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{{short description|Indian journalist}}
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| birth_date = 1973
| birth_place = [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]], India
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| nationality = Indian
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| occupation = [[Photojournalist|Photojournalism]]
| employer = [[Associated Press]]
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| awards = [[Pulitzer Prize]]
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'''Dar Yasin''' is an Indian photographer<ref name=aljazeera>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/05/ap-kashmir-photographers-win-pulitzer-lockdown-coverage-200504200043152.html|title=AP's Kashmir photographers win Pulitzer for lockdown coverage|website=Al Jazeera|language=en|access-date=6 May 2020}}</ref> and journalist. He was one of three [[photojournalists]] from [[Associated Press]] to win the [[Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography]] in 2020 for his pictures of [[Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019|India's crackdown on Kashmir]].<ref name="apnews.com">{{Cite web|url=https://apnews.com/366a717b2c1b9a677fcbd533e9b225c2|title=AP wins feature photography Pulitzer for Kashmir coverage|date=5 May 2020|website=[[Associated Press|AP]]|language=en|access-date=6 May 2020}}</ref>

==Early life and education==
Dar was born in 1973 in [[Kashmir]], India. He Studied computer science and technology baccalaureate from South India.<ref name=pulitzer>{{cite web
|url=https://www.pulitzer.org/winners/channi-anand-mukhtar-khan-and-dar-yasin-associated-press
|title=The 2020 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Feature Photography
|date= 5 May 2020
|website= pulitzer.org
|publisher=Pulitzer
|access-date= 6 May 2020
}}</ref> He lives in [[Srinagar]].<ref name=aljazeera/>

==Works==
Dar has extensively covered the conflict on Kashmir conflict, the Earthquake in South Asia and its aftermath, and the landmark opening of the bus route between divided Kashmir. He has also covered Afghan War, Afghan Refugees & the Rohingya refugee crisis.<ref name=pulitzer/> He is now working at Associated Press.<ref name="apnews.com"/>

== Awards ==
He won in several contests such as, NPPA's Best of Photojournalism, POYi and Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar. He received Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Awards, National Headliner Awards, and Sigma Delta Chi Award. He was a part of AP team which has won Hal Boyle Award & Robert F. Kennedy Award for Rohingya crisis coverage. He also won 2019 Yannis Behrakis International Photojournalism Award.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theweek.in/news/india/2020/05/05/3-photojournalists-from-jammu-kashmir-win-pulitzer-prize.html|title=AP wins feature photography Pulitzer for Kashmir coverage|date=5 May 2020|website=The Week|language=en|access-date=6 May 2020}}</ref>

In 2020, Dar Yasin, [[Mukhtar Khan]] and [[Channi Anand]] won the 2020 Pulitzer Prize in feature photography for their [[Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019|India's crackdown on Kashmir]] photos.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/you-make-us-all-proud-rahul-gandhi-congratulates-3-j-k-photojournalists-for-winning-pulitzer/story-UQbgzRMqcgJCkdliyE42MI.html|title='You make us proud': Rahul Gandhi on 3 J&K photojournalists for Pulitzer win|date=5 May 2020|website=Hindustan Times|language=en|access-date=6 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thewire.in/media/dar-yasin-mukhtar-khan-channi-anand-pultizer-prize-2020-kashmir-photography|title=J&K: 3 Photographers Win Pulitzer for Coverage of Life After Dilution of Article 370|website=The Wire|language=en|access-date=6 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author= |title= Associated Press wins feature photography Pulitzer for Kashmir coverage - The Hindu|url= https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/associated-press-wins-feature-photography-pulitzer-for-kashmir-coverage/article31507324.ece|work= thehindu.com|date= May 5, 2020|access-date= May 5, 2020}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [https://twitter.com/daryasin Dar Yasin on twitter]

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[[Category:Indian photojournalists]]
[[Category:Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography winners]]
[[Category:Associated Press people]]
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[[Category:1973 births]]

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