Photo of Syrian war wins Fujairah international press photo award

Baraa al Halabi (23 years old) is one of four war correspondents who have just won an international press photo contest organized by the Fujairah Press and Culture Authority (United Arab Emirates) with the support of FRANCE24 TV channel and RFI radio station.

The winning photo by Baraa al Halabi. (Photo: AFP)

His winning image captured the horrific aftermath of the bombing of a mosque in Aleppo, Syria, with a young man holding his badly injured sister in his arms.

“At first I couldn’t see anything because of the smoke and dust, then everything became clearer and I saw this young man holding his sister and screaming for help. I wanted to capture the emotion on his face as he held his dying sister,” Halabi described.

Halabi studied computer science at Aleppo University and had no intention of becoming a war photojournalist.

However, when civil war broke out, Halabi took up a camera to document what was happening in his country.

Halabi taught himself photography and gained experience through contact with many foreign photojournalists working in Syria.

He also spent a lot of time studying photos published in major newspapers such as The New York Times and The Independent.

Halabi regularly uploads his photos to YouTube and they have caught the attention of AFP news agency.

The news agency not only bought Halabi's photos but also encouraged him to enter the contest.

According to Vietnam+