The Iraqi Kurdistan region still shows the indelible marks and scars from decades of Saddam Hussein’s bloody ethnic persecution; its contradictions are evident all around the built environment. An architecture report by Francesca Recchia
Kurdish peshmargas, 1963, South Kurdistan
peshmarga = Kurdish strike force, the term literraly means “those who face death”
Members of the first Kurdish Government, Mahabad, East kurdistan, 1946
Kurdish Peshmarga’s in Iran near the Iraqi border, 1975.
Kurdish refugees on the borderline Iraq - Iran, 1974.
Ranya – Kurdistan
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to belênim pê bide ta min berew jiwan bibmewe
bimdeye maçêkî ter lem lêwe ba ciwan bibmewe
destî lerzokim heta têydaye hêzî bey guşîn
lêmgerê tawê lebaxî sîne mîwan bibmewe
şengebêrî bisrewe firmêskî bê şiwanî itr
renge hêşta lew çiyaw zozane bo şiwan bibmewe
min gulî ser gorî awatî lemejînem belam
rêjneyêkim lêbida, pêm waye bo ruwan bibmewe
şêxî sen’an bo kiçî gawir le islam wergera
min xerîke bo kiçe şêxê pejîwan bibmewe
— Hêmin, 19/7/1978
Kurdish coolies in Baghdad, Iraq!
A coffeehouse in Diyarbakir, North Kurdistan.
Old Akrê (Aqrah), south Kurdistan
