What Have You Left Behind? - Al-Maqtari, Bushra
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In 2015, a year after the Yemeni civil war started, Bushra al-Maqtari decided to document the suffering of civilians. Putting her life at risk, she gathered over 400 testimonies over two years. Alternating between accounts from the victims of the Houthi rebels and those of the Saudi-led coalition, she highlights the disillusionment felt by civilians trapped in a war outside of their own making.

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Produktbeschreibung
In 2015, a year after the Yemeni civil war started, Bushra al-Maqtari decided to document the suffering of civilians. Putting her life at risk, she gathered over 400 testimonies over two years. Alternating between accounts from the victims of the Houthi rebels and those of the Saudi-led coalition, she highlights the disillusionment felt by civilians trapped in a war outside of their own making.
Autorenporträt
Bushra al-Maqtari (b. 1979) is a writer and journalist who lives in Sanaa, Yemen. Her writings have appeared in various Arabic and international newspapers and magazines, including the New York Times. In 2013, she received the Françoise Giroud Award for Defence of Freedom and Liberties in Paris as well as the Leaders for Democracy Prize awarded by the Project on Middle East Democracy in Washington. In 2020, she was awarded the Johann-Philipp-Palm-Award for Freedom of Speech and Press, following on from the publication of What Have You Left Behind? with Ullstein Verlag in Germany.