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Documentary Photographer |Photojournalist | Educator - Faculty at University of Missouri | 22-23 Kinght Wallace Fellow

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Joined July 2017

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I am absolutely thrilled and honoured to be selected as a 2022-2023 #knightwallace fellow! Can't wait to meet, learn work with this talented group of journalists. So grateful to @UMWallaceHouse and @UMich for this wonderful opportunity.

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Meet the 2022-2023 class of Knight-Wallace Journalism Fellows. These 15 talented journalists will join us next fall for the return of our in-person fellowship.

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I met the concerned police officials of the case and answered their questions regarding the investigation, I have not been arrested and the investigation is going. Thanks all for the support.

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I am incredibly honored to share that I have won the Anja Niedringhaus Courage in Photojournalism Award from @IWMF I'm happy that my work has finally been recognized. After thanking Almighty,I would like to say a big thank to my mentor, @ShowkatNanda for his guidance, love & care

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Mandatory Eid selfie #EidAlAdha

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Lilli vouch'

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Back to work... In the dark there is a light Your truth it keeps on burning bright Brave enough to fight the fight You'll never stop me, I'm a warrior When I fall down I get stronger. [Song:Warrior]

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Today I plucked cherries 🍒🍒

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I am glad to receive the 2020 Peter Mackler Award.

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As journalists it is our duty to present the truth as it is. In Kashmir where truth is the first causality, it becomes even more important. A free press is the only voice of the deliberately silenced. #WorldPressFreedomDay #Journalismisnotacrime

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We have Pulitzer📸❤️ With 2020 Pulitzer winners @muukhtark_khan @daryasin #KashmirGetsPulitzer

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#NewProfilePic PC @ZaidTantray

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The sunset view of historical Jamia Masjid, Nowhata, Srinagar, Kashmir.

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The Holy Prophet [s] said: Silence is safety.

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The Holy Prophet [s] said: Beauty is in the tongue.

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Sahil Ke Sukun Se Kise Inkār Hai Lekin Tufān Se Ladne Meñ Mazā Aur Hī Kuch hai

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Iqbal Bhat from Damhal Hanjipora travelled almost 80KMs on bike just to donate plasma which was needed at SKIMS Soura. Just realised that humanity is still alive. Sending him health, prosperity, success and happiness.❤️

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"Whoever kills an innocent life it is as if he has killed all of humanity.." |Surat Al-Ma'idah 5:32| Qur'an.

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شَهْرُ رَمَضانَ الَّذِي أُنْزِلَ فِيهِ الْقُرْآنُ هُدىً لِلنَّاسِ وَبَيِّناتٍ مِنَ الْهُدى وَالْفُرْقانِ. The month of Ramadhan is that in which the Qur'an was revealed, a guidance to men and clear proofs of the guidance and the distinction.

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"Unidentified Gunman" and we know he will be never identified. #BabarQadri

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Humbled to receive this trophy all the way from New York ❤️

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Tumhai yaad ho kina yaad ho

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High on power , cops of JKP thrashed my parents in Batamaloo today around 5PM. Id card of my father has been taken away by cops and when my mother tried to intervene, she was also thrashed. One fails to understand how an elderly couple deserved this high handed behavior of JKP.

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THIS PICTURE: Three year old boy sitting over the dead body of his father who was killed while three other paramilitary personnel were injured after militants attacked a CRPF party at Model town of Sopore in North Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Wednesday morning. #Kashmir

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Today I lost a family member my beloved cousin who was just 21. She fell off from the window and got hit in the head. I'm feeling empty. My world is crashing down. Rest in peace Tabassum 😥

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Mash Allah, this kid has my heart ❤️❤️🥺

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Ya Hussain

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Arifa Jan suffers frequent panic attacks nearly 2 decades after her husband was gunned down by Indian army in 2000,she can still hear the gunshots and sees her husband’s blood-soaked body when she thinks of him,“There were 18 bullet holes and I still remember how deep they were."

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Eid Mubarak 🐑

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#RIP Junaid Shah, Ranbir Kapoor’s looklike died due to cardiac arrest early this morning at his residence in illahibagh area of Srinagar, Kashmir.

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So...2G Internet service will be suspended in Srinagar District.

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My family did not allow me to pursue journalism at first. In Kashmir, the mentality is that women can only be doctors, teachers or run a boutique in their homes. These photographs featured in the gallery are a selection of my work which I did after August 5 in Kashmir.

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Replug | Earlier, women did not come out on the roads. Now, they are speaking their heart, coming out to protest perhaps as an outlet for their frustrations. A complete gallery of the selection of @Masratzahra 's work since 5 August:

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My Dad finished this piece of paper machi flower vase and gifted it to me🌹🌹 MY COOL DAD (Iranian art design)

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Palestine will be liberated!

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Whether it is Shawal or Zil-Hijjah There is Muharram in my homeland. ~unknown

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The Holy Prophet [s] said: Ask God (to give you) useful knowledge, and take refuge with Him from useless knowledge.

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In the wombs and outside of them, no facet of Kashmiri life has been left untouched from this brutal war. #childrenofconflict

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#NewProfilePic PC @lookaround81

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It’s such a moment of pride for all of us that our @daryasin and @mukhtarap have been awarded Pulitzer Prize for their work in Kashmir done under difficult circumstances. Congratulations, keep up the great work. It's the global recognition of ground reality in Kashmir.

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Ya Hussain (A.S) I forget my pain when I remember yours. #Muharram

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I & UAPA @ dal 😊

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I & ice cream @ dal

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I am slowly learning what it means to be human.What it means to make mistakes and learn from them. How to stop running from what is heavy and uncomfortable in my life. How to understand that I cannot control life.I am slowly learning how to laugh and cry and feel through it all.

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Thank you #Musadiq for what you create, I'm humbled and grateful. This art work will always make me uncomfortable and push me to grow. "Art can speak things that can't always be said with words". A gift from a neighborhood boy.

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Imam Ali (A.S) said: Man is hidden under his tongue.

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A view of Dargah shrine on the 4th day of Ramadan during lockdown in Srinagar,Kashmir. All the Mosques and Shrines are sealed in the region to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in the valley. #COVIDLockdown #Ramzan2020

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I am writing this thread after a while of contemplation. My family is being routinely harassed by the authorities in Kashmir. I cannot keep overlooking it and just uselessly hope for it to end. I am worried about the safety of my family +

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#NewProfilePic Thank you @adilhussain_pj Bhai for this.

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Islamic center Hamburg, Germany.

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Thank you for this potrait @HudisaB Rise and shine.

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Imam Sadiq (a.s) said: One who is ashamed of speaking the truth is a fool.

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Everything, in time. #NewProfilePic

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"Zulm Phir Zulm Hai Badhta Hai To Mit Jata Hai Khuun Phir Khuun Hai Tapkega To Jam Jaega" ~SAHIR LUDHIANVI

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Mother of slain Militant commander Tawseef Ahmed Sheikh has been arrested and charged under UAPA, her daughter is also accused in an FIR and lodged in the women’s cell at a police station.Sheikh was killed in the same encounter in which Professor Mohd Rafi was killed on 6May 2018

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Fresh spell of snowfall in valley. #Kashmir #snowfall

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Jamia Masjid in Srinagar, Kashmir stands closed on the first Friday of Ramadan amid COVID-19 lockdown. All Muslim majority countries have closed mosques and shrines and asked people to pray at home in addition to imposing curfews to limit the spread of the deadly Coronavirus.

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Fighter jets hovering in the skies over Srinagar.

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"Sabr Aik Esi Sawari Hai Jo Apne Sarwar Ko Girnay Nahi Deti, Na Kisi Ke Qadmon Main, Na Kisi Ke Nazron Main". Hazrat Ali (a.s)

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The Holy Prophet [s] said There are three qualities that are the sign of a hypocrite even if he prays and fasts and calls himself a Muslim: lying, violating promises and defalcation.

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Came across this wall poster in the Habba Kadal area of Srinagar, Kashmir.

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Another civilian who was injured at Nawakadal, Srinagar gunfight site succumbed.

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Tonight at masjid Al Aqsa 💓💓

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اللھم العن قتلة امير المؤمنين

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If there is a beautiful PRISON on earth . It is here It is here It is here... #kashmir We are without mobile phone service that too during this deadly Coronavirus.

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The Holy Prophet [s] said: Verily, I warn you strictly about the rights of two classes: orphans and women.

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Photographed while photographing 🙃

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Upside-down Change your view, learn to see things in new ways.

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Asma Shakeel,19, from Srinagar, has a story of hope and an unending struggle. She says the situation in Kashmir "has made her tough and strengthened her will to move forward". She got a fully funded scholarship to study at Georgetown University in Qatar.[ Masrat Zahra/Al Jazeera]

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"And here you are living despite it all." — Rupi Kaur

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Season's first snowfall in Srinagar, Kashmir. ©Masrat Zahra #kashmir #masratzahra

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My Abbu making good use of this lockdown,he love this artistic life than his hectic schedule in govt service. I realised how he is enjoying this work more. I got an ample of time to spend with my family in this lockdown. We create lovely moments with eachother. #LockdownDiaries

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A morning walk with Mama. #MorningGlory #masratzahra

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A leader never dies!

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Eid Mubarak ❤️ May Allah ease the suffering of all individuals around the globe.

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Shab-e-Me'raj mubarak to all

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Rest in peace...Irfan Khan.

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#NewProfilePic 📍Sacré-Cœur, Paris

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إِنَّا لِلّهِ وَإِنَّـا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ Today my beloved grandfather passed away and has returned to his maker. Your sudden death is so heart broken and saddening. I'm sorry Abba I missed your call in the morning. You will be missed always 😥

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A civilian has killed after paramilitary CRPF forces fired at him near Narbal area of central Kashmir Budgam. #Kashmir

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9 Palestinians including 3 children's are dead after the Israel airstrikes hit Gaza.

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Eid Mubarak 💖 Zalim tii Zulum fanna

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The Holy Prophet [s] said: Whoever curses the one who has brought him cruelty, will end up in victory.

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Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said One who is clement(merciful) has the upper hand.

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The Holy Prophet [s] said: Fear the curse of an oppressed person, for there is no veil between it and God.

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You need more than appreciation, thank you @sabmitti for believing in me and reminding me that I am possible.

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Heartbreaking- A Palestinian child mourns during the funeral of his father and brother who were killed by Israeli airstrikes in Gaza yesterday. #PalestinianLivesMatter #Gaza #AlAqsa

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I want to inform all of U that my picture has been used in this collage without my consent.While that's something beyond my capacity as some of my pictures are in public domain,I want to point out my dissension with false equalences,selectivity & white-washing of state violence.

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One of my favourite portraits ❤️ © @Masratzahra

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Imam Sadiq (as.) said: "Your secret is of your own blood, so never let it flow from other than your own veins".

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Interviewer: There's a gap in your CV... What were you doing in 2020? Me: I was washing my hands.

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#NewProfilePic

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Today early in the morning I got the Eidi from the Indian police at Eidgah while covering the protest between paramilitary troops and Kashmiri protestors. While trying to take safer side,I just got stuck during intense clashes and in the meantime was hit by pellets shot by troops

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The Holy Prophet [s] said: If a person remains unforgiven in the month of Ramazan, then what other month is there left for him to be forgiven in?!

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"Be aware of your own worth, use all of your power to achieve it. Create an ocean from a dewdrop. Do not beg for light from the moon, obtain it from the spark within you." ~ Muhammad Iqbal

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