Hamada Elrasam
Photographer
Visual Storyteller

In this picture taken on Feb. 8, 2015, 10-year-old Abanoub Samaan Nazmy reacts after losing a video game in the living room of his home in the Manshiet Nasr neighborhood of Cairo, Egypt. Abanoub, who is a Coptic Christian, lost his father to suspected military snipers as he protested in March 2011 over the burning of a church. The grief touches children of all kinds in this country, cutting across Christian and Muslim families, the sons of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood group to the daughters of police officers and soldiers. (AP Photo/Hamada Elrasam)

In this picture taken Feb. 8, 2015, 10-year-old Abanoub Samaan Nazmy stands on the balcony at his home in the Manshiet Nasr neighborhood of Cairo, Egypt. Abanoub lost his father to suspected military snipers as he protested in March 2011 over the burning of a church. Abanoub says he wants justice: “I want to be a police officer to avenge my father.” Psychiatrist Eman Gaber, who leads a rehabilitation program for traumatized children says, “when a child loses a parent, a relative, a friend or a person he likes or knows, maybe he wants the killer or killers to feel the loss he feels.” (AP Photo/Hamada Elrasam)

In this picture taken on Nov. 6, 2014, 13-year-old Adham Ehab Anwar, whose policeman father was shot to death in an attack on his station after the bloody security force breakup of Islamist sit-ins in Cairo in 2013, is tired after football training at the Al-Ashgar club in 6 October city, a suburb southwest of Cairo, in Giza, Egypt. Hidden scars remain for children who grew up during the chaos following years of turmoil after the 2011 uprising. The grief touches children of all kinds in Egypt, cutting across Christian and Muslim families, the sons of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood group to the daughters of police officers and soldiers. And how they process the sorrow varies widely. (AP Photo/Hamada Elrasam)

In this picture taken on Feb. 8, 2015, 10-year-old Abanoub Samaan Nazmy and his mother Haniya Magdy Khila walk to school in the Manshiet Nasr neighborhood of Cairo, Egypt. Coptic Christian Abanoub lost his father to suspected military snipers as he protested in March 2011 over the burning of a church. (AP Photo/Hamada Elrasam)

In this picture taken on Dec. 19, 2014, young Muslim Brotherhood football fans known as ‘Ultras Nahdawy,’ light fireworks during a march against the military overthrow of former President Mohammed Morsi, in Cairo Egypt. Most members of ‘Ultras Nahdawy’ are teenagers. In Egypt, the years of turmoil following its 2011 uprising have seen revolutionary graffiti fade away as the country slowly tries to move on, but hidden scars remain for children who grew up during the chaos and lost loved ones. (AP Photo/Hamada Elrasam)

This picture taken Dec. 17, 2014 shows the bedroom of the late Gaber Salah, a teenage activist who was known by the nickname ‘Gika’, in Abdeen, downtown Cairo Egypt. Salah was shot dead by security forces in November 2012 on the first anniversary of the Mohammed Mahmoud street clashes. Thousands of people marched across Cairo for his funeral and his face became widely known and reproduced as graffiti on walls and many wore t-shirts representing him. (AP Photo/Hamada Elrasam)

In this picture taken on Feb. 2, 2015, 9-year-old Youstina Malak Rasmy, who lost her father to suspected military snipers as he protested in March 2011 over the burning of a church, looks at a portrait of him that hangs in her home in the Manshiet Nasr neighborhood of Cairo, Egypt. For Youstina, art helps deal with her grief. “I’d like to be a painter like him, because I love his paintings and to meet him in heaven,” she says. (AP Photo/Hamada Elrasam)

In this picture taken on Dec. 19, 2014, Jana Amr Elbana, a 5-year-old girl whose father was shot to death during a pro-Muslim Brotherhood protest in 2014, sits with her uncle Sameh Elbana who is showing her photos of her father, at their home in Badrashin, south Giza, Egypt. Jana finds no solace at school. She says her teachers beat students at for not doing their work. She wants to manage a school, “because the teacher beats the kids and the manager beats the teacher.” (AP Photo/Hamada Elrasam)

This picture taken on Jan. 30, 2015 shows a portrait of the slain father of Adham Ehab Anwar, who was shot to death in an attack on his station after the bloody security force breakup of Islamist sit-ins in Cairo in 2013, on the chair he used to sit on at his home in Giza, Egypt. For 13-year-old Adham, the idea of joining the military brings solace. Holding a wrench before a portrait of his late father, Adham says he wants to invent “anti-terrorism devices.” (AP Photo/Hamada Elrasam)

In this picture taken on Feb. 1, 2015, 4-year-old Mohammed Hesham, whose police officer father was killed last year after chasing suspected terrorists, plays doctor at his home, in Cairo, Egypt. In Egypt, the years of turmoil following its 2011 uprising have seen revolutionary graffiti fade away as the country slowly tries to move on, but hidden scars remain for children who grew up during the chaos and lost loved ones. (AP Photo/Hamada Elrasam)

In this picture taken on Feb. 7, 2015, Jana Amr Elbana, a 5-year-old girl whose father supported the Muslim Brotherhood and was shot to death protesting in 2014, stands in her bedroom at her home in Badrashin, south Giza, Egypt. ìKids have different understandings for what they experience, and they are psychologically affected by different things than adults,” says psychiatrist Eman Gaber, who leads a rehabilitation program for traumatized children. ìThe pain doesnít come to the person who is dead, but to the ones that are still alive.î (AP Photo/Hamada Elrasam)

In this Sunday, Feb. 8, 2015 photo, family and friends of fans, killed from a riot at soccer stadium, wait outside Zeinhom morgue in Cairo, Egypt. A riot broke out Sunday night outside of a major soccer game, with a stampede and fighting between police and fans killing over 20, authorities said. The riot, began ahead of a match between Egyptian Premier League clubs Zamalek and ENPPI at Air Defense Stadium east of Cairo. (AP Photo/Hamada Elrasam)

In this picture taken on Feb. 2, 2015, 10-year-old Abanoub Samaan Nazmy tears up as he holds a toy gun while he looks at the portrait of his father, at his home in the Manshiet Nasr neighborhood of Cairo, Egypt. Abanoub lost his father to suspected military snipers as he protested in March, 2011 over the burning of a church. Abanoub, turning a toy pistol over in his hands, wants justice: ìI want to be a police officer to avenge my father.” (AP Photo/Hamada Elrasam)

In this picture taken on Oct. 17, 2014, 13-year-old Adham Ehab Anwar, whose policeman father was shot to death in an attack on his station after the bloody security force breakup of Islamist sit-ins in Cairo in 2013, studies geometry at his home in 6 October city, a suburb southwest of Cairo, in Giza, Egypt. Psychiatrist Eman Gaber, who leads a rehabilitation program for traumatized children, says there are not any statistics about how many children suffered trauma in Egypt’s recent unrest, though it’s “still hard not to be exposed to any violence,” whether that was rioting in their neighborhood or images seen on television or the Internet.” (AP Photo/Hamada Elrasam)

In this picture taken on Sept. 26, 2015, Egyptian activist Tarek Tito sits in the room he shared with his brother in Cairo, Egypt. Tarek has been accused of two crimes: being associated with the Muslim Brotherhood and taking part in the burning of the Muslim Brotherhood’s headquarters. His younger brother Mahmoud has been detained for more than 200 days for wearing a t-shirt that says, “a homeland without torture.” (AP Photo/Hamada Elrasam)

In this picture taken on Nov. 22, 2014, young defendants of the 2012 Port Said football riot, one of the world’s largest soccer related disasters that left 74 people dead, including children, listen during their re-trial at the police academy courthouse, in new Cairo, Egypt. Hidden scars remain for children and youth who grew up during the chaos following years of turmoil after the 2011 uprising. (AP Photo/Hamada Elrasam)

In this picture taken on Feb. 8, 2015, 10-year-old Abanoub Samaan Nazmy, left, watches television with his younger sister in the living room of their home in the Manshiet Nasr neighborhood of Cairo, Egypt. Abanoub, who is a Coptic Christian, lost his father to suspected military snipers as he protested in March 2011 over the burning of a church. “When a child loses a parent, a relative, a friend or a person he likes or knows, maybe he wants the killer or killers to feel the loss he feels,” says psychiatrist Eman Gaber, who leads a rehabilitation program for traumatized children. “The pain doesn’t come to the person who is dead, but to the ones that are still alive.”(AP Photo/Hamada Elrasam)

In this picture taken on Oct. 23, 2014, 13-year-old Adham Ehab Anwar, whose policeman father was shot to death in an attack on his station after the bloody security force breakup of Islamist sit-ins in Cairo in 2013, stands behind a waterfall after a swimming lesson at a club in 6 October city, a suburb southwest of Cairo, in Giza, Egypt. Hidden scars remain for children who grew up during the chaos following years of turmoil after the 2011 uprising. The grief touches children of all kinds in Egypt, cutting across Christian and Muslim families, the sons of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood group to the daughters of police officers and soldiers. And how they process the sorrow varies widely. (AP Photo/Hamada Elrasam)

In this picture taken on Jan. 30, 2015, 13-year-old Adham Ehab Anwar, whose policeman father was shot to death in an attack on his station after the bloody security force breakup of Islamist sit-ins in Cairo in 2013, salutes as he looks at himself in the mirror at his home in Giza, Egypt. For Adham, joining the military brings solace. Holding a wrench before a portrait of his late father, Adham says he wants to invent “anti-terrorism” devices. A portrait of his late father hangs on the wall. (AP Photo/Hamada Elrasam)

In this picture taken on Feb. 2, 2015, 10-year-old Abanoub Samaan Nazmy, right, rests at his home with his mother and younger sister, in the living room of their home in the Manshiet Nasr neighborhood of Cairo, Egypt. Abanoub, who is a Coptic Christian, lost his father to suspected military snipers as he protested in March 2011 over the burning of a church. Grief touches children of all kinds in this country, cutting across Christian and Muslim families, the sons of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood group to the daughters of police officers and soldiers. (AP Photo/Hamada Elrasam)

In this picture taken on Dec. 21, 2014, 12-year-old Jihad Abdo Elmasry prepares dinner for her father, who was badly beaten in Tahrir Square in August 2013 for declaring pro-government views, at their home in old Cairo, Egypt. Jihad says she wants to join the security forces after watching her father, who was selling stone-carved figurines beaten by Islamists. “I dream to be a police officer and to inspect women in veils” Jihad says, as some believe Islamists at the time hid weapons in women’s loose-fitting niqabs to avoid detection.(AP Photo/Hamada Elrasam)

In this picture taken on Feb. 2, 2015, 10-year-old Abanoub Samaan Nazmy, right, holds a toy gun as he plays with his sister in the living room of their home in the Manshiet Nasr neighborhood of Cairo, Egypt. Abanoub, who is a Coptic Christian, lost his father to suspected military snipers as he protested in March 2011 over the burning of a church. In Egypt, the years of turmoil following its 2011 uprising have seen revolutionary graffiti fade away as the country slowly tries to move on, but hidden scars remain for children who grew up during the chaos and lost loved ones. (AP Photo/Hamada Elrasam)