A Message From Shani's Grandma

Hello everyone,

Today, Shani Louk's grandma, Nicole, posted about the award on Facebook. I'm translating her words below. I'm also re-adding the decision-makers' email addresses. Please help us bombard them with demands to revoke this award and right this wrong.

My deceased granddaughter is "starring" in a photograph that won a prestigious photojournalism contest, and the world remains silent!

Her dead body, following her brutal murder and being transported to Gaza as a trophy, is presented for all to see, and the world remains silent.

My granddaughter's dead body, after those despicable murderess broke her bones to make sure she fits in the back of the pickup truck, that same body that only hours prior was full of life, love, and light, is sprawled as a trophy for both the terrorists and the photographer, and the world remains silent.

My beautiful and dead granddaughter, who is surrounded by three blood-thirsty murderers. This is the "heroic" picture that won first place at the prestigious photography contest, and the world is silent.

And I raise my voice to scream - how can this be? When in the history of photography did a photo of a dead body win an award, and how much more pain can we take?

Three men who yell "Allahu Akbar," one despicable photographer, and my broken granddaughter.

And the world remains silent.

And the world remains silent.

And the world remains silent.

Sad and moving words from Shani's grandma. But they're not alone, and WE are not silent.

Please contact these people and ask for the award to be revoked (our previous update contains suggested text):

*Geoff Coalter - Communications Strategy and PR Manager at Nikon USA geoffrey.coalter@nikon.com

*Board of Curators at the University of Missouri 
boardofcurators@umsystem.edu

*David Kurpius - Dean of Journalism at the Missouri School of Journalism, kurpiusd@missouri.edu