Last week I met and photographed Khalida Popal, founder and former captain of the Afghan women’s soccer team for The Wall Street Journal.

In the hours after the Taliban seized Kabul, some 30 players reached out to Khalid Popal via phone asking for help as they needed to escape. In the following days Khalida Popal and a handful of friends from the women’s soccer world worked to evacuate the soccer players and their families. Together with a human rights lawyer and the general secretary of the international players union, Ms Popal was able to get asylum for the players in Australia. During their escape the athletes were beaten by the Taliban, assaulted amid the crowds, deprived of food, sleep and water for days before reaching their airplane in Kabul. 

I met and photographed Khalida Popal in Denmark where she has been living since a gunman approached her in Kabul traffic narrowly missing her.

Read the article by Drew Hinshaw and Joe Parkinson here

Danish upcoming rapper Josie Madonna photographed for Holstebro Dagblad.

On commision for The Wall Street Journal I recently worked on a story about the Danish housing policy. I met Asif Mehmood and other residents who live in the area Mjølnerparken in Copenhagen which is affected by the Danish governments ‘ghetto’ housing policy.

Story published in late June.

Link to story here

For Le Monde’s weekend magazine M le Magazine du Monde I recently worked on at story about the Copenhagen suburb, Albertslund. Albertslund is an area with a diverse demographic and holds a large percentage of inhabitants who votes for the Danish social democratic party. Unlike the social democratic parties in many other European countries, the Danish social democratic party has seen a succes in gaining support from the voters in recent elections.

The article on the Danish Social democratic party and Albertslund is written by journalist Anne-Francoise Hivert.

Published in the printed magazine in late June.

Link to the article

For Le Monde I photographed for a story on the eviction of Syrians in Denmark. I photographed during a demonstration in Copenhagen on April 21st and visited Suzan Jelelatti and her two grown-up children Joud and Tulip who have all had their visas revoked.

Read the article by Anne-Francoise Hivert here

For The Wall Street Journal I have met the Bertawi family who recently had their Danish residency visas revoked. As the only country in Europe, Denmark have stripped the residency visas of more than 250 Syrians living in Denmark, stating that it is now safe to move back to the Damascus area.

Read the article by journalist Raja Abdulrahim here