It was a surreal feeling to visit ground zero of Marawi City. It’s one thing to read about it in the news and a whole other experience to see first hand a once vibrant city completely devasted. Driving through the streets I saw buildings blown to pieces. What is left...
This is Rahana’s sister, Bolawan, whose husband died and was being buried on the day of the Marawi Siege. As she fled the city, Bolawan only had time to gather a few keepsakes from her home. When I met her for the first time, she was dressed in complete black and...