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A relative of a slain Shia Muslim walks through a mass grave, Mahaweel

A relative of a slain Shia Muslim walks through a mass grave, Mahaweel
A relative of a slain Shia Muslim walks through a mass grave, Mahaweel
A relative of a slain Shia Muslim walks through a mass grave, Mahaweel
ArtistAmerican, born 1961
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • A relative of a slain Shia Muslim walks through a mass grave, Mahaweel
  • from the series Night of a Thousand Stars
Date2006
Place depictedIraq, Middle East, Asia
MediumInkjet print
DimensionsSheet: 13 × 19 in. (33 × 48.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Joy of Giving Something, Inc.
Object number2025.135.54
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceJoy of Giving Something, Inc.; given to MFAH, 2025.
Published References Smith, Joel Preston. Night of a Thousand Stars & Other Portraits of Iraq. Tucson: Nazraeli Press, 2006.

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Boys at a feast commemmorating 2,900 Shia Muslims buried in a mass grave after a 1991 uprising against Hussein
Joel Preston Smith
Boys at a feast commemmorating 2,900 Shia Muslims buried in a mass grave after a 1991 uprising against Hussein
2006
Inkjet print
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Iraqi newspaper listing the names of the dead, mass grave, Mahaweel
Joel Preston Smith
Iraqi newspaper listing the names of the dead, mass grave, Mahaweel
2006
Inkjet print
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Joel Preston Smith
A veiled woman walks Karrada Dahkil Avenue, Baghdad
2006
Inkjet print
2025.135.55
Shot away face of Sadaam Hussein, ceramic tile portrait, roadside, Mahaweel
Joel Preston Smith
Shot away face of Sadaam Hussein, ceramic tile portrait, roadside, Mahaweel
2006
Inkjet print
2025.135.28
Baghdad through Khaled's broken windshield
Joel Preston Smith
Baghdad through Khaled's broken windshield
2006
Inkjet print
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2006
Inkjet print
2025.135.14
Soldier Swims the Euphrates River
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Soldier Swims the Euphrates River
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Inkjet print
2007.231
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Joel Preston Smith
Stabbed by a Feyadeen Uncle, Ali Amouck Hospital, Baghdad
2006
Inkjet print
2025.135.44
Waiting for stitches: Ali Amouck Hospital, Baghdad
Joel Preston Smith
Waiting for stitches: Ali Amouck Hospital, Baghdad
2006
Inkjet print
2025.135.45
Fire, Ministry of Agriculture, Baghdad
Joel Preston Smith
Fire, Ministry of Agriculture, Baghdad
2006
Inkjet print
2025.135.46
Physicians at Medicine City Hospital administer shocks to gunshot victim Ammar Shakar, dead at age 26, Baghdad
Joel Preston Smith
Physicians at Medicine City Hospital administer shocks to gunshot victim Ammar Shakar, dead at age 26, Baghdad
2006
Inkjet print
2025.135.47
Sgt. Armand Acevedo prepares to return fire, River Road, Ar Ramadi
Joel Preston Smith
Sgt. Armand Acevedo prepares to return fire, River Road, Ar Ramadi
2006
Inkjet print
2025.135.42
Joel Preston Smith