Digital Archive of the Middle East

Items

• Photograph with annotation: "the funeral sanctuary of Nemrut Dagi".
  Photograph by Edith Maubec, annotated: "the funeral sanctuary of Nemrut Dagi". Weathered carvings of heads of human figure and bird amongst stone rubble with mountains in background.
• Photograph with annotation: "the inauguration of the Iraqi oil field at Rumaila, with Alexei Kosygin, Premier of the Soviet Union, (left) and Saddam Hussein (right) present. Iraq, 1972".
  Photograph by Edith Maubec, annotated: "the inauguration of the Iraqi oil field at Rumaila, with Alexei Kosygin, Premier of the Soviet Union, (left) and Saddam Hussein (right) present. Iraq, 1972". Suited men with following crowd, walk towards camera.
• Photograph with annotation: "the indelible ink used for the vote stamp. Iraqi Kurdistan, 1992".
  Photograph by Edith Maubec, annotated: "the indelible ink used for the vote stamp. Iraqi Kurdistan, 1992". Close-up of large ink bottle with out-of-focus male figure in the background.
• Photograph with annotation: "the Iran-Turkey border checkpoint, with the statue of Ataturk [in the foreground], at the foot of Mount Ararat, Turkish Kurdistan, 1998".
  Photograph by Edith Maubec, annotated: "the Iran-Turkey border checkpoint, with the statue of Ataturk [in the foreground], at the foot of Mount Ararat, Turkish Kurdistan, 1998". A few people walk beneath a statue with belongings. Buildings, fences and trucks behind with mountains / hills as a backdrop.
• Photograph with annotation: "the KDP Headquarters in Sulemanyah with portraits showing President Bakr and the other showing General Barzani, Iraqi Kurdistan, 1971".
  Photograph by Edith Maubec, annotated: "the KDP Headquarters in Sulemanyah with portraits showing President Bakr and the other showing General Barzani, Iraqi Kurdistan, 1971". Men stand outside a building with two cars and a Land Rover. Mounted on the outside of the building are two murals showing portraits.
• Photograph with annotation: "the leader of the camp and his wife, at the home of the nomadic Kurds in the Van region, Turkish Kurdistan, 1981".
  Photograph by Edith Maubec, annotated: "the leader of the camp and his wife, at the home of the nomadic Kurds in the Van region, Turkish Kurdistan, 1981". Looking into the camera, a man brandishing a revolver sits cross-legged next to woman.
• Photograph with annotation: "the main street in Dogubayazit, Turkish Kurdistan, Turkey, 1998".
  Photograph by Edith Maubec, annotated: "the main street in Dogubayazit, Turkish Kurdistan, Turkey, 1998". Man herding sheep down busy main street with cars, buildings and people.
• Photograph with annotation: "the main street in Dogubayazit, Turkish Kurdistan, 1998".
  Photograph by Edith Maubec, annotated: "the main street in Dogubayazit, Turkish Kurdistan, 1998". Man herding sheep down a busy street full of people and vehicles.
• Photograph with annotation: "the main street of Hakkari, Turkish Kurdistan, 1998".
  Photograph by Edith Maubec, annotated: "the main street of Hakkari, Turkish Kurdistan, 1998". Man with cart full of produce and a car face the camera with buildings and people lining the street behind and silhouettes of mountains in the distance.
• Photograph with annotation: "the market of Dicle (Piran) and the BTR, Turkish Kurdistan, 1998. "
  Photograph by Edith Maubec, annotated: "the market of Dicle (Piran) and the BTR, Turkish Kurdistan, 1998. " Crowd gathered on raised area between roads. Tractor and armoured car in foreground. NOTE: Ref. Image ID 1793 (EUL MS483/1/1/1/4).
• Photograph with annotation: "the marshes, in the south of Iraq, 1973".
  Photograph by Edith Maubec, annotated: "the marshes, in the south of Iraq, 1973". Woman and two children paddle boat through water with dwellings and trees in background.
• Photograph with annotation: "the military operations room in Sulemanyah, Iraqi Kurdistan, 1999".
  Photograph by Edith Maubec, annotated: "the military operations room in Sulemanyah, Iraqi Kurdistan, 1999". Three men, scale model of terrain & blackboard.
• Photograph with annotation: "the new quarters of Diyarbakir, Turkish Kurdistan, 1998".
  Photograph by Edith Maubec, annotated: "A new quarters of Diyarbakir, Turkish Kurdistan, 1998". The woman on the balcony looks to the sky. Multi-tiered buildings in the background.
• Photograph with annotation: "the Observatory of Mount Korek, bombed by the Iranians , then by the Allies during the Iraq-Kuwait war. Iraqi Kurdistan, 1991".
  Photograph by Edith Maubec, annotated: "the Observatory of Mount Korek, bombed by the Iranians , then by the Allies during the Iraq-Kuwait war. Iraqi Kurdistan, 1991". Men standing on girder framework with two large blast holes in domed roof. Man in foreground looking on.
• Photograph with annotation: "the Palace of Ishak Pacha in Dogubayazit, Turkish Kurdistan, Turkey, 1981".
  Photograph by Edith Maubec, annotated: "the Palace of Ishak Pacha in Dogubayazit, Turkish Kurdistan, Turkey, 1981". Sweeping landscape where grand building sits atop a hillside. Tracks cut across the shot.
• Photograph with annotation: "the Palace of Ishak Pasha, Turkish Kurdistan, 1979".
  Photograph by Edith Maubec, annotated "the Palace of Ishak Pasha, Turkish Kurdistan, 1979". Sweeping landscape where grand building sits atop a hillside. Tracks cut across the shot.
• Photograph with annotation: "the PDK electoral campaign in Sulemanyah, Iraqi Kurdistan, 1992".
  Photograph by Edith Maubec, annotated: "the PDK electoral campaign in Sulemanyah, Iraqi Kurdistan, 1992". Large crowd with hands in the air. White material being waved in front of camera.
• Photograph with annotation: "the PDK electoral campaign, Iraqi Kurdistan, 1992".
  Photograph by Edith Maubec, annotated: "the PDK electoral campaign, Iraqi Kurdistan, 1992". Armed men with car sporting murals.
• Photograph with annotation: "the Peshmergas in the PDK Headquarters posing in front of a portrait of General Barzani in the village of Shaklawa, Iraqi Kurdistan, 1991".
  Photograph by Edith Maubec, annotated: "the Peshmergas in the PDK Headquarters posing in front of a portrait of General Barzani in the village of Shaklawa, Iraqi Kurdistan, 1991". Four men leaning casually next to large mural. Two other men and boy standing close by.
• Photograph with annotation: "the police barracks, Kirmizi Kopru, Dersim, Turkish Kurdistan, 1998".
  Photograph by Edith Maubec, annotated: "the police barracks, Kirmizi Kopru, Dersim, Turkish Kurdistan, 1998". Framed through vertical bars in foreground, buildings sit at the foot of a slope.
• Photograph with annotation: "The president Ali Khameinei: at a military school in Tehran with the General Zahiz Nefad, Adjutant Head of State, and on the far left the Head of Aviation. Iran, 1984".
  Photograph by Edith Maubec. Additional annotation reads: "Khamenei with top brass".
• Photograph with annotation: "the prison of Dogubayazit, Turkish Kurdistan, 1998."
  Photograph by Edith Maubec, annotated: "the prison of Dogu Bayazit, Turkish Kurdistan, 1998." Small buildings and trees with pylon and scrubland in foreground. Framed through a window,
• Photograph with annotation: "the prison of Dogubayazit, Turkish Kurdistan, 1998".
  Photograph by Edith Maubec, annotated: "the prison of Dogubayazit, Turkish Kurdistan, 1998". Small buildings and trees with pylon and scrubland in foreground. Framed through a window.
• Photograph with annotation: "the route to Dersim [Tunceli]".
  Photograph by Edith Maubec, annotated: "the route to Dersim [Tunceli], Turkish Kurdistan, Turkey, 1998". Road stretches into the distance with fields either side and hills in the background. Framed through chipped and cracked glass.
• Photograph with annotation: "the ruins of a mosque showing a coranic lecture on the second floor and an exhibition on the first floor. Halabja, Iraqi Kurdistan, 1991".
  Photograph by Edith Maubec, annotated: "the ruins of a mosque showing a coranic lecture on the second floor and an exhibition on the first floor. Halabja, Iraqi Kurdistan, 1991". Small seated gathering on upper level with armed man looking down through hole in reinforced concrete to lower level showing suspended shell casing and papers on floor.