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August 13, 2025

Hamza Azhar Salam

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Capturing the world through Reza’s lens

In the historic city of Shusha, nestled in the liberated Karabakh region of Azerbaijan, I had the opportunity to interview renowned photojournalist Reza Deghati during the Shusha Global Media Forum. Deghati, often known simply as Reza, has spent over five decades documenting some of the world’s most intense conflicts, from Afghanistan to Rwanda. His camera has captured the raw humanity of war—its brutality, resilience, and hope. As the last journalist in Shusha during its fall to Armenian forces in 1992, Reza’s return to the city in 2020 and afterward offers a powerful look at change, destruction, and renewal. In this