Greetings from Aleppo acquired by IMA

Our 2017 production Greetings from Aleppo, the precursor to Notes from Aleppo, has been acquired by the Institut du monde arabe in Paris.

Greetings from Aleppo (2017) shows how the inhabitants of Aleppo try to continue their lives while the war is still raging in their city. The 17 minute movie was a collaboration between Issa Touma and Dutch filmmakers Thomas Vroege and Fleur van der Meulen.

Until the 10th of Februari 2019, Greetings from Allepo will be on show as part of the exhibition Age old cities. A virtual journey from Palmyra to Mosul.

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Greetings from Aleppo

Launch 2016 Issa Touma, Floor van der Meulen, Thomas Vroege

2016 , Issa Touma, Floor van der Meulen, Thomas Vroege
Since 2014, photographer Issa Touma travels back to his hometown Aleppo on a regular basis. For more than two years he captured everyday encounters with fellow citizens of Aleppo, a city torn apart by war. Touma returns to clear an unexploded bomb from his parents’ apartment and to visit artist friends whose works he is collecting for...