Photos of some of the many lives uprooted by the Syrian war and the Islamic State’s takeover of Iraqi territories from late 2013 and their subsequent declaration of an Islamic Caliphate in the summer of 2014.
Images made in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq and Rojava, Syria.
A family bids farewell. Tigris River, Iraq-Syria BorderHumanitarian distribution for Yezidi refugees at Nowruz Camp, SyriaCelebration marking the opening of the first secondary school for Syrian refugees in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq in Domiz CampA Yezidi refugee from Sinjar stands behind UNHCR staff in Nowruz Camp, SyriaA young woman from Qaraqosh displaced by the Islamic State living in a public school in Ainkawa, Kurdistan Region of IraqHumanitarian distribution for Iraqi IDPs from Anbar in Kalar, Kurdistan Region of IraqThe shirt of Lulu, a young girl displaced from Mosul, hangs on the wall of the trailer her family lived in on the grounds of a public school in Ainkawa, Kurdistan Region of IraqAn Iraqi IDP from Anbar prepares tea in her new home in Kalar, Kurdistan Region of IraqStudents celebrate the opening of the first high school for Syrian refugees in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq at Domiz CampTigris River, Iraq-Syria borderDrawing made for me by Lulu, a young girl displaced from Mosul by the Islamic State, Ainkawa, Kurdistan Region of IraqA young Yezidi girl from Sinjar sits with her mother in Nowruz Camp, SyriaNowruz Camp for Yezidi refugees, SyriaA Christian family from Nineveh displaced by the Islamic State sheltering in a public school in Ainkawa, Kurdistan Region of IraqNowruz Camp for Yezidi refugees, SyriaA Christian family from Mosul displaced by the Islamic State living in a trailer in the grounds of a public school in Ainkawa, Kurdistan Region of IraqStudents attend class on the opening day of the first secondary school for Syrian refugees in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq in Domiz CampA family from Anbar, twice displaced by wars in Iraq, in their new home in Kalar, Kurdistan Region of IraqHumanitarian distribution for Iraqi IDPs in Kalar, Kurdistan Region of IraqA public school where displaced Christians from Nineveh sought shelter following the Islamic State’s takeover of northern Iraqi territories in the summer of 2014, Ainkawa, Kurdistan Region of IraqA family recalls how they fled Sinjar at the advance of the Islamic State, Nowruz Camp, SyriaWith little recreation activities available for IDPs, a common refrain among parents is that children are bored, Ainkawa, Kurdistan Region of Iraq
