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My Lost Paradise - Reza Jalali

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“I started to lose hope for the town, its inhabitants, and seeing my family again.”

Photo by Tim Ouillette

Reza Jalali returns to an unfamiliar home that's been ravaged by war.

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Qasre-Shirin before the Iran-Iraq War.

A Jalali family photo, with Reza as a baby and all of his siblings.

Reza with his father and sister in Qasre-Shirin in the 1960s.

Reza, as a baby, with his mother.

Reza at 8 year-old in pre-war Qasre-Shirin.

Reza with his niece, Shahla.