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February 27, 2008

LEBANON: Children Look At The Brighter Picture

by Mona Alami, IPS News, Italy - It's another way of looking at a world of enormous piles of rubbish, where gunmen and fratricidal wars are common, and where a permanent state of lawlessness reigns. A group of Lebanese photojournalists now gives these children the opportunity to forget their surroundings through the world of photography.

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I love these projects.

www.kids-with-cameras.org was born out of a similar initiative and was documented in the Oscar winning film, Born Into Brothels.

Seeing the world through a child's lens is always somewhat of a pleasant shock to me because our society is so used to disregarding the wisdom inherent in children's perspectives. Unfettered by all the information and choices that adults must grapple with, and often just for basic survival, children offer a perspective and voice that we should all be celebrating.

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