Kurds: Through the Photographer's Lens: A Photographic History Book

The Kurdish people have a population of over 28 million peoplespread out over five countries, but without an existing border of acountry to call their own. The region known to many as Kurdistan presently comprisesparts of Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Syria, and Armenia. It is a land of starkbeauty but also one engulfed in conflict; for centuries, empires,states and warring tribes have fought for control of this mostinaccessible mountainous region with varying degrees of success. Since the first Gulf War a myriad of unsettling images, togetherwith the alienating effect of the language of the so-called war onterror , have created a deep divide between nations and culturesof the Middle East and West. This year the Kurdish Human Rights Project (KHR P) celebratesits 15th anniversary - commissioned by the Delfina Foundation,this book brings together images by world-famous photographersto celebrate the life and times of the Kurdish people over the lasttwo decades. Susan Meiseles (Magnum Photos) and Jan Grarup (Noor Images)are just two of these photographers whose images have touchedon the beauty and vibrant heritage of the Kurds, whilst travelingthere to document the harsh realities of existence, as the Kurds arecontinuously denied the right of land, from every direction.Read More