The Growing Syrian Refugee Crisis: A View From the Turkish-Syrian Border
Freelance journalist and photographer Diego Cupolo will share personal stories from his time volunteering in a refugee school on the Syrian-Turkish border
As the Syrian conflict enters its fourth year, more than 7 million Syrians have fled their homes, becoming refugees in bordering states or internally displaced persons in Syria. The civilian death toll and the dimensions of the refugee crisis mark this conflict among the most lethal and tragic conflicts of the past few decades.
During the summer of 2013, Diego Cupolo served as a volunteer teacher in a Syrian refugee school on the Syrian-Turkish border. While volunteering, he collected personal war stories from Syrians, which he published in Seven Syrians. At Concordia, he will be sharing these stories to raise awareness of the Syrian refugee crisis.
Diego Cupolo is a freelance journalist, photographer, the Latin America editor of The Global SouthDevelopment Magazine, and author of Seven Syrians: War Accounts From Syrian Refugees, published by 8th House Publishing in Montreal (part of the proceeds of this book go to A Heart for Syria, a Montreal-based humanitarian organization that delivers aid to Syrian refugees). Cupolo’s written and visual work has appeared in prominent outlets such as The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Associated Press Wire Services, The Village Voice, The Hartford Courant and his photography has been featured by The Studio Museum in Harlem.
When: Monday, April 28, 2014 at 4 p.m. Where: Room H-1220, Henry F. Hall Building (1455 De Maisonneuve Blvd. W.), Sir George Williams Campus
Sponsored by: The Political Science Student Association, School of Community and Public Affairs Student Association, and the Department of Political Science