Digital Archive of the Middle East

Items

• Photograph of Kharg Island oil terminal, 1975
  Photograph of Kharg Island oil terminal, taken by Edith Maubec in 1975, showing the large pipes bringing in crude oil from the fields offshore.
• Photograph of man by mural in Tehran, 1985
  Photograph by Edith Maubec, taken in Tehran in 1985, of an old man reading a newspaper while seated on the pavement under a mural that shows Iranian women donating their jewellery to help with the war effort.
• Photograph of man praying in the street at the University of Tehran, 1985
  Photograph of man praying in the street at the University of Tehran, beneath a mural showing students at a mosque, taken by Edith Maubec in 1985.
• Photograph of Mohamed Ashad
  Photograph by Edith Maubec of Mohamed Ashad playing the role of a villain in a Ta‘zīye dramatic performance in Iran (probably Tehran) in 1991
• Photograph of Mosul, 1977
  Photograph of Mosul, taken by Edith Maubec 1977, showing houses by the banks of the River Tigris
• Photograph of Ramazan family in Tehran acting out a Ta‘zīye performance in their home, 1994
  Photograph by Edith Maubec, taken in Iran in 1994, of the Ramazan family acting out a Ta‘zīye performance in their home in the south of Tehran, with an effigy of Hussein (or possibly one of the other Shi'ite martyrs) on their floor.
• Photograph of Tahrir Square, Baghdad, 1971
  Photograph of Tahrir Square, Baghdad, 1971
• Photograph of the Iranian port of Bandar Shahpur (now Bandar Khomeini) in 1975
  Photograph by Edith Maubec of the Iranian port of Bandar Shahpur (renamed Bandar Khomeini after the Islamic Revolution) taken in 1975, showing a group of Toyota vans lined up on the pier next to ships and cranes.
• Photograph of weaving workshop, Tehran, 1985
  Photograph by Edith Maubec of a weaving workshop, showing two men seated by a loom with balls of coloured wool, beneath two copies of a painting of a Chinese man in formal dress, taken in Tehran in 1985.
• Photograph of with annotation: "a woman attending to her washing on her dynamited house, Qaladiza, Iraqi Kurdistan, 1991".
  Photograph by Edith Maubec, annotated: "a woman attending to her washing on her dynamited house, Qaladiza, Iraqi Kurdistan, 1991". Woman pegging clothes to suspended line atop cracked concrete surface.
• Photograph of with annotation: "an old woman on the ruins of her house in Halabja, Iraqi Kurdistan, 1991".
  Photograph by Edith Maubec, annotated: "an old woman on the ruins of her house in Halabja, Iraqi Kurdistan, 1991". Woman standing with hands on hips, amongst rubble and undergrowth, looking into camera.
• Photograph of with annotation: "Kurdish refugees coming back from Iran at the border post of Haji Omaran. Iraqi Kurdistan, 1991".
  Photograph by Edith Maubec, annotated: "Kurdish refugees coming back from Iran at the border post of Haji Omaran. Iraqi Kurdistan, 1991". Front of Mercedes truck with children on top. Man crouched by roadside. Ruined building on top of embankment.
• Photograph of woman carrying load along road, annotated: "in Iraq".
  Photograph by Edith Maubec of woman carrying load along road, annotated: "in Iraq". A woman carries a sack on her head along a road. Curved pavement on left hand side of the photo.
• Photograph with annotation: "a celebration of the 45th anniversary of the Democratic Party of Kurdistan, in Diana, Iraqi Kurdistan, 1991".
  Photograph by Edith Maubec, annotated: "a celebration of the 45th anniversary of the Democratic Party of Kurdistan, in Diana, Iraqi Kurdistan, 1991". Three men in foreground with music band and banners on stage behind.
• Photograph with annotation: "a list of family members killed by gas in March 1988, shown on the wall of a house in Halabja, Iraqi Kurdistan, 1991".
  Photograph by Edith Maubec annotated: "a list of family members killed by gas in March 1988, shown on the wall of a house in Halabja, Iraqi Kurdistan, 1991". Man pointing to Arabic inscription on wall.
• Photograph with annotation: "a park in Istanbul, Turkey, 1997".
  Photograph by Edith Maubec, annotated: "a park in Istanbul, Turkey, 1997". Man sitting on wall next to sign with small gated monument behind.
• Photograph with annotation: "at home with the Dervishes, Iraqi Kurdistan, 1992".
  Photograph by Edith Maubec, annotated: "at home with the Dervishes, Iraqi Kurdistan, 1992". Man with live snake around his neck.
• Photograph with annotation: "boats and reeds in the marshes of Iraq, 1973".
  Photograph by Edith Maubec, annotated: "boats and reeds in the marshes of Iraq, 1973". Bows of three boats sitting amongst reeds on calm water in the mist.
• Photograph with annotation: "in a grocer's shop of Kurdistan, close to Kars, Turkey, 1998".
  Photograph by Edith Maubec, annotated: "in a grocer's shop of Kurdistan, close to Kars, Turkey, 1998". Man and woman standing in front of box-laden shelves, looking into the camera.
• Photograph with annotation: "in the streets of Diyarbakir, Turkish Kurdistan, 1998".
  Photograph by Edith Maubec, annotated: "in the streets of Diyarbakir, Turkish Kurdistan, 1998". Boy wheeling trolley full of clothes along a road, lined with cars & shop fronts.
• Photograph with annotation: "in the streets of Diyarbakir, Turkish Kurdistan, 1998".
  Photograph by Edith Maubec, annotated: "in the streets of Diyarbakir, Turkish Kurdistan, 1998". Girl looking up to the camera with a handful of small packets of tissues.
• Photograph with annotation: "Istanbul".
  Photograph by Edith Maubec, annotated: "Istanbul" showing boats and barges on the water in the foreground and buildings and trees on the hillside behind.
• Photograph with annotation: "market at Dicle, Turkish Kurdistan, 1998".
  Photograph by Edith Maubec, annotated: "market at Dicle, Turkish Kurdistan, 1998". Crowd gathered on raised area between roads. Tractor and armoured car in foreground.
• Photograph with annotation: "Mosul, Iraq".
  Photograph by Edith Maubec, annotated: "Mosul, Iraq". Woman in foreground cradles sleeping child. People in doorway at prayer in background. Pile of shoes lies in between.
• Photograph with annotation: "Nechirvan Barzani being welcomed by a family in Duhok, Iraqi Kurdistan, 1991".
  Photograph by Edith Maubec, annotated: "Nechirvan Barzani being welcomed by a family in Duhok, Iraqi Kurdistan, 1991". Close up image of two people greeting each other with four other people in view and pictures on the wall.