In a new exhibition, artists Sarah Cooper and Nina Gorfer have created a lush and unusual series of portraits that 'address the time' we're living in When Swedish nurse Israa Abdali got on a plane to war-torn Syria in 2016, she was shocked by what she saw. "Everything was destroyed, I couldn't believe this was Syria," said Abdali, who founded the NGO, Stand With Syria. "Every time you went out, you saw someone walking without legs and arms. Everyone lost something."
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The Guardian - 1 Sep 2020 20:50
In a new exhibition, artists Sarah Cooper and Nina Gorfer have created a lush and unusual series of portraits that 'address the time' we're living in When Swedish nurse Israa Abdali got on a plane to war-torn Syria in 2016, she was shocked by what she saw. "Everything was destroyed, I couldn't believe this was Syria," said Abdali, who founded the NGO, Stand With Syria. "Every time you went out, you saw someone walking without legs and arms. Everyone lost something."
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