade, and a ground invasion of southern Lebanon.
Hezbollah then ...

FACES AGAINST WAR

The last Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip provoke many protests around the world.

For several weekends, many people went out to the street in Barcelona to show their rejection to the massacre was taking place in this part of the world.

Many arab inmigrants, mostly Moroccans and Algerians, joined the Catalan citizens to express their ...

KASHGAR

Kashgar, the mythical oasis city of northwest China's Xinjiang region has always held a special place in my imagination. A legendary Silk Road marketplace, the majority of Kashgar's people are of the Uygur nationality and like neighbouring Tibet, Xinjiang’s Uygurs have strong nationalist and separatist sentiments.

When I got to Beijing ...

LEBANON-PALESTINIANS

This is a selection of images of Palestinian refugees, militants and their families, in both Palestine and Lebanon. The images are drawn from my travels to the region beginning with 2002 and 2003 to photograph the events of the 2nd Intifada.

A year after covering the Israeli invasion of Lebanon in 2006, I returned to cover the fighting ...

LALISH

Lalish, the holly city for Yazidis, is rarely visited by foreigners.
Located in a small valley next to Mosul, in Northern Iraq, this urban temple remains hidden from uncomfortable looks.

The Yazidism believers, formerly the Kurdish official religion, have been historically known as Satan worshippers.

This confession ...