The triumphs and travails of Syrian photographer Issa Touma make for pretty gripping stories in themselves. But above and beyond that, he has taken some truly amazing and beautiful photographs. Touma’s account of his struggles with the Baath party in Syria while trying to run his gallery and an international photography exhibit can be found at Joshua Landis’ site here.
More information about Nazar: Photographs from the Arab World, can be found here.
Some amazing pictures from Touma’s series, Sufi, can be found here.