This piece is a compilation of my work documenting Kurdish daily life between Turkey and Iraq during the last six years. I put it together to show at the 2010 Foundry photojournalism workshop in Istanbul, Turkey. The slideshow is divided into two parts (hence the 6:00 minute time stamp) and shows the stark contrast between the life of Kurds living freely in the region with the life of those confined to refugee camps in Iraq.
]]>This is actually a shortened version of a piece I made after the 2007 wildfires that consumed 500,000 acres and 1,500 homes, but in light of the recent station fire I thought it would be nice to republish it to show that the people that lost their homes in the last ring of deadly fires have not been forgotten.
]]>A follow-up lecture on life in the Kurdish refugee camps in Iraq at the Bade Museum at the Pacific School of Religion. Berkeley, CA.
]]>Southern California history comes alive in exhibits by local historical collections and archives at the 4th-annual Los Angeles Archives Bazaar at the University of Southern California on October 17, 2009.
]]>A sounslides story depicting life for Kurds living in refugee and IDP camps in Iraq.
]]>The story of a Syrian Kurd forced to leave his family and flee to Iraq after violence erupted during a football match in his home country. Rasho now lives with his wife in the Moqoble Refugee camp in northern Iraq.
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A lecture at the Badé Museum at the Pacific School of Religion. Berkeley, CA.