Digital Archive of the Middle East

Items

• Photograph with annotation: "the road to Tatvan, Elazig, Turkish Kurdistan, 1998".
  Photograph by Edith Maubec, annotated: "the road to Tatvan, Elazig, Turkish Kurdistan, 1998". A few cars are being held up by a flock of sheep crossing a long, straight road, stretching into the distance.
• Photograph with annotation: "the ruined village houses of Kirmizikopru in Dersim [Tonali], Turkish Kurdistan, 1998."
  Photograph by Edith Maubec, annotated: "the ruined village houses of Kirmizikopru in Dersim [Tonali], Turkish Kurdistan, 1998." Houses in a disrepaired state. Grass outside, trees behind the buildings.
• Photograph with annotation: [posters related to] "the visit of Kim il Sung. Iraq".
  Photograph by Edith Maubec, annotated: [posters related to] "the visit of Kim il Sung. Iraq". The base of a pylon shows two posters of political figure portraits. Three men in background.
• Photograph with annotation: " 'Nevzat' and his daughter, Kurdistan, Turkey".
  Photograph by Edith Maubec, annotated: " 'Nevzat' and his daughter, Kurdistan, Turkey". Man sitting on floor by small tree with arm around child. Other child in background.
• Photograph with annotation: " 'Nevzat' and his Kurdish daughter, displaced in a shanty town, several kilometres from Istanbul Airport, Turkey, 1998".
  Photograph by Edith Maubec, annotated: " 'Nevzat' and his Kurdish daughter, displaced in a shanty town, several kilometres from Istanbul Airport, Turkey, 1998". Man sitting on floor by small tree with arm around child. Other child in background.
• Photograph with annotation: " 'Pedzi', the Kurdish shepherd, embarking on seasonal work, close to Izmir, Turkey, 1998".
  Photograph by Edith Maubec, annotated: " 'Pedzi', the Kurdish shepherd, embarking on seasonal work, close to Izmir, Turkey, 1998". Man kneeling on floor, hands outstretched, palms open.
• Photograph with annotation: "a Barzani family at home in Barzan, Iraqi Kurdistan, 1999".
  Photograph by Edith Maubec, annotated: "a Barzani family at home in Barzan, Iraqi Kurdistan, 1999". Four people sitting on floor in room.
• Photograph with annotation: "a Barzani woman holding photos of her missing husband and sons in Qashtapa, Iraqi Kurdistan, 1992".
  Photograph by Edith Maubec, annotated: "a Barzani woman holding photos of her missing husband and son, in Qashtapa, Iraqi Kurdistan, 1992".
• Photograph with annotation: "a boy selling cigarettes in the bus station, Kurdistan, Turkey, 1997".
  Photograph by Edith Maubec, annotated: "a boy selling cigarettes in the bus station, Kurdistan, Turkey, 1997". Man taking packet from a box held by a boy. People standing outside buildings behind look on.
• Photograph with annotation: "a camp of seasonal Kurds in the region of Izmir, Turkey, 1998".
  Photograph by Edith Maubec, annotated: "a camp of seasonal Kurds in the region of Izmir, Turkey, 1998". Boy walking away from the camera with makeshift washing line in foreground and shelters in the background.
• Photograph with annotation: "a desolate road in Dersim [Tunceli], Turkish Kurdistan, 1998".
  Photograph by Edith Maubec, annotated: "a desolate road in Dersim [Tunceli], Turkish Kurdistan, 1998". Road stretches into the distance with fields either side and hills in the background. Framed through chipped and cracked glass.
• Photograph with annotation: "a destroyed village on the road to Hakkari, Turkish Kurdistan, 1998".
  Photograph by Edith Maubec, annotated: "a destroyed village on the road to Hakkari, Turkish Kurdistan, 1998". Remnants of buildings surrounded by vegetation, sit at the foot of a hillside.
• Photograph with annotation: "a family in the village of Okacli, Turkey, 1997".
  Photograph by Edith Maubec, annotated: "a family in the village of Okacli, Turkey, 1997". Three adults and two children stand outside a building. Main subject standing with arms folded.
• Photograph with annotation: "a father and his son at the bus stop in a bus station, Kurdistan, Turkey, 1998".
  Photograph by Edith Maubec, annotated: "a father and his son at the bus stop in a bus station, Kurdistan, Turkey, 1998". Man and boy standing by wall. Man standing in doorway looking at camera. Other figures in background.
• Photograph with annotation: "a father with his son in the marshes of Iraq, 1973".
  Photograph by Edith Maubec, annotated: "a father with his son in the marshes of Iraq, 1973". Portrait of small child with father in background looking into camera.
• Photograph with annotation: "a group of 'folk' in Dyarbakir, Turkish Kurdistan, Turkey 1987".
  Photograph by Edith Maubec, annotated: "a group of 'folk' in Dyarbakir, Turkish Kurdistan, Turkey 1987". Men stand in a line with crowd of men and boys looking on.
• Photograph with annotation: "a Halabja family in front of their dynamited house. Iraqi Kurdistan, 1991".
  Photograph by Edith Maubec, annotated: "a Halabja family in front of their dynamited house. Iraqi Kurdistan, 1991". Three people standing in front of a cracked wall.
• Photograph with annotation: "a heron in the marshes of Southern Iraq, 1973".
  Photograph by Edith Maubec, annotated: "a heron in the marshes of Southern Iraq, 1973". Solitary heron standing on reeds in the water.
• Photograph with annotation: "a house in Halabja blown up by the Iraqis, Iraqi Kurdistan, 1991".
  Photograph by Edith Maubec, annotated: "a house in Halabja blown up by the Iraqis, Iraqi Kurdistan, 1991". Gaping hole in the side of a house showing three people looking towards the camera.
• Photograph with annotation: "a Kurd clearing [the remains of] his house in Halabja, Iraqi Kurdistan, 1992".
  Photograph by Edith Maubec, annotated: "a Kurd clearing [the remains of] his house in Halabja, Iraqi Kurdistan, 1992". Man swinging sledge hammer onto remnants of reinforced concrete, surrounded by rubble.
• Photograph with annotation: "a meeting with Massoud Barzani in Rawanduz, Iraqi Kurdistan, 1991".
  Photograph by Edith Maubec, annotated: "a meeting with Massoud Barzani in Rawanduz, Iraqi Kurdistan, 1991". The backs of a crowd, showing ammunition-laden attendees.
• Photograph with annotation: "a military checkpoint, Hakkari, Kurdish Turkistan, 1998."
  Photograph by Edith Maubec, annotated: "a military checkpoint, Hakkari, Kurdish Turkistan, 1998." Soldier and vehicles on a road with sign in foreground.
• Photograph with annotation: "a military convoy, Hakkari, Turkish Kurdistan, 1998".
  Photograph by Edith Maubec, annotated: "a military convoy, Hakkari, Turkish Kurdistan, 1998". Military vehicles and personnel next to buildings. Hills as backdrop. Perspective from inside a vehicle.
• Photograph with annotation: "a military patrol in Van, Turkish Kurdistan, 1998".
  Photograph by Edith Maubec, annotated: "a military patrol in Van, Turkish Kurdistan, 1998". Armoured car in street lined with cars and shops. Two women walking along bottom of picture. Perspective from upper tier of building.
• Photograph with annotation: "a military post on the route to Urfa", Turkey, 1997.
  Photograph by Edith Maubec, annotated: "a military post on the route to Urfa, Turkey, 1997." Military vehicle outside the gates to a complex. Three men standing by gate.