ナショナルジオグラフィックのインスタグラム(natgeo) - 3月5日 08時42分
Photo by @ジョン・スタンメイヤー
Displaced for so long due to conflict, Mohammad Magelk, 23, decided to grow grass in front of his tent, the only home he’s known for more than two years. He and his family were displaced due to war in his home country of #Syrian living now with this wife and extended family in the AFAD refugee camp, #Nizip, #Turkey.
Fleeing Terror, Finding Refuge ~ My latest story for @ナショナルジオグラフィック magazine on #Syrianrefugees in Turkey, Part IV of the @outofedenwalk, published in the March 2015 issue, available now at newsstands everywhere.
PERSONAL NOTES:
I’ve covered more refugee crisis' around the planet over the last 25+ years then my consciousness often can bare. The Syrian crisis — a tragedy happening throughout the region — was extremely acute in Turkey, where for nearly three years, 1.3 million Syrians have sought refuge from conflict back home.
Traveling to numerous camps in eastern Turkey back in September of last year for this month's Nat Geo story on migration caused by war and conflict, I decided to visit Nizip camp, a fairly established camp of more than 11,000 Syrians.
Wandering about the camp, I was amazed by the quality and care given by the Turkish government to those who have basically lost everything — everyone had a tent, television, access to food, water, even education for their children.
Yet nothing could prepare me when stumbling across the home of Mohammad Magelk, an astonishing example of what long-term displacement visually means — a complete lawn.
I asked Mr. Magelk why he goes to such length caring for his small yard he often tends with only a pair of scissors. His replay will remain in memory for years to come: "If you saw my house in Syria, this is just a part of it. When I sit here in front of this tent, I remember my garden back home in Idlib.” Pick up the March 2015 edition of National Geographic with an powerful manuscript by #PaulSalopek to understand the weight and measure of what it means to be displaced, a devastating reality for millions around our planet today.
John Stanmeyer
@NatGeoCreative #displacement #fleeingterrorfindingrefuge @thephotosociety #grass #tent
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