Rushdi Sarraj loved to record what others did not or would not see
The Palestinian photo-journalist and film-maker was killed in an Israeli missile strike on October 22nd
Anyone going to Rushdi Sarraj’s photostream on Flickr was in for a surprise. It opened with pictures of birds. They were common terns, trim and black-backed, and he caught them wheeling, diving, probing the waves and riding them, as he loved to do himself. Rather than focus on the crowded backdrop of the Gaza shore, full of fishing boats, shacks and grim apartments, he snapped the birds over the blue open sea or against the blue open sky.
This article appeared in the Obituary section of the print edition under the headline “An eye over Gaza”
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