The photo of 3 year old Aylan Kurdi washed up on a Turkish shore shocked the world this past Wednesday. Kurdi, along with his family, were among refugees from Syria who were trying to migrate to Greece for a safer home. Kurdi and his family were actually trying to reach Canada, where his auntie lived, but devastatingly, only his father Abdullah survived as Kurdi, his five year old brother Galip and their mother Rehan drowned.
The photo went viral and Kurdi has now been immortalised as the face of the growing refugee crisis.
Here’s how several artists around the world have paid tribute to him:
https://twitter.com/AzzamDaaboul/status/639358232687980548?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
https://www.facebook.com/ainazcartoon/photos/a.1526963024192860.1073741832.1454317661457397/1526963090859520/?type=1
How his story should have ended… #SyrianRefugees #KiyiyaVuranInsanlik pic.twitter.com/nXgpV7tZWr
— Steve Dennis (@thestevedennis) September 3, 2015
https://twitter.com/kyeslam/status/639260208741482496?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
The #Syria -n Child on Turkey's shores emerging as a symbol for crisis. Photo via @AdiKhair : pic.twitter.com/MqDpluH30q
— Joyce Karam (@Joyce_Karam) September 2, 2015
#Khartoon – I Hope Humanity Finds a Cure for Visas #Syria #refugeeswelcome #refugeecrisis #Germany #Italy #Greece pic.twitter.com/zbyGMSrIsO
— ود البيه (@khalidalbaih) September 2, 2015
https://twitter.com/HopeSarout/status/639215739178778624?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
https://www.facebook.com/152298371641685/photos/a.236748356530019.1073741833.152298371641685/409698482568338/?type=1
https://www.facebook.com/bobiler/photos/a.438595919160.201709.135465744160/10153591463749161/?type=1
#kiyiyavuraninsanlik One of Ummah's greatest political problems r rulers in Muslim world caring not for her affairs. pic.twitter.com/qFhuX11zEE
— Tsuroyya Amal Yasna (@latteofmylife) September 3, 2015
#KıyıyaVuranİnsanlık pic.twitter.com/GRn3Du42Wu
— Uğur Gallenkuş (@ugurgallen) September 2, 2015
RIP little man. Seeing a dead baby is probably one of the most unnatural things a person can witness. Let’s hope the image is a kick up the butt for someone, somewhere with the power to make a positive change.
