Syrian in Merkel selfie meets photographer a decade after viral photo

NAMPA / DPA
2025-08-26
Berlin (dpa) - Ten years after taking his famous selfie with former German chancellor Angela Merkel, Anas Modamani has finally met the photographer whose images of the moment made him one of the most recognized Syrian refugees in Germany. In September 2015, shortly after arriving in Germany, Modamani posed for a photo with Merkel outside an asylum seekers' shelter in Berlin's Spandau district. Images of the pair smiling into Modamani's smartphon......
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