Laura Boushnak is a Palestinian photographer born in Kuwait. She is currently based between Pristina and Beirut where she works as a freelance photographer.
She began her professional photography career with the Associated Press
in Beirut, and later joined The French New Agency (AFP) at their Middle East headquarters in Cyprus and then in Paris. Laura has worked on assignments as a photo editor and photographer in conflict zones such as Iraq and Lebanon, and her work has appeared in
many international publications including The New York Times, The Guardian, and Le Monde. Her personal documentary work focuses on subjects such as war victims,
refugees, Arab women and Islam. She holds a degree in Social Sciences from the Lebanese University in Beirut and a diploma from the New York institute of photography.