The Syrian Refugee Crisis: A view from the Turkish border by Diego Cupolo

When: Mon 28 Apr 2014 16:00 – 17:30 Eastern Time - Montreal
Where: H 1220, 1455 de Maisonneuve Blvd. West (map)

Description

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.

Biography

Diego Cupolo is a freelance journalist, photographer, the Latin America editor of The Global South Development 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.