Digital Archive of the Middle East

Items

• Photograph with annotation: "a queue in front of a petrol station, Turkish Kurdistan, 1979".
  Photograph by Edith Maubec, annotated: "a queue in front of a petrol station, Turkish Kurdistan, 1979". A long line of trucks stretches down a road. Two men and two boys are standing in the foreground, looking at the camera.
• Photograph with annotation: "a Rally of Jalai Talabani (U.P.K.) in Erbil on the 29th August, 1991, in Iraqi Kurdistan".
  Photograph by Edith Maubec, annotated: "a Rally of Jalai Talabani (U.P.K.) in Erbil on the 29th August, 1991, in Iraqi Kurdistan". Four men in foreground are separated from another group of men by a wire fence.
• Photograph with annotation: "a seasonal Kurd worker in the region of Izmir, Turkey, 1998".
  Photograph by Edith Maubec, annotated: "a seasonal Kurd in the region of Izmir, Turkey, 1998". Man kneeling on floor, hands outstretched, palms open.
• Photograph with annotation: "a shanty town inhabited by Kurds, close to Istanbul, a few kilometres from the airport, Turkey, 1998".
  Photograph by Edith Maubec, annotated: "a shanty town inhabited by Kurds, close to Istanbul, a few kilometres from the airport, Turkey, 1998". Series of buildings on a hillslope with worn paths cutting across the grass. Shot taken from underneath a tree canopy.
• Photograph with annotation: "a shanty town with Kurdish families, close to Istanbul Airport, Turkey, 1998".
  Photograph by Edith Maubec, annotated: "a shanty town with Kurdish families, close to Istanbul Airport, Turkey, 1998". Series of buildings on a hillslope with worn paths cutting across the grass. Shot taken from underneath a tree canopy.
• Photograph with annotation: "a shopkeeper / trader in Halabja street, with his son and grandson. Iraqi Kurdistan, 1991".
  Photograph by Edith Maubec, annotated: "a shopkeeper / trader in Halabja street, with his son and grandson. Iraqi Kurdistan, 1991". Two men sit on low wall, one with baby in arms.
• Photograph with annotation: "a store in Hakkari, Turkish Kurdistan, 1998".
  Photograph by Edith Maubec, annotated "a store in Hakkari, Turkish Kurdistan, 1998". Men sitting outside shop fronts. Figure standing in doorway of shop front with clothes hanging outside.
• Photograph with annotation: "a tea house in Dicle (Piran), Turkish Kurdistan, 1998".
  Photograph by Edith Maubec, annotated: "a tea house in Dicle (Piran), Turkish Kurdistan, 1998". Group of men seated and standing, inside and outside a building.
• Photograph with annotation: "a woman and her child in the ruins of Qaladiza, Iraqi Kurdistan, 1991".
  Photograph by Edith Maubec, annotated: "a woman and her child in the ruins of Qaladiza, Iraqi Kurdistan, 1991". Close up image of woman holding child with another woman in background.
• Photograph with annotation: "a woman in her house at Midin, in the region of Tur Abdin, Turkey, 1997.
  Photograph by Edith Maubec, annotated: "a woman in her house at Midin, in the region of Tur Abdin, Turkey, 1997. Woman sitting on floor in front of bed.
• Photograph with annotation: "a young Kurd in a shanty town of Istanbul, Turkey, 1998".
  Photograph by Edith Maubec, annotated: "a young Kurd in a shanty town of Istanbul, Turkey, 1998". Girl carrying a basin on her head with a large bottle in her hand.
• Photograph with annotation: "a young Kurdish girl in a nomad camp, near Van, Turkish Kurdistan, 1981".
  Photograph by Edith Maubec, annotated: "a young Kurdish girl in a nomad camp, near Van, Turkish Kurdistan, 1981". Girl, looking into camera, holding small, swaddled baby.
• Photograph with annotation: "Abdullah Ocalan, President of the P.K.K., Italy 1999".
  Photograph by Edith Maubec, annotated: "Abdullah Ocalan, President of the P.K.K., Italy 1999". Suited man with moustache reclining in chair. Mirror in background shows reflection.
• Photograph with annotation: "Abdullah Ocalan, President of the P.K.K., Italy 1999".
  Photograph by Edith Maubec, annotated: "Abdullah Ocalan, President of the P.K.K., Italy 1999". Close-up shot of suited man with moustache looking to left of camera.
• Photograph with annotation: "Abdullah Öcalan, President of the P.K.K., Italy, 1999".
  Photograph by Edith Maubec, annotated: "Abdullah Ocalan, President of the P.K.K., Italy, 1999". Portrait of suited man with moustache laughing into camera.
• Photograph with annotation: "Abdullah Ocalan, president of the P.K.K., Italy, 1999".
  Photograph by Edith Maubec, annotated: "Abdullah Ocalan, president of the P.K.K., Italy, 1999". Suited man with moustache reclining on chair looking to right of camera. Mirror in background shows reflection.
• Photograph with annotation: "Abdullah Ocalan, president of the P.K.K., Italy, 1999".
  Photograph by Edith Maubec annotated: "Abdullah Ocalan, president of the P.K.K., Italy, 1999". Suited man with moustache reclining on chair, looking directly into camera. Mirror in background shows reflected image.
• Photograph with annotation: "ammunition sales at a stall in Halabja, Iraqi Kurdistan, 1995".
  Photograph by Edith Maubec, annotated: "ammunition sales at a stall in Halabja, Iraqi Kurdistan, 1995". Bags of bullets and a hand grenade lie on the floor in front of a line of seated and standing men and boys.
• Photograph with annotation: "an inscription on the ruins of a house in Qaladiza, Iraqi Kurdistan, 1991".
  Photograph by Edith Maubec, annotated: "an inscription on the ruins of a house in Qaladiza, Iraqi Kurdistan, 1991". Large angled concrete sheet with "HELP!" inscribed upon it. Car and people traverse the adjacent road.
• Photograph with annotation: "children in front of houses dynamited by the Iraqi army in Halabja, Iraqi Kurdistan, 1991".
  Photograph by Edith Maubec, annotated: "children in front of houses dynamited by the Iraqi army in Halabja, Iraqi Kurdistan, 1991". Four children stand in foreground on elevated surface with ruined houses behind them.
• Photograph with annotation: "children selling sweets in the streets of Diyarbakir, Turkish Kurdistan, 1998".
  Photograph by Edith Maubec, annotated: "children selling sweets in the streets of Diyarbakir, Turkish Kurdistan, 1998". Group of children standing in front of carts. Two looking at camera.
• Photograph with annotation: "children working in the streets in Dogubayazit, Turkish Kurdistan, 1997".
  Photograph by Edith Maubec, annotated: "children working in the streets in Dogubayazit, Turkish Kurdistan, 1997". Boy polishing the shoes of a man sitting at a table with two others.
• Photograph with annotation: "displaced Iraqi Kurds in Sulemanyah, Iraq, 1992".
  Photograph by Edith Maubec, annotated: "displaced Iraqi Kurds in Sulemanyah, Iraq, 1992". Man and Woman sitting on floor in a building with five children in the doorway.
• Photograph with annotation: "distribution of water to Diyarbakir, Turkish Kurdistan, 1998".
  Photograph by Edith Maubec, annotated: "distribution of water to Diyarbakir, Turkish Kurdistan, 1998". The rear of a heavily stencilled truck with a hose leading from it, in amongst buildings. Two people are visible in the shot.
• Photograph with annotation: "family in front of their house [in a] village close to Kars, Turkish Kurdistan, 1997".
  Photograph by Edith Maubec, annotated: "family in front of their house [in a] village close to Kars, Turkish Kurdistan, 1997". Three adults and two children stand outside a building. Main subject standing with arms folded.