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The Kurdistan Worker's Party, or the PKK, waged a 15-year war against the
Turkish state beginning in 1984. Its members study Kurdish history for
inspiration and to honor Kurdish heritage. In May 2004, the PKK revoked
its 1998 ceasefire with Turkey. Here, guerillas recite from Kurdish
history at one of their bases in Bekka Valley, Lebanon. The PKK is the
first Kurdish militant revolutionary group to include women.
Photo by: Ed Kashi www.edkashi.com |
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As her children listen, a Kurdish woman tells the story of
her husband's abduction by the Iraqi army. They live in a refugee camp
near the Iranian border. She will carry her husband's identification papers until she learns his fate.
Photo by: Cheryl Hatch www.isisphotos.com |
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Two Kurdish boys play with surgical gloves, blowing them
into balloons. Cukurça refugee camp.
Photo by: Cheryl Hatch www.isisphotos.com |
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Qala Diza, town of 70,000 mostly Kurdish population in Northern Iraq near Turkey, destroyed in 1989 during a "border clean-up operation" of the Anfal Campaign.
Photo by: Susan Meiselas / Magnum www.magnumphotos.com www.akaKurdistan.com |
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Making tomato sauce on the rooftops, city of Amed (Diyarbakir) in
Turkey.
Photo by: Ed Kashi www.edkashi.com |
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Over the past five years, the doors of most northern European countries have been shutting by varying degrees. With a tradition of advanced immigration policy, Sweden is now following this trend.
Photo by: Carmelo Iaria |
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Elderly Kurds receiving infusions to combat their dehydration
during their treatment at a Cukurça refugee camp in Northern Iraq.
Photo by: Cheryl Hatch www.isisphotos.com |
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Two children in a shop selling traditional Kurdish hats in
Eastern Kurdistan (ruled by Iran).
Photo courtesy of: Soraya Serajeddini |
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The mountains of Kurdistan. Although beautiful, much of many mountainous areas have been filled with landmines by Iraqi, Turkish, and Iranian governments.
Photo by: Ed Kashi www.edkashi.com |