21st Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest People
Parkour on the Rubble

The dreams of these young people were to play parkour. Theirs is a dream of world-class buildings, but a decade of war was enough to destroy the city in which they live almost completely. In a scene, young teens play parkour in secret amid the war-torn landscape. The Islamic organizations in their city pressured them to abandon parkour, saying that they were imitating the infidels, which prompted them to perform it clandestinely.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 09.2020
Date Uploaded: 10.2023
Photo Location: IDLIB, Syria
Camera: Canon EOS 7D
Copyright: © Mouneb Taim