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Photographer | Hum. rights, migration, conflict | Published: Guardian, Al-Jazeera+, BBC + more. LSE Alumnus. Insta@ adibchow

London
Joined November 2012
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Here's my latest written piece and photography for @guardiannews. It's the story of Syrian plant virologist Dr Safaa Kumari's discovery that could safeguard food for millions, and how she risked her life to rescue it from Aleppo. #syria #positivenews gu.com/p/ddztn/stw
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It’s been a good Twitter break! I’m back with a job offer📣Young journos, here’s a great chance to work for the new start up “That’s Y”, creating info, news videos much like AJ+, Vox etc. If you’ve got script writ. Skills, Don’t miss out! + It’s remote linkedin.com/jobs/view/25831…
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8 days before Ramadan and I get this as an ad! Funny how fasting went from being viewed as “torturous” to now super healthy by the cool kids!
We have never been “all in this together”, caught in the vice grip of capitalism and colonialism with a dash of charity. #COVID19 #vaccines
This is devastating news. Global South countries have been fighting for the right to manufacture and import affordable versions of the covid vaccines. A few hours ago, the USA, UK and European Union joined forces to block them at the WTO. The West is indefensible.
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Vigils tonight in #Myanmar as the post-coup death count accelerates. According to the UN, the military regime has killed at least 70 Burmese since February 1—and over half of them have been young people under the age of 25.
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HELP! What words/expressions we use in the aid/humanitarian/development sector that are completely normalised but completely inappropriate? I am compiling a list. My examples include: beneficiaries, field, mission, deployment, etc.
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Feeling uninspired? Not convinced there is much you can offer? 'Influencing for a Living' can help! Come and hear from a range of recent UEA graduates about what they do now and how they got there. Book your place here: bit.ly/2Zjb3tg
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Straight out of a Harry Potter movie
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A woman did her regular aerobics class out in open without realizing that a coup was taking place in #Myanmar. A Military convoy reaching the parliament can be seen behind the woman as she performs aerobics. Incredible!
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The White Tiger is an incredible book and it’s latest film adaptation on Netflix is —as is so rarely the case—just as good. It highlights some key issues of casteism, albeit catered to a Western audience. This article is a good accompaniment to it. npr.org/sections/goatsandsod…
Spent some time the past days looking for outlets to publish a story on education in Syria and the number of articles from some big outlets on the country is shocking...it seems to be slipping off our radar?!😔
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I took the liberty of editing the New York Times headline:
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Really powerful story by @azamsahmed, a tale of two kidnappings that says so much about Mexico's failed law enforcement. A country where cousins kidnap cousins, and grieving mothers have to do the detective work on their own. nytimes.com/2020/12/13/world…
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A print of mine is now up for purchase alongside the work of other talented photographers— check out the talent and buy a well priced print as a gift for Christmas whilst supporting photographers and the wonderful team @DiversifyPhoto 🎁📸
Replying to @photoshelter
The @DiversifyPhoto Holiday #PrintSale features the talents of @SalguWissmath, @psingh400, @Jimena_rr_, @Adibchow and more. Net proceeds will be shared 50/50 between the artists and Diversify Photo to support their future programming and operating costs: diversifyphoto.darkroom.tech…
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Non-smokers in the Arab world should be classified as a persecuted minority.
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This thread right here-- for anyone into photography on a platform not often used by photographers.
Help me out, Gang - Who/what are your favorite Twitter #photography feeds?
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I don’t know if I can overstate how much it means to me and to millions of others, and what a big bloody deal it is, that today we learned the Muslim ban will be gone in January 2020. Lifted. Repealed. Reversed. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
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“These are the same people saying that we can’t have tuition-free public colleges because there’s no money, when these motherf**kers are only paying $750 a year in taxes.” - @AOC, speaking with characteristic bluntness & fire, to ⁦@VanityFair⁩: vanityfair.com/news/2020/10/…
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As BIPOC journalists we need to realise that being given a platform to write about race is important, but true diversifying means we shouldn't just be confined to writing about race/identity issues. Only celebrating journos who do that serves to perpetuate tokenism.
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