Wissam Nassar
Wissam Nassar | |
|---|---|
| وسّام نصّار | |
| Born | 1984 (age 41–42) Gaza, Palestine |
| Alma mater | Islamic University of Gaza |
| Occupation | Photojournalist |
Wissam Nassar (born 1984) is a Palestinian photojournalist.
Career
Nassar studied journalism at the Islamic University in Gaza.[1] He started his career covering Israeli-Hamas wars in 2008.[1] Nassar, along with Tyler Hicks and Sergey Ponomarev, was a finalist for the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography for his 2014 photography in Gaza.[2] His 2018 photo of a young woman in Palestine with a crutch and slingshot hurling stones at Israeli troops has been compared to the biblical story of David and Goliath.[3] Nassar has worked for the New York Times and Deutsche Presse-Agentur.[3] As of 2025, he had 1.7million followers on Instagram.[4]
Personal life
Nassar was born in 1984 in Gaza,[3] where he still lives and works.[5] He and his family are refugees.[1] Nassar was friends with fellow journalist Roshdi Sarraj.[6]
References
- ^ a b c "Inside War-Torn Gaza Through the Eyes of a Local Photographer". TIME.com. Retrieved 2025-08-08.
- ^ "Finalist: Tyler Hicks, Sergey Ponomarev and Wissam Nassar of The New York Times". Pulitzer.org. Retrieved 2025-08-08.
- ^ a b c Mirzoeff, Nick (2018-05-15). "Photographs that Refuse to Stay Silent on the Palestinian Catastrophe". Hyperallergic. Retrieved 2025-08-08.
- ^ Blumenthal, Max (2015-07-06). The 51 Day War: Ruin and Resistance in Gaza. Verso Books. ISBN 978-1-78478-310-5.
- ^ Mirzoeff, Nicholas (2023-07-19). An Introduction to Visual Culture. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-000-89158-4.
- ^ "Palestinian Roshdi Sarraj is the 23rd journalist killed by Israel-Gaza war". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2025-08-08.