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Iraqi Intifada

The 2019 Iraqi protests, also named the Tishreen Revolution and Iraqi Intifada, are an ongoing series of protests that consisted of demonstrations, marches, sit-ins and civil disobedience. They started on 1 October 2019, a date which was set by civil activists on social media, spreading over the central and southern provinces of Iraq, to protest 16 years of corruption, unemployment and inefficient public services, before they escalated into calls to overthrow the administration and to stop Iranian intervention in Iraq. The Iraqi government has been accused of using bullets, snipers, hot water,

photographer focused on conflict zones and humanitarian crises

Awards The Wall Street Journal presented his candidacy for the Pulitzer Prize in 2010 and has been awarded by organizations such as World Press Photo, ( 3 ) Pictures of the Year ( POY ), NPPA, ( 4 ) International Photography Awards ( IPA ), ( 7 ) PX3, Bayeux Calvados-Normandy Award, ( 3 ) Moscow International Foto Awards, Lens Culture, ( 2 ) Days Japan International,Mika Yamamoto International Journalist Award,and the International Press Club. As a videographer he has a Rory Peck prize.