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Archive - 'Fractured Lands' 

Paolo Pellegrin 

For the last 14 years Paolo Pellegrin has documented the turbulent and historic times that scarred many nations of the Arab world since the invasion of Iraq in 2003, through the so called 'Arab Spring' to the present day battles and rise of ISIS. This portfolio concentrates on the conflicts, the power struggles, and the devastation that befell the people of Egypt, Libya, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq and Iraqi Kurdistan and led many to flee across borders and some towards European shores.

As part of a 18 months assignment for the New York Times Magazine, Pellegrin along with writer Scott Anderson, embarked... 

Paolo Pellegrin 2003

Civilians fleeing Basra during intense fighting between coalition... 

Paolo Pellegrin 2002

In the old city. Tripoli, Lybia 2002 

Paolo Pellegrin 2002

Tripoli. Muammar Qaddafi in his residential compound. 

Paolo Pellegrin 2002

Tripoli. The modern waterfront. 

Paolo Pellegrin 2002

LIBYA. Tripoli. Qaddafi's compound. Bombed in 1986 by US airstrikes... 

Paolo Pellegrin 2002

Tripoli. The Medina (the old city). 

Paolo Pellegrin 2003

Civilians fleeing Basra during intense fighting between coalition... 

Paolo Pellegrin 2003

IRAQ. Baghdad. 2003. 

Paolo Pellegrin 2003

Black smoke in the direction of Basra, during the U.S.-led invasion.... 

Paolo Pellegrin 2003

IRAQ. Basra. 2003. 

Paolo Pellegrin 2003

IRAQ. Basra. 04/03/2003. British forces made further advances... 
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U.S. soldiers under fire. Baghdad, 2003 

Paolo Pellegrin 2006

LEBANON. Tyre. July, 2006. Civilians arrive in Tyre after fleeing... 

Paolo Pellegrin 2006

LEBANON. Tyre. July, 2006. An angry crowd gathers moments after... 

Paolo Pellegrin 2006

LEBANON. July 2006. Civilians flee their destroyed villages in... 

Paolo Pellegrin 2006

LEBANON. Qana. 56 civilians were killed during an Israeli air... 

Paolo Pellegrin 2006

LEBANON. Tyre. August 6, 2006. The victim of an Israeli rocket... 
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Moments after an Israeli air strike destroyed several buildings... 

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LEBANON. Tyre. July 30, 2006. Mass burial of 33 people died during... 

Paolo Pellegrin 2006

LEBANON. Tyre. August, 2006. Wounded Hezbollah fighter is brought... 

Paolo Pellegrin 2008

A square in a neighbourhood called Little Baghdad, Damascus,... 

Paolo Pellegrin 2008

JORDAN. Severely injured Iraqis live and get treated in the Kaser... 

Paolo Pellegrin 2008

JORDAN. Severely injured Iraqis live and get treated in the Kaser... 

Paolo Pellegrin 2008

JORDAN. Severely injured Iraqis live and get treated in the Kaser... 

Paolo Pellegrin 2008

JORDAN. Severely injured Iraqis live and get treated in the Kaser... 

Paolo Pellegrin 2008

JORDAN. Severely injured Iraqis live and get treated in the Kaser... 

Paolo Pellegrin 2008

Iraqi refugees in Syria. 

Paolo Pellegrin 2008

Iraqi refugees in Syria. 

Paolo Pellegrin 2008

Iraqi refugees in Syria. 

Paolo Pellegrin 2016

EGYPT. Cairo. June 2016. Laila Soueif at home in Cairo. 

Paolo Pellegrin 2011

Anti Mubarak demonstrations in Tahrir square. Cairo, Egypt. 2011... 

Paolo Pellegrin 2011

Anti Mubarak demonstrations in Tahrir square. Cairo, Egypt. 2011... 

Paolo Pellegrin 2011

Anti Mubarak demonstrations in Tahrir square. Cairo, Egypt. 2011... 

Paolo Pellegrin 2011

Anti Mubarak demonstrations in Tahrir square. Cairo, Egypt. 2011... 

Paolo Pellegrin 2011

Anti Mubarak demonstrations in Cairo, Egypt. 2011 

Paolo Pellegrin 2011

Anti Mubarak demonstrations in Tahrir square. Cairo, Egypt. 2011... 

Paolo Pellegrin 2011

Anti Mubarak demonstrations in Tahrir square. Cairo, Egypt. 2011... 

Paolo Pellegrin 2011

Anti Mubarak demonstrations in Tahrir square. Cairo, Egypt. 2011... 

Paolo Pellegrin 2011

Tunisian, Egyptian and other nationals flee Libya during fighting... 

Paolo Pellegrin 2011

Tunisian, Egyptian and other nationals flee Libya during fighting... 

Paolo Pellegrin 2011

Tunisian, Egyptian and other nationals flee Libya during fighting... 

Paolo Pellegrin 2011

Tunisian, Egyptian and other nationals flee Libya during fighting... 

Paolo Pellegrin 2011

Tunisian, Egyptian and other nationals flee Libya during fighting... 

Paolo Pellegrin 2011

Tunisian, Egyptian and other nationals flee Libya during fighting... 

Paolo Pellegrin 2011

Tunisian, Egyptian and other nationals flee Libya during fighting... 

Paolo Pellegrin 2015

IRAQ. Sulemaniya. 2015. Islamic State (and islamic radical) members... 

Paolo Pellegrin 2016

LIBYA. Misrata. 2016. Majdi El-Mangoush photographed outside... 

Paolo Pellegrin 2015

JORDAN. Amman. 2015. Kulood Nasir in the apartment where she... 

Paolo Pellegrin 2015

IRAQ. Sinjar. 2015. The border city of Sinjar was liberated after... 

Paolo Pellegrin 2015

IRAQ. Makmur. Kurdistan. 2015. A Peshmerga front line position... 

Paolo Pellegrin 2015

IRAQ. Sinjar. 2015. Dr Azar, left, looks at a mass grave around... 

Paolo Pellegrin 2015

IRAQ. Kurdistan. 2015. Daily life scenes in the Arbat refugee... 

Paolo Pellegrin 2015

IRAQ. Kurdistan. 2015. Daily life scenes in the Arbat refugee... 

Paolo Pellegrin 2015

IRAQ. Kurdistan. 2015. Bayed camp, a Yazidi only camp near Duhok.... 

Paolo Pellegrin 2015

IRAQ. Shekan. Kurdistan. 2015. Dr Azar Mirkhas in a Peshmerga... 

Paolo Pellegrin 2015

IRAQ. Sinjar. Kurdistan. 2015.Kurdish Peshmerga in a front line... 

Paolo Pellegrin 2015

IRAQ. Sinjar. Kurdistan. 2015. Kurdish Peshmerga in a front line... 

Paolo Pellegrin 2015

IRAQ. Sulemaniya. 2015. Islamic State (and islamic radical) members... 

Paolo Pellegrin 2015

IRAQ. Sulemaniya. 2015. Islamic State (and islamic radical) members... 

Paolo Pellegrin 2015

IRAQ. Sulemaniya. 2015. Islamic State (and islamic radical) members... 
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