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Many Kurds must come to the hospital in Zakho, Iraq.
Photo by: Ed Kashi www.edkashi.com |
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Kurds from Turkey bury one of their Refugee camp in Turkey near the Iraqi border. Photo by: Ed Kashi www.edkashi.com |
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A Kurdish family, suffering the effects of food and medical embargos by the Iraqi government because of US embargos of the same against Iraq, rest as they prepare to evacuate.
Photo by: Ed Kashi www.edkashi.com |
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A typical experience for Kurds in Northern Kurdistan (Southeast Turkey)--
a Kurdish family waits while Turkish commandoes make a sweep through their
home.
Photo by: Ed Kashi www.edkashi.com |
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December 27, 1997. The Lebanese freighter "Ararat" arrives to the shore of Soverato, Italy, with 830 refugees on board. Over half of them were Kurdish. The majority have invested all they have in order to arrive to this point of uncertainty and hope.
Photo by: Carmelo Iaria |
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Local fishermen in Soverato witness the arrival of the Ararat. After several days of transit, the crew has abandoned the boat leaving its passengers in the hands of the local authorities.
Photo by: Carmelo Iaria |
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Refugees taking their first steps in the new hosting country, memories of their journey mixed with questions about their future.
Photo by: Carmelo Iaria |
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Refugees from the Ararat in line to be identified by the local police. A plastic bag carrying all of one's belongings is the sad icon of forced migrations.
Photo by: Carmelo Iaria |
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Danish was two years old when he arrived in Soverato on board the Ararat. While all around him, adults hope for security and a sense of place, he tells me his wish: to see "Finding Nemo".
Photo by: Carmelo Iaria |
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A Kurdish refugee in his new Italian home. This will be his last dinner as an illegal refugee: he will receive his residence permit the next morning, almost seven years after his arrival in Italy on the Ararat.
Photo by: Carmelo Iaria |