Alex Potter

Alex Potter is a photographer who works in the Middle East. Her work has appeared in the New York Times, The Washington Post and Smithsonian Magazine, among other news organizations. She was the 2017 recipient of GroundTruth's James W. Foley Middle East Reporting Fellowship.

Season 6 |Episode 6

War Children

A year after the city of Mosul was liberated from ISIS rule, kids across Iraq are not alright....

Fellowships

War Children

War Children: How Iraq is creating a new generation of ISIS Babies crawl along cinder blocks in Shahama...

Iraqi children play football at Baghdad Circle, the entrance to West Mosul, on January 14, 2018. (Alex Potter/GroundTruth)

War and Peace

To rebuild Iraq, invest in its children

MOSUL, Iraq — In mid-July, as soon as this devastated city was declared “liberated” from ISIS, the bulldozers...