I Woke Up and It Had Curtains!

George Azar began covering Lebanon during the civil war and now teaches photojournalism and video reporting in the Media Studies Program at AUB. Azar’s photographs have appeared on the front pages of The New York Times and other leading publications. His documentaries for Al Jazeera have earned multiple international awards, including a 2007 Rory Peck Award for “extraordinary courage behind a camera” for his film Gaza Fixer. He is the subject of the autobiographical documentary Beirut Photographer.