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MCI (P) 004/10/2015; PPS 1367/04/2013 (022956) ISSN 0219-3310 Please recycle.No. 118 • Issue 3/D ePartmentsChairman
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1 ‘Before the World
was Made’
by William Butler YeatsE D I T O R I A L
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CONTRIBUTORS
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Iraq through the Fall
Tears and Triumphs of
the 2003 Iraq War
ASIAN Geographic pays
tribute to Alexandra
Boulat, one of the world’s
most fearless female
photojournalists and war
documentary photographers.
Her series of photos taken
during the invasion of Iraq
to topple Saddam Hussein’s
regime shows us the tears
and triumphs of war through
the lives of civilians.
BY ALEXANDRA BOULAT10heRitaGe
King Tamar, the
Caucasian Queen
The greatest of Georgian
rulers
BY SOPHIE IBBOTSON30natURe
Land Before Time
New moth species discovered in
Aceh, Indonesia
The discovery of a new moth
species, the Endoclita fahringeri, in
the mountains of Gunung Leuser in
Sumatera, Indonesia, is proving to
be a landmark in scientific history.
The 300 million-year-old mountain
range is where Alfred Fahringer
discovered the species during his
two-week trek in August 2014. He
narrates his experience exclusively
to ASIAN Geographic.
BY ALFRED FAHRINGER48CUltURe
Freya Stark, the
Passionate Nomad
One woman’s influence on
the Arab world
Dubbed the female Lawrence of
Arabia, Dame Freya Stark (1893–
1993) was one of her generation’s
most prolific female explorers,
travelling through Syria, Iran, Iraq,
Yemen and other Middle Eastern
countries prior to the second world
war. Here, we chart her influence
and the roads she paved for others
following in her footsteps.
BY SOPHIE IBBOTSON62on assiGnment
Women of Gaza
A life choked with adversity
along the Gaza Strip
As with all Palestinians in what
is often described as the world’s
largest open air prison, life for the
women of the Gaza Strip is choked
with adversity. But journalist and
photographer Lara Abu Ramadan
strives to show Gaza’s human face
to a world used to seeing scenes of
catastrophe and violence.
BY NIGEL O’CONNOR68GOLD SILVER BRONZEReFleCtions
18 Becoming Snow WhiteRevealeD
20 Beneath the Bundles
of Silkhi GhliGhts
84 Leaena the Lioness
One woman’s legacy to
help disabled children
in Singapore
BY KHONG SWEE LINiCon
93 The Afghan GirlmemoRies
94 Japan’s Comfort Women