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 Stubborn Dignity amid Syria’s Tragedy

[caption id="attachment_55247425" align="alignnone" width="619"] A Syrian refugee girl uses a rope to climb a tree at the recently opened Vrazhdebna…

Aleppo’s Real-Life Soap Opera

As the Syrian conflict drags into its fourth year it is disappearing from the world’s television screens. New crises in Gaza, Ukraine and Libya…

Dancing in Kirkuk

[caption id="attachment_55250511" align="alignnone" width="620"] A member of Halparki Kirkuk practices his dance moves. (Hannah Lucinda Smith)[…

The Flower Seller of Aleppo

[caption id="attachment_55250246" align="alignnone" width="620"] Krikor in Yerevan, Armenia. (Hannah Lucinda Smith)[/caption] “Flowers, I love…

Prosthetics Give Syrians New Life

[caption id="attachment_55249911" align="alignnone" width="620"] Head of Ankara University-Vocational School of Health Services Dr. Serap Alsancak…

Little Latakia

[caption id="attachment_55249485" align="alignnone" width="620"] Syrian refugees in Antakya look towards home. (Hannah Lucinda Smith)[/caption]It is…

A Dictator behind the Scenes

[caption id="attachment_55248814" align="alignnone" width="620"] A picture taken in Gaza city on May 11, 2011, shows Libyan state TV showing footage…

Revolutionary Radio

[caption id="attachment_55248148" align="alignnone" width="620"] Mahmoud Hassino (L) at Sout Raya's studios in Istanbul. (Hannah Lucinda Smith)[…

Syrian Starlet

[caption id="attachment_55238716" align="alignnone" width="574"] Nasmi (R) in Aleppo on February 24, 2013. [/caption] In Aleppo, as in other, less…

No Room Service for Syria’s Refugees

[caption id="attachment_55246966" align="alignnone" width="620"] Syrian refugees shelter under a makeshift tent in an Istanbul park on November 3,…