Photo Exhibit: "Rohingya: We Prefer to Call it Burma"

"Rohingya: We Prefer to Call it Burma," a collection of photos by Keith Harmon Snow, examines the plight of 'stateless' Rohingya refugees trapped in the Cox's Bazaar and Tecnaf districts of Bangladesh. Many Rohingyas call their country Burma, rejecting Myanmar (assigned by the military in 1989).

These photographs depict conditions in the camps, and provide documentary evidence and testimonials of genocide committed against Rohingya people by the Burmese military. They also juxtapose and situate the Rohingya in relation to the host community and surrounding areas.

Some one million Rohingyas struggle to survive in heavily populated Bangladesh. This has caused conflict with Bangladeshis, esp. due to the uneven distribution of resources by the charity & aid complex. As more resources are depleted by the joint populations, these problems continue to grow. 

Violence in Burma continues. Rohingyas are being trafficked out of the camps and fleeing Burma by boat, sometimes trapped at sea, held ransom, or killed. Talk is cheap and ubiquitous, but there has been little substantive international action or commitment to truly help the Rohingya people.

Click here to view the exhibit.