March 23
2005
Palestine Wins Saddest Photo Prize
Palestine won the prize for the saddest photo in the BBC “Sadness and Joy†photography contest.
The photo captured by the Palestinian TV producer Abdul-Rahman Al-Humran, shows three young girls weeping in sorrow for their brother, who was shot dead by Israeli soldiers in the city of Rafah in Gaza, won the first place in the competition.
The winning photo was published in six different languages on the BBC websites.
[Via: PalestineBlogs, and Sabbah’s Blog]