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Kurdistan in the spring

A few images from an increasingly green Kurdistan and one from a bullet ridden school in Zummar, Ninewa.

 

Pegida In Denmark – Part 5

Pro and anti-Pegida demonstrations in Copenhagen, Denmark 9 April 2016

Jerwan Aqueduct – Kurdish Region of Iraq

A few pictures from Jerwan in Kurdistan of sheep/goats, picnickers and a 2,700 year old aqueduct that predates the Roman aqueducts by a good 500 years.

Newroz in Kurdish Region of Iraq

New Year in Duhok, Kurdistan on 20 March 2016. Firework and bonfires wherever possible.

The Yezidi holy city of Lalish, Kurdish Region of Iraq

Images from the Yezidi holy city of Lalish in Kurdistan. All Yezidis are expected to make a pilgrimage to Lalish at least once in their lifetime.

Saddam Hussein’s Summer House in Kurdistan

Images from Saddam Hussein’s summer house in Kurdistan on top of Gara Mountain. The place is spectacularly placed on a peak in the ridge line overlooking the Amedi valley and is still surrounded by mine fields. Below the house is a tunnel that at some point contained or was meant to be a gun position well hidden from air strikes.

IDP camps in Duhok, Kurdish Region of Iraq 2

More images from various camps in Kurdistan.

Hikes in Duhok, Kurdish Region of Iraq

Images from the Roman bridge in Zakho and a hike in the mountains above Berdive close to Zakho.

Sinjar Mountain, Ninewa, Iraq

A few images from Mount Sinjar and Sinuni. The area is inhabited by Yazidis and was taken by Daesh in August 2014 with the main city of Shingal only liberated in November 2015. Tens of thousands in not several hundred thousands of Yazidis fled from Daesh and the ones that didn’t were mostly killed or sold into slavery. From 149,000 people the area now houses less than 20,000 and empty and destroyed villages are scattered in the landscape. At the time of writing fighting is still ongoing in the area south of the mountain.

 

A Refugee Camp in Iraq – 3

Images of everyday life in a refugee camp in Iraqi Kurdistan….