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MORE REFERENCES

Members of the African Photojournalism DatabaseWorld Press Photohttps://www.worldpressphoto.org › education › programs Anwar Sadat Swaka. Portfolioo https://sadat-photo-stories.com Instagram: @sadatphotostories.

An interview with Anwar Sadat Swaka – This Is Genderglobal5050.orghttps://thisisgender.global5050.org › photography-is-a-t…

Representation Matters | This Is Genderglobal5050.orghttps://thisisgender.global5050.org › representation-mat… … Anwar Sadat Swaka · ‘Art as a tool for social transformation’ – An interview with Karen Toro · ‘Everyone wants to be seen, especially if you have been neglected …

The Guardianhttps://www.theguardian.com › gallery › aug › joy-des… 13 Aug 2019 — The photographers (clockwise from top left): Atieno Muyuyi, Brian Otieno, Anwar Sadat Swaka and Kelvin Juma · A hazy winter dawn over Kibera in …

Gender and global health: going, going, but not goneThe Lancethttps://www.thelancet.com › lancet › article › fulltext… 6 Apr 2025 — … Anwar Sadat Swaka. It would be easy to lay the blame for the current chaos and devastating backlash against equality at the feet of an elite …

Eating and drinking in Africa’s largest slum – in picturesThe Guardianhttps://www.theguardian.com › gallery › aug › eating-a… 10 Aug 2019 — A boy buys sweets for a few coins from a stall in Kibera. Photograph: Anwar Sadat Swaka..

I. Kaleidoscopic Nairobi – Parijat ChakrabartiParijat Chakrabartihttps://www.parijatchakrabarti.me › kaleidoscopic-nairobiAnwar Sadat Swaka. Parijat Chakrabarti. 1. A view over Westlands, a commercial and cultural hub of Nairobi. Nairobi Expressway cuts through the frame with …

Highlights 2023: capturing diverse health storiesThe Lancethttps://www.thelancet.com › PIIS0140-6736(23)02810-6Anwar Sadat Swaka. Page 41. Perspectives. 2436 www.thelancet.com Vol 402 December 23/30, 2023. Helping to monitor heart health; Anwar Sadat Swaka. A young …

III. Technology and the CityParijat Chakrabartihttps://www.parijatchakrabarti.me › technology-and-the-… Platform-led transformation, however, moves along uneven paths, and benefits and risks are distributed unequally. Photographs by: Anwar Sadat Swaka. Parijat …

UN-alignedhttps://un-aligned.org › interview › a-conversation-with… 6 Mar 2021 — I am a photographer based in Nairobi Kenya. My focus in photography is documentary, photojournalism, street reportage and portraiture.

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