Zalmaï exhibit on Afghanistan
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Peter Kessler – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.
If you're interested in that country and/or photography, you won't want to miss the world première of a stunning photographic exhibit, "Return, Afghanistan," which opens in Geneva on Monday (May 10) at the Bâtiment des Forces Motrices. You may have read about the photographer, Zalmaï, who is an Afghan refugee and today, a Swiss citizen. His photography is recognized not only here in his country of adoption, but worldwide.
After leaving Geneva, this exhibition is scheduled for a two-year world tour that will include Kabul, Sydney, Tokyo and Washington, D.C., where Zalmaï's work will be displayed at both the National Geographic Explorer Hall and also at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
After 22 years in exile, Zalmaï returned to Afghanistan with UNHCR help after the fall of the Taliban in 2001 and has spent months photographing his homeland. Like his photographs, his story is quite exceptional.
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UNHCR Global Report 2010 - Working in partnerships
20 Jun 2011 ... ... Access centres, and the United Parcel Service (UPS), which agreed to cover transport costs for the worldwide tour of the UNHCR- sponsored and awareness-raising exhibition of photographs by Zalmaï. ...... -
UNHCR Global Report 2004 - Donor Profiles
1 Jun 2005 ... ... Earmarked at the sectoral / thematic level: Global programmes: 50,000 (Nansen Medal); Switzerland: 129,667 (of which 100,320 – asylum procedure and 29,347 – Zalmaï exhibition) Supplementary ...... -
Refugee Protection and International Migration: Update 2013-2014
8 Dec 2014 ... ... AMERICAS 8 Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex. © UNHCR / Zalmaï 15 R efugee Protection and International Migration UNHCR addresses the challenges posed by mixed migration in the region ...... -
Report of the High Commissioner's 2009 Dialogue on Urban Settings
1 Mar 2010 ... ... Reception hosted by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees For the Dialogue - including the launch of a Photo Exhibit by Mr. Zalmaï Azad Mezzanine, Palais des Nations 18 Annex II Follow-up: Excerpts ...... -
UNHCR Global Appeal 2005 - Global Programmes
1 Dec 2004 ... ... and the return of refugees and displaced persons, by former refugee, Afghan photographer Zalmaï Ahad, will con- tinue its worldwide tour to Australia, France, Japan and the Nordic countries, ...... -
World Refugee Day 2004 Final Report
3 Dec 2004 ... ... World-renowned photographer Zalmai, a former Afghan refugee, exhibited his photos at the National ... The poster contest and the Zalmai exhibits were located in key, heavily-trafficked areas at both ...... -
UNHCR Global Report 2004 - Global Programmes
1 Jun 2005 ... ... It also participated in the suc- cessful Zalmaï photo exhibit in Geneva, and distrib- uted more than 39,000 publications, brochures, magazines and documents on UNHCR to the general public. LVC ...... -
Adapting to urban displacement: Forced Migration Review, Issue 34
Feb 2010 ... ... Those who are able to earn an income help support those who cannot. Photos all by UNHCR/Zalmaï. Full photoset online at http://www.unhcr.org/pages/49c3646c25d-page2.html See also the video at http://......