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‘He Had A Great Eye For A Story’
Remembering journalist and photographer, Zabihullah Tamanna, killed on Sunday with fellow NPR correspondent, David Gilkey.
For those who live and work in conflict zones and war zones, it’s easy to become somewhat numb. Violence and danger can corrode your sense of humanity. But the pictures that Zabihullah took that day were the work of a journalist whose compassion was entirely intact.
Zabi, who was killed in Afghanistan on Sunday along with NPR photojournalist David Gilkey, was far more than just a “translator-fixer” for NPR. He was one of a group of Afghan journalists who carry on their crucial work despite great and constant personal risk. They have extraordinary courage.
