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| Afghanistan survivor turns lens on horrific injuries in Syrian conflict | Afghanistan survivor turns lens on horrific injuries in Syrian conflict |
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| Giles Duley, the award-winning photojournalist who escaped with his life but lost three limbs after stepping on a landmine in Afghanistan in 2011, recently returned to Kabul to document amputee victims of the war. Now he has turned his attention to Syrian war victims in Jordan, many of whom have suffered horrendous injuries during the conflict. | Giles Duley, the award-winning photojournalist who escaped with his life but lost three limbs after stepping on a landmine in Afghanistan in 2011, recently returned to Kabul to document amputee victims of the war. Now he has turned his attention to Syrian war victims in Jordan, many of whom have suffered horrendous injuries during the conflict. |
| Duley came across 24-year-old Lubna during a visit to the Zaatari camp while documenting the work of Handicap International. He was struck by the plight of Lubna, who has been told she will not walk again. | Duley came across 24-year-old Lubna during a visit to the Zaatari camp while documenting the work of Handicap International. He was struck by the plight of Lubna, who has been told she will not walk again. |
| He also photographed children who had lost legs, and a widowed mother of 10 who had lost a leg and is now living in a tent. Such victims of the Syrian conflict often face an agonising journey as they are carried in wheelchairs across the border to safety. | He also photographed children who had lost legs, and a widowed mother of 10 who had lost a leg and is now living in a tent. Such victims of the Syrian conflict often face an agonising journey as they are carried in wheelchairs across the border to safety. |
| "Lubna was a student at Damascus University and was married," said Duley. "She had been travelling on a bus when it was attacked by the Syrian army. She was shot in the spine, and others on the bus were killed. It took three hours for her to be rescued, because snipers were shooting and killing people trying to approach the bus." | "Lubna was a student at Damascus University and was married," said Duley. "She had been travelling on a bus when it was attacked by the Syrian army. She was shot in the spine, and others on the bus were killed. It took three hours for her to be rescued, because snipers were shooting and killing people trying to approach the bus." |
| When Lubna did manage to reach hospital, medical staff were afraid to treat her, so she was smuggled across the border. Since arriving in Jordan she has been told she will not walk again. To compound her problems, her husband – a policeman – has divorced her after she told him that she would not return to Syria. | When Lubna did manage to reach hospital, medical staff were afraid to treat her, so she was smuggled across the border. Since arriving in Jordan she has been told she will not walk again. To compound her problems, her husband – a policeman – has divorced her after she told him that she would not return to Syria. |
| Others Duley encountered, both war victims and those with long-term disabilities, are facing similar problems. In Syria they had access to free healthcare, including prescriptions. But for the many war amputees displaced to Jordan – where the number of refugees is expected to reach one million later this year – the problems they face are complex. | Others Duley encountered, both war victims and those with long-term disabilities, are facing similar problems. In Syria they had access to free healthcare, including prescriptions. But for the many war amputees displaced to Jordan – where the number of refugees is expected to reach one million later this year – the problems they face are complex. |
| While Handicap International is often able to help with wheelchairs, crutches and therapy, the rents charged in private homes have trebled in some cases, and those with disabilities have found themselves confined in rooms in flats that can be reached only by stairs. "Unlike the victims of war I saw in Afghanistan," said Duley, "these people are not in their home country. There are so many refugees that Jordan is struggling to cope." | While Handicap International is often able to help with wheelchairs, crutches and therapy, the rents charged in private homes have trebled in some cases, and those with disabilities have found themselves confined in rooms in flats that can be reached only by stairs. "Unlike the victims of war I saw in Afghanistan," said Duley, "these people are not in their home country. There are so many refugees that Jordan is struggling to cope." |
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