Farah Abou Assali

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Farah Abou Assali was born in Swaida, Syria, in 1985 and moved to Germany in 2018. She has taken part in numerous solo and group exhibitions in Syria, Lebanon and Germany.

Her photojournalism and documentary photography cover a wide range of social, political and humanitarian themes.

In 2023 she began studying Visual Journalism and Documentary Photography at Hochschule Hannover, University of Applied Sciences and Arts.

Email: farah.assali.15@gmail.com

Instagram: @farah_abou_assali

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Ideals

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