“It was the mark of a barbarian to destroy something one could not understand.”
― Arthur C. Clarke, 2001: A Space Odyssey
Iraqi Kurdistan
Halabja Memorial // Iraqi Kurdistan
The Halabja chemical attack, also known as the Bloody Friday, was a genocidal massacre against the Kurdish people that took place on March 16, 1988 in the Kurdish city of Halabja.
The Red Prison // Iraqi Kurdistan
Sulaymaniyah’s Amna Suraka, AKA Red Prison, nowaday turns into a museum was used by the Mukhabarat ( Iraq’s secret intelligence agency) as a state’s torture and imprisonment site for the Iraq’s Kurdish population
Mosul ‘ s crossroad // Iraqi Kurdistan
Mosul ‘ s crossroad // Iraki Kurdstan
Peshmerga mural along the road near Amediyah // Iraqi kurdistan
Peshmerga mural along the road near Amediyah // Iraqi kurdistan
Sadam hussein’ palace // Iraqi Kurdistan
Mountain view from one of the 40 Sadam hussein’ palaces // Amadiya // Iraqi Kurdistan
Sulaymaniyah ‘s streetshot // Iraqi Kurdistan
Sulaymaniyah ‘s streetshot // Iraqi Kurdistan
The Ark, mural in Lalish, the heart of the Yazidi faith // Iraki Kurdistan
The Ark, mural in Lalish, the heart of the Yazidi faith // Iraki Kurdistan
The Hamilton Road // Iraqi Kurdistan
Walking the famous “Hamilton road” .
Between 1928 and 1932 Archie Hamilton, an engineer from New Zealand, built strategic road across Iraqi Kurdistan, which ran from Arbil to the Iranian border. Hamilton hoped the road would unite the local tribes of the area and to bring outside influence in that isolated region.
Something blue // Iraki Kurdistan
Something blue // Iraki Kurdistan