Digital Archive of the Middle East

Items

• Photograph with annotation: "Shoe polisher in Dogubayazit, Turkey, 1997".
  Photograph by Edith Maubec, annotated: "Shoe polisher in Dogubayazit, Turkey, 1997". Three men sit at a table whilst boy polishes the shoe of one of the men. Produce and people feature along the pavement.
• Photograph with annotation: "the afternoon in a village in the East, Turkey, 1997".
  Photograph by Edith Maubec, annotated: "the afternoon in a village in the East, Turkey, 1997". Two men play board game with other men watching and sitting close by.
• Photograph with annotation: "the afternoon in Okacli, Turkey, 1997".
  Photograph by Edith Maubec, annotated: "the afternoon in Okacli, Turkey, 1997". Line of men and a boy against a wall with closed shutters.
• Photograph with annotation: "the Allies arriving in Shaqlawa, being welcomed by the Kurds. Iraqi Kurdistan, 1991".
  Photograph by Edith Maubec, annotated: "the Allies arriving in Shaqlawa, being welcomed by the Kurds. Iraqi Kurdistan, 1991". Helicopter gunship landing in rural landscape with men onlooking.
• Photograph with annotation: "the arrival of a family from Diyarbakir, Turkish Kurdistan, 1998."
  Photograph by Edith Maubec, annotated: "the arrival of a family from Diyarbakir. The Kurds displaced from their villages, settling in the towns. Turkish Kurdistan, 1998". People deal with items on a van which is parked in a narrow street between two multi-level buildings.
• Photograph with annotation: "the Bomb damage to the Observatory on Mount Korek, Iraqi Kurdistan, 1991".
  Photograph by Edith Maubec, annotated: "the Bomb damage to the Observatory on Mount Korek, Iraqi Kurdistan, 1991". Men standing on girder framework large blast hole in domed roof. Man in foreground looking on.
• Photograph with annotation: "the border, Turkish Kurdistan, 1998".
  Photograph by Edith Maubec, annotated: "the border, Turkish Kurdistan, 1998". A queue of lorries along a road, stretching into the distance. Shot taken from inside vehicle.
• Photograph with annotation: "the bus station in Kars, Turkish Kurdistan, 1998".
  Photograph by Edith Maubec, annotated: "the bus station in Kars, Turkish Kurdistan, 1998". People sitting and walking outside buildings with text painted on the walls.
• Photograph with annotation: "the campaign for general elections, Iraqi Kurdistan, 1992".
  Photograph by Edith Maubec, annotated: "the campaign for general elections, Iraqi Kurdistan, 1992". Large poster and crowd gathered beneath.
• Photograph with annotation: "the Dervishes meeting, Iraqi Kurdistan, 1992".
  Photograph by Edith Maubec, annotated: "the Dervishes meeting, Iraqi Kurdistan, 1992". Group of males standing & sitting.
• Photograph with annotation: "the Dervishes meeting, Iraqi Kurdistan, 1992".
  Photograph by Edith Maubec, annotated: "the Dervishes meeting, Iraqi Kurdistan, 1992". Boy sitting in group with snake on his head.
• Photograph with annotation: "the destruction of a village, Iraqi Kurdistan".
  Photograph by Edith Maubec, annotated: "the destruction of a village, Iraqi Kurdistan". Man shovelling rubble outside a house. Children look on from house.
• Photograph with annotation: "the distribution of water to Diyarbakir, Turkish Kurdistan, 1998".
  Photograph by Edith Maubec, annotated: "the distribution of water to Diyarbakir, Turkish Kurdistan, 1998".
• Photograph with annotation: "the electoral code, presented by a Judge in Duhok, Iraqi Kurdistan, 1992".
  Photograph by Edith Maubec, annotated: "the electoral code, presented by a Judge in Duhok, Iraqi Kurdistan, 1992". Man sitting down holding up card with arabic writing to the 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 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, 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 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 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.