Hannah Lucinda Smith is a freelance journalist and photographer covering conflict and humanitarian issues in the Middle East. She has been reporting from Syria and investigating its impact on the wider region since early 2013, and has previously worked on investigations in Kosovo, Brazil and the UK. She lives in Istanbul.

A Taxi Ride down Syria Street

[caption id="attachment_55245431" align="alignnone" width="620"]Barbed wire between Bab Al-Tabbaneh and Jebel Mohsen on Syria Street, Tripoli,…

Polish Up Your Act

[caption id="attachment_55243216" align="alignnone" width="620"] Inside Beirut's Inglot store. HANNAH LUCINDA SMITH[/caption] Hamra was thronging…

Breaking the Mold

[caption id="attachment_55243166" align="alignnone" width="620"] Turkish Alevis participate in a Cem ritual in the eastern Turkish city of Sivas…

War of Words

[caption id="attachment_55240076" align="alignnone" width="620"] Kurdish women wave flags of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party during celebrations of…

Home is Where the Heart Is

[caption id="attachment_55238794" align="alignnone" width="620"] Damascus, Syria. January 2013. Source: LOUAI BESHARA/AFP/Getty Images[/caption] You…