About the Photographer
George Azar has covered the Middle East for the
past sixteen years. He is the subject of the 1987 C.B.S. Emmy Award winning
short feature "Beirut Photographer" and the author of "Palestine,
A Photographic Journey" (University of California Press, 1991.)
His photographs and stories have appeared in newspapers, magazines and books world-wide. His credits include:
The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Christian Science Monitor, Natural History magazine, Aramco World, The London Sunday Times, The Economist, U.S. News & World Report, Paris-Match, Time, Newsweek, McLeans, Mother Jones, The San Jose Mercury News, The San Francisco Bay Guardian, Middle East Reports, Philadelphia Magazine, Svenska Dagblattet, Amnesty International, Fine Homebuilding, the Associated Press, United Press International, Reuters, Agence France Presse, University of California Press and Yale University Press.
His assignments have included:
The Lebanese Civil War, 1981
The Israeli Invasion of Lebanon, 1982
Bombing of the U.S. Marine Compound Beirut, 1983
War of the Palestinian Camps, Northern Lebanon, 1983
Insurrection in West Beirut, 1984
A Sniper's Story, Beirut, 1984
The Iran-Iraq War, battle of Basra, 1985
East Beirut & Mt. Lebanon, 1985
The Grateful Dead, 1987
Philadelphia Prizefighters, 1987
The Palestinian Uprising, 1988
The Syrian Siege of Mt. Lebanon, 1989
Iraq After Desert Storm, 1992
Master Dancer Elie Chaib, 1992
Hanan Ashrawi, 1992
Beirut, Up From the Ashes, 1993
Lebanese Archeology, 1993
Hardwood Craftsman Sam Maloof, 1994
Naturalist Gary Paul Nabhan, 1994
Cardiac Surgeon Elias Hanna, 1995
Syrian Archeology, 1995
Nader Khalili's Earth Architecture, 1996
Dick Dale, King of the Surf Guitar, 1997
World Featherweight Boxing Champion, "Prince" Naseem Hamed, 1998
He has lectured on the Middle East at universities throughout the United States, including:
Stanford University, University of California, Berkeley, University of Chicago, Vanderbilt University, U.C. Davis, Reed College, U.C. Santa Barbara, Minnesota State University Winnona and
San Francisco State University.
George Azar lives in Berkeley, California.
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