Photos of Afghanistan
October 4-8, 2006
The Parthenon will host a powerful exhibition titled Doctors Without Borders: Photographs from Afghanistan 1984-2004, from July 22-October 7, 2006, in the East Gallery. The photographs in the exhibition document the work of the relief organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)in Afghanistan for the twenty years before it closed its programs in that country following the assassination of five of its aid workers in June 2004. These photographs bear witness to the ongoing suffering of the people of Afghanistan and provide a powerful visual record of humanitarian aid in times of war.

During the last weekend of the exhibition, from October 4-8, aid workers from Doctors Without Borders will mount an outdoor, educational refugee camp exhibit in Centennial Park.

Called “A Refugee Camp in the Heart of the City,” this exhibit asks visitors to imagine that they are among the millions of people fleeing violence and persecution in, for example, Afghanistan, Colombia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, North Korea, or Sudan.

A closing reception at the Parthenon on Friday, October 6, from 6-8:30 p.m., will feature a talk by Nicolas de Torrenté, Executive Director of Doctors Without Borders, on the organization’s past work in Afghanistan and its current work in crises around the world.