A Kurdish student couple on a school field trip. By a waterfall near Amadiya.
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“We have never been living in peace. The Iraqi authorities always fought against us, Saddam wanted to kill us, then Islamists like ISIS tried to annihilate us … I had to rebuild our house several times”. Ahmed (name changed) grew up during the Iraqi-Kurdish wars in the 1960s and 70s…
Two shopkeepers in traditional Kurdish attire are looking out for clients on the central market in Sulaymaniya. (Shot taken in May 2017)
These are Dindar, Harijan and their kids on their balcony in Amadiya in the Kurdistan region of Iraq. The ancient town is located entirely on a giant rock. Dindar and Harijn are lucky enough to have a house right by the edge of the rock’s cliff from where one can…