Hind_Sami_wedding.JPGThe reason I went to Syria in July was to write an article about Iraqis crossing the border to have weddings in Syria, due to the unstable situation at home.

I was invited to the wedding of Sami and Hind (pictured) through a personal connection and I ended up staying with Hind’s family in an apartment in an Iraqi part of Damascus. It was quite an intense cultural experience!

They were happy for me to tell their story and the article was published in the Guardian last week, with a three-page spread in G2 (the features lift-out).