Image and Source Credits

Personal archive

Most photographs on this site are Jalal Hussaini’s own. Used with permission.

• Photographs of Jalal’s lifeChildhood in Iran, the return to Afghanistan, filmmaking in Kabul, exile in Germany, and his family. From Jalal Hussaini’s personal archive. Used with permission.

Place photographs

Photographs of real places, licensed under Creative Commons via Wikimedia Commons. Each is used unmodified. These appear in the location pop-ups on the story map.

• “Aerial View of Koohsangi street, Mashhad, Iran”ALI0513 — CC BY-SA 4.0 (opens in a new tab) — via Wikimedia Commons
• Shrine of Hazrat Ali, Mazar-e-SharifAhmadElhan — CC BY-SA 4.0 (opens in a new tab) — via Wikimedia Commons
• Shiraz bazaarZereshk — CC BY-SA 2.5 (opens in a new tab) — via Wikimedia Commons
• Berlinale Palast, BerlinTuluqaruk — CC BY-SA 4.0 (opens in a new tab) — via Wikimedia Commons

Public domain

Public-domain images sourced via Wikimedia Commons, used in the location pop-ups on the story map.

• KandaharKarla Marshall — Public domain — via Wikimedia Commons
• HeratPublic domain — no attribution required
• GhazniPublic domain — no attribution required

AI-generated atmospheric images

Some atmospheric images on this site were created with AI tools. They are used as transitional mood pieces, not depictions of real places or people. They are clearly labeled in the source attribution below.

• atmospheric/passport.pngUsed in “A Date That Followed Me”.

Writing sources

• Goethe-InstitutJalal’s essay. Specific article URL pending.
• evangelisch.deCompanion piece. Specific article URL pending.
• Shuddhashar FreeVoiceRelated exiled-writer work. URL pending.