Arab Times

Mural honors photograph­er:

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Amnesty Internatio­nal and an Afghan art collective unveiled Tuesday a mural in Kabul in the memory of AFP’s slain chief Afghanista­n photograph­er, Shah Marai, who was killed in April along with eight other reporters in a double suicide bombing by the Islamic State group.

It’s the first in a series of murals planned by Amnesty and the Artlords collective to highlight the work of Afghan activists, teachers, lawyers, students, trade unionists and others.

Earlier in the day, artists from the collective gathered by a segment of blast walls that crisscross the Afghan capital, and finished painting the mural.

It shows Marai, holding his camera, alongside a group of Afghan activists standing behind a banner reading: “We will not forget you. You have stood up for justice, for equality and for us.”

The mural is entitled “Shuja” - the Dari word for “brave.”

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