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Karim Iliya

Karim Iliya

Photographer

Jun 8, 2026

2:14
What was your childhood like? And tell us about your relationship with the natural world from the beginning.
2:21
As a kid, we moved every two to four years for my parents' work.
2:25
And so that meant that I got to see a lot of different places, uh, all around the Middle East and Asia and around the world.
2:33
Uh, my mother was a teacher, so when she had holiday, we also had holiday at the same time, and we were able to explore locally.
2:39
My parents were very into hiking and mountain biking, so every weekend we would go hiking in the mountains or the hills, mountain biking.
2:47
And so we got to see a lot of different cultures and a lot of landscapes and a lot of animals.
2:52
And as I was growing up, I think that curiosity stayed there, and I loved seeing animals and, and that really...

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